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Chapter Thirteen

"Go to, and swallow a gooseberry!" roared the Knight, waving his sword at the Fix and Dorothy, fearing an encounter, begged him to come on, which he did though with many backward glances.

Fix City seemed to consist of one long street, and

they had soon come to the very end.

"Uds daggers!" gasped Sir Hokus.

"Great palm trees," roared the Cowardly Lion.

As for Dorothy, she could do nothing but stare. The street ended surely enough, and beyond there

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