Many of them wanted to tell the Lord of the Forest about the
trouble, while others elected to go to Glinda the Good, who ruled over
the neighboring Land of the Quadlings. Animals were running to and fro,
and there was a mass of confusion.
"Look out!" Nibbles cried suddenly. "That Unicorn is coming right at
us!"
Elephant was helpless in trying to avert the disaster. An abnormally
frightened Unicorn, undoubtedly made nervous by the excitement, had lost
control of her footing. She plowed into the rear of the elephant with a
jolt which nearly flung the two passengers on his head into Glowing
Limbo.
Retrieving his companions and determining that they were unhurt, he
listened for a few moments to the oft-repeated apologies of the Unicorn
and then set out again.
"I sure hope that Queen Ozma can do something about that ugly brute,"
said Nibbles.
"If she can't, we'll be no worse off than when we started," replied
Tweaty.
The subject was dropped there. Elephant had run most rapidly and the
trio was now approaching the Emerald City.
"Excuse me," said the man at the gate. "Who are you and what is your
business in the Emerald City?"
"We want to see the child who has become our Queen," replied Elephant.
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