The large pachyderm could feel a
tear welling up in his left eye, and he brushed it away with his trunk.
CHAPTER 15
THE RESTORATION OF THE LUNECHIEN FOREST OF OZ
The little party arrived in Yoraitia in a short time. When they got
there, it looked like as happy a township as any other in the Marvelous
Land of Oz.
"I knew there could not be any really serious drought in our fairyland,"
said Elephant happily. "After all, Oz is always pleasant and lovely.
Lurline's enchantment has always seen to that."
"I thought that Lurline was only a character from an ancient legend,"
scowled the Forest Monster. "In any event, I was not created by any
Fairy enchantment. I know, for I was created by two prominent Wicked
Witches."
"And I was hatched out of an egg just like any other hoot-owl," replied
Lisa. "But that doesn't prove anything. In any event, Glinda the Good
said there was a drought happening here. But clearly she was mistaken. I
don't think droughts are natural in any part of Oz, anyway."
"They aren't," agreed Ozma. "But Glinda would not have told me a lie.
She must have believed there was one here."
"I think maybe she was right," said Tweaty. "Look here. I see that this
tree was only watered recently.
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