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Kabumpo in Oz

"You wait here!" cried Glinda to Ozma. "And I'll follow him!" She sprang into her chariot.

"How do you know he'll go back?" asked the little Ruler of Oz, staring with straining eyes for a glimpse of the giant.

"Because the Question Box said so," chuckled Kabumpo triumphantly.

"Good magic!" approved the Scarecrow. "But where is that charming Peg? I think I'll run find her."

No sooner had the Scarecrow disappeared than Pompa, swallowing very hard, again approached Ozma. But Ozma, still looking after Glinda's vanishing chariot, was hardly aware of the Prince of Pumperdink.

Poor Pompa dropped on his knee (which had a large hole in it by this time) and began mumbling indistinct sentences. Then, as Kabumpo frowned with disgust, the Prince burst out desperately, "Princess, will you marry me?"

"Marry you?" gasped the little Ruler of Oz. "Good gracious, no!"

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