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Chapter Nineteen

bring her to see me in the Emerald City."

"What's all this?" demanded Kabumpo, pricking up his ears.

"The Question Box says I must marry the Princess of Sun Top Mountain," said Pompa, getting up wearily.

"Well, Great Grump, why couldn't it have said so before?" asked Kabumpo shrilly.

"You never asked it," snapped Wag, twitching his nose. "I told you Ozma wasn't the Princess mentioned in the scroll!"

"Now don't quarrel," begged Peg Amy, jumping up hastily. "There's still plenty of time to save Pumperdink. Come along, Pompa."

"That's right," said Ozma, smiling approvingly at Peg. "And when Pompa finds his Princess you must come and live with me in the Emerald City, for as Ruggedo was responsible for bringing you to life, I want to take care of you always."

Peg Amy dropped a curtsey and promised to come, but she didn't feel very cheerful about it. Then as Ozma was anxious to get back to the Emerald City, they all hurried to Runaway Country.

"You are to take these travelers across the Deadly Desert," said Ozma, addressing the Runaway Country

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