The ten I have
mentioned assembled, with the Scarecrow and Glinda, in
Ozma's throne room, right after dinner that evening,
and the Sorceress told them all she knew of the plight
of Ozma and Dorothy
"Of course we must rescue them," she continued, "and
the sooner they are rescued the better pleased they
will be; but what we must now determine is how they can
be saved. That is why I have called you together in
council."
"The easiest way," remarked the Shaggy Man, "is to
raise the sunken island of the Skeezers to the top of
the water again."
"Tell me how?" said Glinda.
"I don't know how, your Highness, for I have never
raised a sunken island."
"We might all get under it and lift," suggested
Professor Wogglebug.
"How can we get under it when it rests on the bottom
of the lake?" asked the Sorceress.
"Couldn't we throw a rope around it and pull it
ashore?" inquired Jack Pumpkinhead.
"Why not pump the water out of the lake?" suggested
the Patchwork Girl with a laugh.
"Do be sensible!" pleaded Glinda. "This is a serious
matter, and we must give it serious thought."
"How big is the lake and how big is the island?" was
the Frogman's question.
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