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"Yes," Oz said. "I'll make a balloon of silk and fill it with
hot air. You must help me, my dear. I am sure that you can
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sew very well."
"Aunt Em taught me to sew, back in Kansas," Dorothy
said.
"I would like to meet your Aunt Em," the little old man
said. "I will fly back with you to Kansas and get work in a
circus there. I am tired of being a humbug."
So Dorothy and Oz began to make a balloon from pieces
of green silk. Oz cut the silk and the girl sewed the pieces
together. Next, Oz covered the balloon with glue. The glue
would help to keep the air inside.
A big basket was fixed to the balloon with rope. Then the
balloon was carried outside the Palace of the Great Oz. All
the people of the Emerald City came to look at it.
The Tin Man cut some wood and made a fire under the
balloon's basket. The air inside the balloon began to get hot
and it started to rise. But there was a rope holding the
balloon to the ground, so it could not go up.
Oz got inside the basket and spoke to his people.
"I am going to make a visit. I will be away for a time," he
said in a loud voice. "I have asked the Scarecrow to look after
you. Please obey him."
The air inside the balloon was very hot now.
"Get in quickly, Dorothy!" Oz called. "It's time to go!"
"I can't find Toto!" the girl cried. "Toto, where are you?"
The little dog ran up to her but it was too late! The rope
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had broken and the balloon was rising into the air.
"Come back! I want to go too!" Dorothy cried.
"I can't come back, my dear," shouted Oz. "Goodbye!
Goodbye everyone!"
And so the Great Wizard of Oz left the Emerald City.
His people never knew that he was a Great Humbug. They
were very sorry to see him go.
60 "Get in quickly, Dorothy!" Oz called. "It's time to go!"