Dorothy said to him, "I don't think we're in Kansas anymore." Indeed not!" shouted one of the little people, wearing a tall, rouned red hat and brown ...clothes. "You're obviously not from around here, young girl. You look too odd." You look a little odd yourself," said Dorothy, innocently. Toto kept at her legs, afraid of the little people who gathered around her. "Where AM I?" she asked them."Why, you're in the land of Poz," replied the man."Poz?" repeated Dorothy. It didn't sound right. "How do. A longdriveway up the tallest hill to my right and before me the main roadbottomed out through the swampy area before rising sharply to the farm-to-market road. The stars shone upon me, the houses stayed quietignoring my insanity. At that moment I realized how stupid I was, havingput off that realization as long as I could sustain that insane impulseto walk all this way. My mind thought of all the things I could do orsay if I were to be caught now, out here far away from home. Therewasn't. She cocked her head to one side and listened for the familiar voices to have some comment on her amusement. Silence enveloped her, inside and out. The voices seemed to have nothing to say. Righting her head, she smiled. She hadn't wanted their company at the moment, anyway. For some reason she could not quite put her finger on, she knew the voices would not bring her the companionship and comfort she had gained from them in the past. Well, she shrugged. They would talk or be silent, as they. . Ed?..." she stuttered, "You should hang up and check this out."The inside of the mantle was hollow. There was what looked like a radio or a control panel with many switches and several operations booklets ... all in English and some very old. Whatever it was it was on. The inside of the mantle began to glow."Hello? Hello? Are you there?" The giant flatscreen TV in the room was speaking to them. It was off ... the switch was OFF ... Hell, the damn thing was unplugged ... books are so much.
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