"We can cross under the desert," he said simply.
"You have burrowed clear under the Deadly Desert to Oz?" asked the Shaggy Man incredulously.
"No," replied the King of the Fairy Beavers, "we have not, but someone else has."
"And who is that?" asked Twink.
"The Nome King," said the beaver King.
CHAPTER 17
The Tunnel Under the Desert
The Shaggy Man leaped to his feet and stared at the beaver King. "What!" he exclaimed. "You discovered the Nome King's tunnel under the Deadly Desert?"