Eagerly Elephant snatched it up in his trunk and flung it onto his back.
"Let's get on our way," he said. The other two nestled upon his head and they were off to the Emerald City of Oz.
CHAPTER 4
AN UNLIKELY TRIO OF FRIENDS
Elephant, Tweaty and Nibbles were ready to leave, and it seemed that dozens of other forest animals were of the same mind. The ferocity of the Forest Monster had led many of the denizens of the Lunechien Forest to panic. Many of them wanted to tell the Lord of the Forest about the trouble, while others elected to go to Glinda the Good, who ruled over the neighboring Land of the Quadlings. Animals were running to and fro, and there was a mass of confusion.
"Look out!" Nibbles cried suddenly. "That Unicorn is coming right at us!"
Elephant was helpless in trying to avert the disaster. An abnormally frightened Unicorn, undoubtedly made nervous by the excitement, had lost control of her footing. She plowed into the rear of the elephant with a jolt which nearly flung the two passengers on his head into Glowing Limbo.
Retrieving his companions and determining that they were unhurt, he listened for a few moments to the oft-repeated apologies of the Unicorn and then set out again.
"I sure hope that Queen Ozma can do something about that ugly brute," said Nibbles.
"If she can't, we'll be no worse off than when we started," replied
Tweaty.