"Look down," shouted the Witch to Dorothy.
"Oh, how breathtaking!" gasped Dorothy.
The Land of Oz stretched out beneath them in a panorama of colors and shapes. The red country of the Quadlings was in the south. The blue territory of the Munchkins lay to the east. The western country of the Winkies was its proper yellow, while the purple Gillikin land was at the north. The sparkling green Emerald City, of course, was in the center. As they flew back downward, they could make out more details.
"Look!" said Dorothy. "There's Octapongland directly below us!"
They could make out groups of Octapong scattered about, looking at them.
"Let's take a closer look!" shouted Dorothy.
Down they zoomed, over the heads of the Octapong. The Octapong stampeded like cattle, their eight legs running like the wind, with that one shoe going clippity- clop.
Dorothy shouted for the Octapong to stop, but to no avail. Pretty soon the Octapong had outpaced them, for they could run extremely fast. Up again they flew, as they were all anxious to reach the Emerald City.
Chapter Twenty-four:
At Last, The Emerald City