"Which door was that?"
"I don't remember," sighed the half lion drearily. "I remember nothing nowadays. When I used to forget a fact all I had to do was to scratch my head with my hind leg and instantly it came back, but now—." The lion began to sob heavily.
"Well, good-bye!" said Notta uneasily, taking Bob's hand. "If we see this wizard you've mentioned we'll tell him your sad story."
"Good-bye," choked the lion, waving his paw feebly.
"I'd like to see a real wizard, Notta," said Bob Up, as they trudged down the dusty road.
"Odder and odder!" murmured the clown, shaking his head in bewilderment. "I declare, Bob, if you weren't along I should think I were asleep and dreaming all this."
"Here's another sign," whispered Bob Up in a low voice so the sign would not hear him. "Wonder if it talks too."
"I dare say they all can if they want to," replied Notta. "At any rate a sort of sign language."
"North Road to U," said this sign, in large blue letters.
"D stood for doorways. I wonder what U stands for?" mused the little boy, staring up at the sign with both hands in his pockets.