"Wait a minute," begged Trot. "How long will we be gone?"

"Oh, about a week."

"Then I'll put some things in a basket to take with us," said the
girl, and ran into the palace to make her preparations for the journey.



6. Ozma's Birthday Presents


When Cap'n Bill and Trot and the Glass Cat had started for the
hidden island in the far-off river to get the Magic Flower, Dorothy
wondered again what she could give Ozma on her birthday. She met the
Patchwork Girl and said:

"What are you going to give Ozma for a birthday present?"

"I've written a song for her," answered the strange Patchwork Girl,
who went by the name of "Scraps," and who, through stuffed with
cotton, had a fair assortment of mixed brains. "It's a splendid song
and the chorus runs this way:


I am crazy;
You're a daisy,
Ozma dear;
I'm demented;
You're contented,