"I kept it here to make sure it wouldn't get wet."
They unfolded the map and placed it on the ground.
"Now, let's see," said Dorothy. "We're here," pointing her finger at a
circle which said "Lion's Forest."
"We can't go due south," said the Scarecrow, "or we'll run into
swamplands. We'll have to head west through Octapongland, then southwest
through Colorland."
"Octapongland?" said Dorothy. "How strange! And Colorland?"
"These are newly discovered lands," said the Lion.
"Haven't you heard the song?" said the leader of the Girrephalumps.
"What song?" said Dorothy.
"The Octapong song, of course," said the Girrephalump, and in a deep
baritone voice he sang,
"In the country where I'm from,
there are lots of Octapong.
Octapong are people who,
have eight feet but only one shoe.
That one shoe goes clippity-clop,
while the other feet go hippity-hop.
With a hippity-hop and a bing-bang-boo,
those Octapong are after you.
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