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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum: a way to liberate your aunt and cousins. But first you must liberate
another prisoner--the little girl you have locked up in your tower."
"Of course," said Langwidere, readily. "I had forgotten all about
her. That was yesterday, you know, and a Princess cannot be expected
to remember today what she did yesterday. Come with me, and I will
release the prisoner at once."
So Ozma followed her, and they passed up the stairs that led to the
room in the tower.
While they were gone Ozma's followers remained in the drawing-room,
and the Scarecrow was leaning against a form that he had mistaken for
a copper statue when a harsh, metallic voice said suddenly in his ear:
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