The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Lost Princess of Oz by L. Frank Baum: half a mile away a pretty yellow house that was surrounded by a yellow
picket fence, so he walked toward this house and on entering the yard
found a Winkie woman picking up sticks with which to build a fire to
cook her morning meal.
"For goodness sake!" she exclaimed on seeing the Frogman. "What are
you doing out of your frog-pond?"
"I am traveling in search of a jeweled gold dishpan, my good woman,"
he replied with an air of great dignity.
"You won't find it here, then," said she."Our dishpans are tin, and
they're good enough for anybody. So go back to your pond and leave me
alone." She spoke rather crossly and with a lack of respect that
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