may rest in comfort after your journey.""Thank you," replied the girl; "that is very kind of Oz."The soldier now blew upon a green whistle, and at once a young girl,dressed in a pretty green silk gown, entered the room. She had lovelygreen hair and green eyes, and she bowed low before Dorothy as she said,"Follow me and I will show you your room."So Dorothy said good-bye to all her friends except Toto, andtaking the dog in her arms followed the green girl through sevenpassages and up three flights of stairs until they came to a roomat the front of the Palace. It was the sweetest little room inthe world, with a soft comfortable bed that had sheets of greensilk and a green velvet counterpane. There was a tiny fountain inthe middle of the room, that shot a spray of green perfume intothe air, to fall back into a beautifully carved green marble basin.Beautiful green flowers stood in the windows, and there was a shelfwith a row of little green books. When Dorothy had time to openthese books she found them full of queer green pictures that madeher laugh, they were so funny.
In a wardrobe were many green dresses, made of silk and satinand velvet; and all of them fitted Dorothy exactly."Make yourself perfectly at home," said the green girl,"and if you wish for anything ring the bell. Oz will sendfor you tomorrow morning."
She left Dorothy alone and went back to the others. These shealso led to rooms, and each one of them found himself lodged in avery pleasant part of the Palace. Of course this politeness waswasted on the Scarecrow; for when he found himself alone in hisroom he stood stupidly in one spot, just within the doorway, towait till morning. It would not rest him to lie down, and hecould not close his eyes; so he remained all night staring at alittle spider which was weaving its web in a corner of the room,just as if it were not one of the most wonderful rooms in the world.The Tin Woodman lay down on his bed from force of habit, for heremembered when he was made of flesh; but not being able to sleep,he passed the night moving his joints up and down to make sure theykept in good working order. The Lion would have preferred a bed ofdried leaves in the forest, and did not like being shut up in a room;but he had too much sense to let this worry him, so he sprang uponthe bed and rolled himself up like a cat and purred himself asleepin a minute.
The next morning, after breakfast, the green maiden came tofetch Dorothy, and she dressed her in one of the prettiest gowns,made of green brocaded satin. Dorothy put on a green silk apronand tied a green ribbon around Toto's neck, and they startedfor the Throne Room of the Great Oz.
First they came to a great hall in which were many ladies andgentlemen of the court, all dressed in rich costumes. Thesepeople had nothing to do but talk to each other, but they alwayscame to wait outside the Throne Room every morning, although theywere never permitted to see Oz. As Dorothy entered they looked at



