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As High Boy, neighing joyously, trotted down the main street of the / Emerald City, windows were thrown up and doors flung open and the / inhabitants rushed out with torches to see who was passing. And when / they saw Trot and the Scarecrow, mounted on so strange a steed, they / promptly fell in, so that by the time High Boy reached the castle a / regular procession had formed behind them. Standing up and balancing / himself by holding on to Benny, the Scarecrow introduced the little / Prince of the Ozure Isles, the medicine man, the live statue and / lastly High Boy himself. Then High Boy, to the great delight of the / multitude, stretched up and then down, switched his umbrella tail and / bowed so often and vigorously that Trot and the others had all they / could do to keep their places. The wild cheers and shouts at High Boy's / performance brought the occupants of the castle running to the windows / and doors to see what was the matter.
"Why, Trot! " cried Dorothy, dashing down the golden steps. "We've been / hunting you all day and were just going to look in the magic picture to / see where you were."