And so, one by one, the nine tiny piglets were pushedtogether until but a single one of the creatures remained.This the Wizard placed underneath his hat and made amystic sign above it. Then he caught upanother piglet and pushed it into the first, where it disap-peared. The Arrival of the Wizard them together, so that the two were one. THE WIZARD CUT THE SORCERER EXACTLY IN TWO. With this he caught up two of the piglets and pushed 50 Now, said the Wizard of Oz, having created some-thing from nothing, I will make something nothing again. TheWizard continued this surprising performance until nine tinypiglets were running about at his feet, all squealing andgrunting in a very comical way. He placed one upon the floor, so that it could run around,and pulled apart the other, making three piglets in all andthen one of these was pulled apart, making four piglets. The Wizard reached out, caught thewee creature in his hand, and holding its head between onethumb and finger and its tail between the other thumb andfinger he pulled it apart, each of the two parts becoming awhole and separate piglet in an instant.
The people watched it intently, for they had never seena pig before, big or little. S hand, and then removed the hat, displaying a little whitepiglet no bigger than a mouse, which began to run around hereand there and to grunt and squeal in a tiny, shrill voice. (John Rea), illĬontributing Library: New York Public Library Frank (Lyman Frank), 1856-1919 Neill, John R. Identifier: dorothywizardino00baum2 (find matches)Īuthors: Baum, L.
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