d the Wizard.</p>
<p>"Also the desert fails to protect us in other ways," Ozma went
on, thoughtfully. "Johnny Dooit once made a sand-boat that sailed
across it, and the Nome King made a tunnel under it. So I believe
something ought to be done to cut us off from the rest of the world
entirely, so that no one in the future will ever be able to intrude
upon us."</p>
<p>"How will you do that?" asked the Scarecrow.</p>
<p>"I do not know; but in some way I am sure it can be
accomplished. To-morrow I will make a j