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little key that the Guardian of the Gates wore around his neck. Dorothy could not take them off. Then the man fitted glasses for the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman and the Lion, and even on little Toto.
5. Then the Guardian of the Gates put on his own glasses and told them he was ready to show them to the Palace. The streets had beautiful houses that were all built of green marble and decorated everywhere with sparkling emeralds. They walked over a pavement of the same green marble. The window panes were of green glass; even the sky above the City had a green colour, and the rays of the sun were green.
There were many people — men, women, and children — walking about, and they were all dressed in green clothes and had greenish skins. Many shops stood in the street, and Dorothy saw that everything in them was green. Green candy and green popcorn, as well as green shoes, green hats, and green clothes of all sorts. At one place a man was selling green lemonade, and when the children bought it Dorothy could see that they paid for it with green pennies. Everyone seemed happy.
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The Guardian of the Gates led them through the streets until they came to a big building, exactly in the middle of the City, which was the Palace of Oz, the Great Wizard. The friends were very happy. They believed that at last their dreams would come true.
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