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up the first flight of stairs. Then he stopped, made a
few passes in the air, and next moment he was
standing in the middle of his own laboratory at the
top of the palace.
"Now, let me see. Jenny has a godfather, and I
think he should be summoned at a time like this."
Going to a table, the little man laid down his high
checkered hat and picked up a piece of paper and a
pencil. On the paper he wrote in large letters:
SIKO POMPUS
Then he made more magic passes in the air over the
paper.
"Now, I shall call the roll," he said, and he pro-
ceeded to roll up the paper. Holding it to his mouth,
he called through it, "Hi, Siko Pompus!"
"Present!" answered a voice.
Standing in the open window was the Leprechaun.
his blue eyes danced merrily, and his bushy beard
shone red. "Hello, Wizard, I heard ye callin'."
He thrust his foot and a hairy hand downward and
leaped lightly to the ground. Then he stood, even
smaller than a gnome, but quick and good natured.
"Hello, Siko," the Wizard greeted him gladly. "I
called you because I want to talk to you about Jenny
Jump, your godchild."
"Oh, shure !" said the Leprechaun in his Irish
brogue. "'Twas her I gave fairy eyes and fingers,
and ears and a foot. For she let me have all her
pepper-cheese. But I know it's disgracin' me she is."
The tiny man shook his head and sighed. "Her
temper, now, is a wonder! To tell ye the real truth,
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"How would it be," asked the Wizard, "if I turned
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"All right, Siko. Now she is too nasty tempered
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"Shure, an' it's right ye are, Wizard," said Siko
Pompus. "Will that be all you'll be wantin' today?"
"Yes. And now I have much to do," said the
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"That I will. Goodbye to ye!" The Leprechaun
jumped to the window and, leaping into the air,
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CHAPTER 15
The Ozoplane Soars
WELL, Jenny, aren't you ever going to give me
a day off, as you promised in return for my
vote?" Number Nine asked Jenny.
"I don't see why I should," said Jenny crossly
"The votes no longer count."
"Nevertheless," argued the boy, "you must keep
your promise. I want to take the day off and go
gold-fishing."
"Oh, very well! Since I promised, I suppose I
shall have to let you go," said Jenny. The boy
skipped happily out of the Style Shop. When he was
gone, Jenny said, "I think it's time Ozma declared
another way to vote. If we are going to have an
ozlection, there is no need to waste time."
Since she was alone in the shop, she decided to
make herself a new dress. She went to the turn-
style, studied the buttons with care, and slowly
pressed several. When she went through, she came
out wearing a dahlia print with long, slender petals.
"I wonder if it's becoming," thought Jenny, and
she stepped up to a mirror. When she saw herself,
she gave an exclamation of surprise.
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She ran to another mirror, and then to a third.
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girl. She studied herself for a long time. The
freckles were coming back to her face, her cheeks
were growing rounder, and her dress, that would
have fitted perfectly before the Wizard's visit, was
now two sizes too big.
"I must make myself another dress," she thought,
and went to the turn-style. "I think I'll make it a
cool dress, and go find Whistlebreeches and spend
the afternoon fishing with him. I don't feel too old
for that, now."
Jenny went through the turn-style and came out
dressed in a dress of silver fish scales. In her hand
was a rod and reel.
Someone was coming through the door. "Oh, dear
a customer, just when I feel that pleasure comes be-
fore business," thought Jenny.
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up the first flight of stairs. Then he stopped, made a
few passes in the air, and next moment he was
standing in the middle of his own laboratory at the
top of the palace.
"Now, let me see. Jenny has a godfather, and I
think he should be summoned at a time like this."
Going to a table, the little man laid down his high
checkered hat and picked up a piece of paper and a
pencil. On the paper he wrote in large letters:
SIKO POMPUS
Then he made more magic passes in the air over the
paper.
"Now, I shall call the roll," he said, and he pro-
ceeded to roll up the paper. Holding it to his mouth,
he called through it, "Hi, Siko Pompus!"
"Present!" answered a voice.
Standing in the open window was the Leprechaun.
his blue eyes danced merrily, and his bushy beard
shone red. "Hello, Wizard, I heard ye callin'."
He thrust his foot and a hairy hand downward and
leaped lightly to the ground. Then he stood, even
smaller than a gnome, but quick and good natured.
"Hello, Siko," the Wizard greeted him gladly. "I
called you because I want to talk to you about Jenny
Jump, your godchild."
"Oh, shure !" said the Leprechaun in his Irish
brogue. "'Twas her I gave fairy eyes and fingers,
and ears and a foot. For she let me have all her
pepper-cheese. But I know it's disgracin' me she is."
The tiny man shook his head and sighed. "Her
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"How would it be," asked the Wizard, "if I turned
her age back a few years, and made her about
eleven?"
"Go ahead! It's a good thing to do. Shure, an'
she'll lose her fairy gifts, though, for I hadn't given
'em to her when she was eleven. She'll be better off
without 'em. I'll keep 'em and give 'em back to her
when she's afther learnin' to hold in her temper,"
said the Leprechaun.
"All right, Siko. Now she is too nasty tempered
to be even a part-fairy."
"Shure, an' it's right ye are, Wizard," said Siko
Pompus. "Will that be all you'll be wantin' today?"
"Yes. And now I have much to do," said the
Wizard. "Come again, sometime!"
"That I will. Goodbye to ye!" The Leprechaun
jumped to the window and, leaping into the air,
vanished.
CHAPTER 15
The Ozoplane Soars
WELL, Jenny, aren't you ever going to give me
a day off, as you promised in return for my
vote?" Number Nine asked Jenny.
"I don't see why I should," said Jenny crossly
"The votes no longer count."
"Nevertheless," argued the boy, "you must keep
your promise. I want to take the day off and go
gold-fishing."
"Oh, very well! Since I promised, I suppose I
shall have to let you go," said Jenny. The boy
skipped happily out of the Style Shop. When he was
gone, Jenny said, "I think it's time Ozma declared
another way to vote. If we are going to have an
ozlection, there is no need to waste time."
Since she was alone in the shop, she decided to
make herself a new dress. She went to the turn-
style, studied the buttons with care, and slowly
pressed several. When she went through, she came
out wearing a dahlia print with long, slender petals.
"I wonder if it's becoming," thought Jenny, and
she stepped up to a mirror. When she saw herself,
she gave an exclamation of surprise.
"Is the mirror playing tricks on me, like that
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younger!"
She ran to another mirror, and then to a third.
Every mirror showed her the same younger-looking
girl. She studied herself for a long time. The
freckles were coming back to her face, her cheeks
were growing rounder, and her dress, that would
have fitted perfectly before the Wizard's visit, was
now two sizes too big.
"I must make myself another dress," she thought,
and went to the turn-style. "I think I'll make it a
cool dress, and go find Whistlebreeches and spend
the afternoon fishing with him. I don't feel too old
for that, now."
Jenny went through the turn-style and came out
dressed in a dress of silver fish scales. In her hand
was a rod and reel.
Someone was coming through the door. "Oh, dear
a customer, just when I feel that pleasure comes be-
fore business," thought Jenny.
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