Ks presently gave up all hope of finishing their quadrille, and rising
in the air with a tremendous flapping of wings, flew away over the tops
of the houses and disappeared. Strangely enough, the sound of the
fiddling followed them like a traveling band, and grew fainter and
fainter until it finally died away in the distance. But the scuffling
noise in the houses continued, and Dorothy did just what you'd suppose
such a curious little child would have done--that is, she stole up and
peeped in at one of the windows; but she could see nothing through the
thick glass but some strange-looking shadows bobbing confusedly about
inside. Of course you know what she did _then_. In fact, after
hesitating a moment, she softly opened the door of the house and went
in. The room was full of animals of every description, dancing around in
a ring with the greatest enthusiasm; and as Dorothy appeared they all
shouted, "Here she is!" and, before she could say a single word, the two
nearest to her (they were an elephant and a sheep, by the way) seized
her by the hands, and the next moment she was dancing in the ring. She
was quite surprise
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