The Royal Book of Oz
thought they must be statues.
But no sooner had the three tables made their appearance, than bells began ringing furiously all up and down the street, and dinner tables and chairs came running from every direction. All the inhabitants
of Fix City looked alike. They had large, round heads, broad, placid faces, double chins, and no waists whatever. Their feet were flat and about three times as long as the longest you have ever seen. The women wore plain Mother Hubbard dresses and straw sailor hats and the men gingham suits.
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