[Tik-Tok of Oz by L. Frank Baum]@TWC D-Link bookTik-Tok of Oz CHAPTER Twelve 8/9
Moonlight is of value when Daylight, worn out with her long watch, retires to rest. If the moon in its course is hidden behind the earth's rim, and my sweet Moonlight cannot cheer us, Starlight takes her place, for the skies always lend her power.
Without Firelight we should miss much of our warmth and comfort, as well as much cheer when the walls of houses encompass us.
But always, when other lights forsake us, our glorious Electra is ready to flood us with bright rays.
As Queen of Light, I love all my maidens, for I know them to be faithful and true." "I love 'em too!" declared Betsy.
"But sometimes, when I'm real sleepy, I can get along without any light at all." "Are you sleepy now ?" inquired Erma, for the feast had ended. "A little," admitted the girl. So Electra showed her to a pretty chamber where there was a soft, white bed, and waited patiently until Betsy had undressed and put on a shimmery silken nightrobe that lay beside her pillow.
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