Why don't you give it up and go home?
How can you fight a great magician when you have nothing to fight with ?" Dorothy looked at her reflectively.
"Scraps," said she, "you know that Ugu couldn't hurt you a bit, whatever he did, nor could he hurt ME, 'cause I wear the Gnome King's Magic Belt.

S'pose just we two go on together and leave the others here to wait for us." "No, no!" said the Wizard positively.

"That won't do at all.

Ozma is more powerful than either of you, yet she could not defeat the wicked Ugu, who has shut her up in a dungeon.

We must go to the Shoemaker in one mighty band, for only in union is there strength." "That is excellent advice," said the Lavender Bear approvingly.
"But what can we do when we get to Ugu ?" inquired the Cookie Cook anxiously.
"Do not expect a prompt answer to that important question," replied the Wizard, "for we must first plan our line of conduct.