She has been asking everywhere if anyone has seen Ozma." "That's too bad," observed Dorothy, frowning.
"Why ?" asked Button-Bright.
"There wasn't any use making all our people unhappy till we were dead certain that Ozma can't be found." "Pshaw," said Button-Bright, "it's nothing to get lost.

I've been lost lots of times." "That's true," admitted Trot, who knew that the boy had a habit of getting lost and then finding himself again, "but it's diff'rent with Ozma.

She's the Ruler of all this big fairyland, and we're 'fraid that the reason she's lost is because somebody has stolen her away." "Only wicked people steal," said Ojo.

"Do you know of any wicked people in Oz, Dorothy ?" "No," she replied.
"They're here, though," cried Scraps, dancing up to them and then circling around the group.

"Ozma's stolen; someone in Oz stole her; only wicked people steal; so someone in Oz is wicked!" There was no denying the truth of this statement.