The Road to Oz

"Please, miss," said the shaggy man, "can you tell me the road to Butterfield?"Dorothy looked him over.

Yes, he was shaggy, all right, but there was a twinkle in his eye that seemed pleasant."Oh yes," she replied; "I can tell you.

But it isn't this road at all.""No?""You cross the ten-acre lot, follow the lane to the highway, go north to the five branches, and take-let me see-""To be sure, miss; see as far as Butterfield, if you like," said the shaggy man."You take the branch next the willow stump, I b'lieve; or else the branch by the gopher holes; or else- -"