She almost jumped out of her clothes. But as Dorothy jumped, Omby Amby instinctively grabbed ahold of Leandra throat. His grip surprised Leandra. Seei...g his lanky frame would never make a person think he was so strong. Dorothy grabbed at Omby forearm,"Omby she's with us remembe".He dropped his length fingers from Leandra throat. She gasped for air, as she tried to form words. "Kaliko has Queen Ozma's belt. But we have a problem. The belt is a collar around the Cowardly Lion." The Cowardly Lion. She squatted on her almost naked haunches scanning the horizon in all directions looking for the slightest hint of movement.The sound of hunting animals and frightened prey in the darkness of the midnight hours was enough to put her on full alert for the predators around her. Those sounds in the nocturnal hours were enough to make her restless in her sleep and drive her to fully focused attention outside the safety of the hidden cave.There was a noticeable chill in the air that was not present. Government chicanery,” I said. “They stole it.”“And?”“The town and contents are to be sold Saturday starting at Noon. Wanna go?”“Do I have to go down that road?”“No.” I said, “You can see the falls from the cliff.”“Yes.”The racket in the kitchen began again.“Señor,” Edgar said quietly. “Cigarrillo?”“If you’re going to smoke, Edgar. Take it outside,” Consuelo said.How she heard, I’ll never know ... I barely heard him and I was in the same room.““Yeah. Vile things.” Karen said.The singing? It. "Hello down there."The men in the canoe yelled."Is everybody all right?" We have an injured man," James said. Waving his hand."Help us!"The canoe approached slowly as the two men paddled gently with the current. When it arrived, shock, and terror wiped their eyes to see what was left of the Sara. Her topsail pole still remained slightly extended above the surface of the river.Marlowe seemed incoherent and spoke very little of her ordeal, until she stepped in the canoe."Hurry and get me out of.