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-LSB- Illustration -RSB- The Merry-Go-Round Mountains -LSB- Illustration -RSB- The Rolling Prairie was not difficult to travel over , although it was all up-hill and down-hill , so for a while they made good progress . Not even a shepherd was to be met with now and the farther they advanced the more dreary the landscape became . At noon they stopped for a `` picnic luncheon , '' as Betsy called it , and then they again resumed their journey . All the animals were swift and tireless and even the Cowardly Lion and the Mule found they could keep up with the pace of the Woozy and the Sawhorse . It was the middle of the afternoon when first they came in sight of a cluster of low mountains . These were cone-shaped , rising from broad bases to sharp peaks at the tops .