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Title: The marvelous land of Oz; being an account of the further adventures of the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman ... a sequel to the Wizard of Oz
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank), 1856-1919 Neill, John R. (John Rea), ill
Subjects: Fantasy
Publisher: Chicago : The Reilly & Britton co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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gly at his work. The child had no playmates, so he did not knowthat boys often dig out the inside of a pumpkin-jack, and in the space thus made put a lightedcandle to render the face more startling; but heconceived an idea of his own that promised to bequite as effective. He decided to manufacture theform of a man, who would wear this pumpkin head,and to stand it in a place where old Mombi wouldmeet it face to face. And then, said Tip to himself, with a laugh,shell squeal louder than the brown pig does whenI pull her tail, and shiver with fright worse than Idid last year when I had the ague! He had plenty of time to accomplish this task,for Mombi had gone to a village — to buy groceries,she said — and it was a journey of at least two days. So he took his axe to the forest, and selectedsome stout, straight saplings, which he cut down andtrimmed of all their twigs and leaves. From thesehe would make the arms, and legs, and feet of hisman. For the body he stripped a sheet of thick 10
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TIP STOOD THE FIGURE UP AND ADMIRED IT. Tip Manufactures a Pumpkinhead bark from around a big tree, and with much laborfashioned it into a cylinder of about the right size,pinning the edges together with wooden pegs. Then,whistling happily as he worked, he carefully jointedthe limbs and fastened them to the body with pegswhittled into shape with his knife. By the time this feat had been accomplished itbegan to grow dark, and Tip remembered he mustmilk the cow and feed the pigs. So he picked uphis wooden man and carried it back to the housewith him. During the evening, by the light of the fire inthe kitchen, Tip carefully rounded all the edges ofthe joints and smoothed the rough places in a neatand workmanlike manner. Then he stood thefigure up against the wall and admired it. Itseemed remarkably tall, even for a full-grown man;but that was a good point in a small boys eyes, andTip did not object at all to the size of his creation. Next morning, when he looked at his work again,Tip saw

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