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           DorothyandPollyhadreachedthebridgeandcrosseditwhentheScoodlersbeganthrowingtheirheads.Oneofthequeermissilesstrucktheshaggymanonhisbackandnearlyknockedhimover;buthewasatthemouthofthecavenow,sohesetdownButton-BrightandtoldtheboytorunacrossthebridgetoDorothy.

           Thentheshaggymanturnedaroundandfacedhisenemies,standingjustoutsidetheopening,andasfastastheythrewtheirheadsathimhecaughtthemandtossedthemintotheblackgulfbelow.TheheadlessbodiesoftheforemostScoodlerskepttheothersfromrunningcloseup,buttheyalsothrewtheirheadsinanefforttostoptheescapingprisoners.Theshaggymancaughtthemallandsentthemwhirlingdownintotheblackgulf.AmongthemhenoticedthecrimsonandyellowheadoftheQueen,andthishetossedaftertheotherswithrightgoodwill.

           PresentlyeveryScoodlerofthelothadthrownitshead,andeveryheadwasdowninthedeepgulf,andnowthehelplessbodiesofthecreaturesweremixedtogetherinthecaveandwrigglingaroundinavainattempttodiscoverwhathadbecomeoftheirheads.Theshaggymanlaughedandwalkedacrossthebridgetorejoinhiscompanions.

           "It’sluckyIlearnedtoplaybase-ballwhenIwasyoung,"heremarked,"forIcaughtallthoseheadseasilyandnevermissedone.Butcomealong,littleones;theScoodlerswillneverbotherusoranyoneelseanymore."

           Button-Brightwasstillfrightenedandkeptinsisting,"Idon’twanttobesoup!"forthevictoryhadbeengainedsosuddenlythattheboycouldnotrealizetheywerefreeandsafe