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           "TheScarecrowissolidgold,andsoisTiktok;butIdon’texactlyknowwhattheTinWoodmanis,becausetheNomeKingsaidhehadbeentransformedintosomethingfunny."

           Ozmaeagerlyassistedtheheninherquest,andsoontheScarecrowandthemachineman,beingornamentsofshininggold,werediscoveredandrestoredtotheiraccustomedforms.But,searchastheymight,innoplacecouldtheyfindafunnyornamentthatmightbethetransformationoftheTinWoodman.

           "Onlyonethingcanbedone,"saidOzma,atlast,"andthatistoreturntotheNomeKingandobligehimtotelluswhathasbecomeofourfriend."

           "Perhapshewon’t,"suggestedBillina.

           "Hemust,"returnedOzma,firmly."TheKinghasnottreatedushonestly,forunderthemaskoffairnessandgoodnatureheentrappedusall,andwewouldhavebeenforeverenchantedhadnotourwiseandcleverfriend,theyellowhen,foundawaytosaveus."

           "TheKingisavillain,"declaredtheScarecrow.

           "Hislaughisworsethananotherman’sfrown,"saidtheprivate,withashudder.

           "Ithoughthewashon-est,butIwasmis-tak-en,"remarkedTiktok."Mythoughtsareus-u-al-lycor-rect,butitisSmith&Tin-ker’sfaultiftheysome-timesgowrongordonotworkprop-er-ly."

           "Smith&Tinkermadeaverygoodjobofyou,"saidOzma,kindly."Idonotthinktheyshouldbeblamedifyouarenotquiteperfect."

           "Thankyou,"repliedTiktok.

           "Then,"saidBillina,inherbrisklittlevoice,"letusallgobacktotheNomeKing,andseewhathehastosayforhimself