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           Andtheyseemednottoneedplacestoresttheirfeet,butclungtothesurfaceoftherockasaflydoestoawindow-pane,andwereneverstillforamoment.

           "Donotmindthem,"saidTiktok,asDorothyshrankback."Theyareon-lytheNomes."

           "AndwhatareNomes?"askedthegirl,halffrightened.

           "Theyarerockfair-ies,andservetheNomeKing,"repliedthemachine."Buttheywilldousnoharm.YoumustcallfortheKing,be-causewith-outhimyoucanne-verfindtheen-trancetothepal-ace."

           "YOUcall,"saidDorothytoOzma.

           JustthentheNomeslaughedagain,andthesoundwassoweirdanddishearteningthatthetwenty-sixofficerscommandedtheprivateto"right-about-face!"andtheyallstartedtorunasfastastheycould.

           TheTinWoodmanatoncepursuedhisarmyandcried"halt!"andwhentheyhadstoppedtheirflightheasked:"Whereareyougoing?"

           "I--IfindI’veforgottenthebrushformywhiskers,"saidageneral,tremblingwithfear."S-s-soweareg-goingbackafterit!"

           "Thatisimpossible,"repliedtheTinWoodman."Forthegiantwiththehammerwouldkillyouallifyoutriedtopasshim."

           "Oh!I’dforgottenthegiant,"saidthegeneral,turningpale.

           "Youseemtoforgetagoodmanythings,"remarkedtheTinWoodman."Ihopeyouwon’tforgetthatyouarebravemen."

           "Never!"criedthegeneral,slappinghisgold-embroideredchest.

           "Never!"criedalltheotherofficers,indignantlyslappingtheirchests.

           "Formypart,"saidtheprivate,meekly,"Imustobeymyofficers;sowhenIamtoldtorun,Irun;andwhenIamtoldtofight,Ifight."

           "Thatisright,"agreedtheTinWoodman.