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"Whoa!" shouted Tip, picking himself up; "whoa! you idiot whoa!" The Saw Horse would probably have paid no attention to this, but just then it stepped a leg into a gopher hole and stumbled head over heels to the ground, where it lay upon its back, frantically waving its four legs in the air. Tip ran up to it. WHOA SHOUTED TIP PICKING HIMSELF UP WOA YOU IDIOT WHOA THE SAW HORSE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE PAID NO ATTENTION TO THAT BUT JUST THEN IT STEPPED A LEG INTO A GOPHER HOLE AND STUMBLED HEAD OVER HEELS TO THE GROUND WHERE IT LAY UPON ITS BACK FRANTICALLY WAVING ITS FORE LEGS IN THE AIR TIP RAN UP TO IT
ars than a horse,” explained Tip. “Then, if my ears were longer, would I be a horse?” asked Jack. “My friend,” said Tip, gravely, “you’ll never be anything but a Pumpkinhead, no matter how big your ears are.” “Oh,” returned Jack, nodding; “I think I understand.” “If you do, you’re a wonder,” remarked the boy “but there’s no harm in _thinking_ you understand. I guess these ears are ready now. Will you hold the horse while I stick them on?” “Certainly, if you’ll help me up,” said Jack. So Tip raised him to his feet, and the Pumpkinhead went to the horse and held its head while the boy bored two holes in it with his knife-blade and inserted the ears. “They make him look very handsome,” said Jack, admiringly. But those words, spoken close to the Saw-Horse, and being the first sounds he had ever heard, so startled the animal that he made a bound forward and tumbled Tip on one side and Jack on the other. Then he continued to rush forward as if frightened by the clatter of his own foot-steps. SE HAS BIGGER EARS THAN A MAN AND A DONKEY HAS BIGGER EARS THAN A HORSE EXPLAINED TIP THEN IF MY EARS WERE LONGER WOULD I BE A HORSE ASKED JACK MY FRIEND SAID TIP GRAVELY YOU'LL NEVER BE ANYTHING BUT A PUMPKINHEAD NO MATTER HOW BIG YOUR EARS ARE OH RETURNED JACK NODDING I THINK I UNDERSTAND IF YOU DO YOU'RE A WONDER REMARKED THE BOY BUT THERE'S NO HARM IN THINKING YOU UNDERSTAND I GUESS THESE EARS ARE READY NOW WILL YOU HOLD THE HORSE WHILE I STICK THEM ON CERTAINLY IF YOU'LL HELP ME UP SAID JACK SO TIP RAISED HIM TO HIS FEET AND THE PUMPKINHEAD WENT TO THE HORSE AND HELD ITS HEAD WHILE THE BOY BORED TWO HOLES IN IT WITH HIS KNIFE BLADE AND INSERTED THE EARS THEY MAKE HIM LOOK VERY HANDSOME SAID JACK ADMIRINGLY BUT THOSE WORDS SPOKEN CLOSE TO THE SAW HORSE AND BEING THE FIRST SOUNDS HE HAD EVER HEARD SO STARTLED THE ANIMAL THAT HE MADE A BOUND FORWARD AND TUMBLED TIP ON ONE SIDE AND JACK ON THE OTHER THEN HE CONTINUED TO RUSH FORWARD AS IF FRIGHTENED BY THE CLATTER OF HIS OWN FOOTSTEPS
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