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"Stop! stop!" cried the Pumpkinhead. "You're making my head ache." "And mine," added the Scarecrow. "Your mathematics seem to me very like a bottle of mixed pickles the more you fish for what you want the less chance you have of getting it. I am certain that if the thing can be accomplished at all, it is in a very simple manner." "Yes," said Tip. "old Mombi couldn't use x's and minuses, for she never went to school." STOP STOP CRIED THE PUMPKINHEAD YOU'RE MAKING MY HEAD ACHE AND MINE ADDED THE SCARECROW YOUR MATHEMATICS SEEM TO ME VERY LIKE A BOTTLE OF MIXED PICKLES THE MORE YOU FISH FOR WHAT YOU WANT THE LESS CHANCE YOU HAVE OF GETTING IT I AM CERTAIN THAT IF THE THING CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED AT ALL IT IS IN A VERY SIMPLE MANNER YES SAID TIP OLD MOMBY USED TO USE XES AND MINUSES BUT SHE NEVER WENT TO SCHOOL
ons that have always made me a person to be depended upon in an emergency.” “Well, the emergency is here,” observed Tip; “and unless your brains help us out of it we shall be compelled to pass the remainder of our lives in this nest.” “How about these wishing pills?” enquired the Scarecrow, taking the box from his jacket pocket. “Can’t we use them to escape?” “Not unless we can count seventeen by twos,” answered the Tin Woodman. “But our friend the Woggle-Bug claims to be highly educated, so he ought easily to figure out how that can be done.” “It isn’t a question of education,” returned the Insect; “it’s merely a question of mathematics. I’ve seen the professor work lots of sums on the blackboard, and he claimed anything could be done with x’s and y’s and a’s, and such things, by mixing them up with plenty of plusses and minuses and equals, and so forth. But he never said anything, so far as I can remember, about counting up to the odd number of seventeen by the even numbers of twos.” THE SAME OLD MATERIAL AND THESE ARE THE POSSESSIONS THAT HAVE ALWAYS MADE ME A PERSON TO DEPEND UPON IN AN EMERGENCY WELL THE EMERGENCY IS HERE OBSERVED TIP AND UNLESS YOUR BRAINS HELP US OUT OF IT WE SHALL BE COMPELLED TO PASS THE REMAINDER OF OUR LIVES IN THIS NEST HOW ABOUT THESE WISHING PILLS INQUIRED THE SCARECROW TAKING THE BOX FROM HIS JACKET POCKET CAN WE USE THEM TO ESCAPE NOT UNLESS WE CAN COUNT SEVENTEEN BY TWOS ANSWERED THE TIN WOODMAN BUT OUR FRIEND THE WOGGLE BUG CLAIMS TO BE HIGHLY EDUCATED SO HE OUGHT EASILY TO FIGURE OUT HOW THAT CAN BE DONE IT ISN'T A QUESTION OF EDUCATION RETURNED THE INSECT IT'S MERELY A QUESTION OF MATHEMATICS I'VE SEEN THE PROFESSOR WORK LOTS OF SUMS ON THE BLACKBOARD AND HE CLAIMED ANYTHING COULD BE DONE WITH XES AND Y'S AND AS AND SUCH A THINGS BY MIXING THEM UP WITH PLENTY OF PLUSES AND MINUSES AND EQUALS AND SO FORTH BUT HE NEVER SAID ANYTHING SO FAR AS I CAN REMEMBER ABOUT COUNTING UP TO THE ODD NUMBER OF SEVENTEEN BY THE EVEN NUMBERS OF TWOS
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