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By this time it had become quite dark, and the voyagers found above them a cloudy sky, through which the rays of the moon could not penetrate. The Gump flew steadily on, and for some reason the huge sofa body rocked more and more dizzily every hour. BY THIS TIME IT HAD BECOME QUITE DARK AND THE VOYAGERS FOUND ABOVE THEM A CLOUDY SKY THROUGH WHICH THE RAYS OF THE MOON COULD NOT PENETRATE THE GUMP FLEW STEADILY ON AND FOR SOME REASON THE HUGE SOFA BODY ROCKED MORE AND MORE DIZZILY EVERY HOUR
er hearing her say that she got the Powder of Life from this same Nikidik.” “He must be a powerful Sorcerer!” exclaimed the Tin Woodman; “and since the powder proved a success we ought to have confidence in the pills.” “But how,” asked the Scarecrow, “can anyone count seventeen by twos? Seventeen is an odd number.” “That is true,” replied Tip, greatly disappointed. “No one can possibly count seventeen by twos.” “Then the pills are of no use to us,” wailed the Pumpkinhead; “and this fact overwhelms me with grief. For I had intended wishing that my head would never spoil.” “Nonsense!” said the Scarecrow, sharply. “If we could use the pills at all we would make far better wishes than that.” “I do not see how anything could be better,” protested poor Jack. “If you were liable to spoil at any time you could understand my anxiety.” “For my part,” said the Tin Woodman, “I sympathize with you in every respect. But since we cannot count seventeen by twos, sympathy is all you are liable to get.” BY KNEW THEY WERE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE PEPPER BOX I REMEMBER HEARING HER SAY THAT SHE GOT THE PEPPER OF LIFE FROM THIS SAME NICKY DICK HE MUST BE A POWERFUL SORCERER EXCLAIMED THE TIN WOODMAN AND SINCE THE POWDER PROVED A SUCCESS WE OUGHT TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE PILLS BUT HOW ASKED THE SCARECROW CAN ANYONE COUNT SEVENTEEN BY TWOS SEVENTEEN IS AN ODD NUMBER THAT IS TRUE REPLIED TIP GREATLY DISAPPOINTED NO ONE CAN POSSIBLY COUNT SEVENTEEN BY TWOS THEN THE PILLS ARE OF NO USE TO US WAILED THE PUMPKINHEAD AND THIS FACT OVERWHELMS ME WITH GRIEF FOR I HAD INTENDED WISHING THAT MY HEAD WOULD NEVER SPOIL NONSENSE SAID THE SCARECROW SHARPLY IF WE COULD USE THE PILLS AT ALL WE WOULD MAKE FAR BETTER WISHES THAN THAT I DO NOT SAY ANYTHING COULD BE BETTER PROTESTED POOR JACK IF YOU WERE LIABLE TO SPOIL AT ANY TIME YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND MY ANXIETY FOR MY PART SAID THE TIN WOODMAN I SYMPATHIZE WITH YOU IN EVERY RESPECT BUT SINCE WE CANNOT COUNT SEVENTEEN BY TWOS SYMPATHY IS ALL YOU ARE LIABLE TO GET
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