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"My dear Nick!" exclaimed the Scarecrow, seeing what his friend had done; "you have been guilty of the greatest crime any person can commit in the Emerald City. If I remember rightly, the penalty for chopping leaves from the royal palm tree is to be killed seven times and afterward imprisoned for life." MY DEAR NICK EXCLAIMED THE SCARECROW SEEING WHAT HIS FRIEND HAD DONE YOU'VE BEEN GUILTY OF THE GREATEST CRIME ANY PERSON CAN COMMIT IN THE EMERALD CITY IF I REMEMBER RIGHTLY THE PENALTY FOR CHOPPING LEAVES FROM THE ROYAL PALM TREE IS TO BE KILLED SEVEN TIMES AND AFTERWARD IMPRISONED FOR LIFE
ould not have explained, except that it had aroused his curiosity. Tip, with the aid of the Saw-Horse, had brought a large, upholstered sofa to the roof. It was an oldfashioned piece of furniture, with high back and ends, and it was so heavy that even by resting the greatest weight upon the back of the Saw-Horse, the boy found himself out of breath when at last the clumsy sofa was dumped upon the roof. [Illustration: image217] The Pumpkinhead had brought a broom, which was the first thing he saw. The Scarecrow arrived with a coil of clothes-lines and ropes which he had taken from the courtyard, and in his trip up the stairs he had become so entangled in the loose ends of the ropes that both he and his burden tumbled in a heap upon the roof and might have rolled off if Tip had not rescued him. The Tin Woodman appeared last. He also had been to the courtyard, where he had cut four great, spreading leaves from a huge palm-tree that was the pride of all the inhabitants of the Emerald City. Y THE WOGGLE BUG SELECTED THIS ARTICLE HE COULD NOT HAVE EXPLAINED EXCEPT THAT IT HAD AROUSED HIS CURIOSITY TIP WITH THE AID OF THE SAW HORSE HAD BROUGHT A LARGE UPHOLSTERED SOFA TO THE ROOF IT WAS AN OLD FASHIONED PIECE OF FURNITURE WITH HIGH BACK AND END AND IT WAS SO HEAVY THAT EVEN BY RESTING THE GREATEST WEIGHT UPON THE BACK OF THE SAW HORSE THE BOY FOUND HIMSELF OUT OF BREATH WHEN AT LAST THE CLUMSY SOFA WAS DUMPED UPON THE ROOF THE PUMPKINHEAD HAD BROUGHT A BROOM WHICH WAS THE FIRST THING HE SAW THE SCARECROW ARRIVED WITH A COIL OF CLOTHES LINES AND ROPES WHICH HE HAD TAKEN FROM THE COURTYARD AND IN HIS TRIP UP THE STAIRS HE HAD BECOME SO ENTANGLED IN THE LOOSE ENDS OF THE ROPES THAT BOTH HE AND HIS BURDEN TUMBLED IN A HEAP UPON THE ROOF AND MIGHT HAVE ROLLED OFF IF TIP HAD NOT RESCUED HIM THE TIN WOODMAN APPEARED LAST HE ALSO HAD BEEN IN THE COURTYARD WHERE HE HAD CUT FOUR GREAT SPREADING LEAVES FROM A HUGE PALM TREE THAT WAS THE PRIDE OF ALL THE INHABITANTS OF THE EMERALD CITY
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