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Jack had now managed to raise himself to a sitting position, and he looked at the Saw Horse with much interest. JACK HAD NOW MANAGED TO RAISE HIMSELF TO A SITTING POSITION AND HE LOOKED AT THE SAW HORSE WITH MUCH INTEREST
horse The Saw-Horse, finding himself alive, seemed even more astonished than Tip. He rolled his knotty eyes from side to side, taking a first wondering view of the world in which he had now so important an existence. Then he tried to look at himself; but he had, indeed, no neck to turn; so that in the endeavor to see his body he kept circling around and around, without catching even a glimpse of it. His legs were stiff and awkward, for there were no knee-joints in them; so that presently he bumped against Jack Pumpkinhead and sent that personage tumbling upon the moss that lined the roadside. Tip became alarmed at this accident, as well as at the persistence of the Saw-Horse in prancing around in a circle; so he called out: “Whoa! Whoa, there!” The Saw-Horse paid no attention whatever to this command, and the next instant brought one of his wooden legs down upon Tip’s foot so forcibly that the boy danced away in pain to a safer distance, from where he again yelled: “Whoa! Whoa, I say!” ER FIVE THE AWAKENING OF THE SAW HORSE THE SAW HORSE FINDING HIMSELF ALIVE SEEMED EVEN MORE ASTONISHED THAN TIP HE ROLLED HIS KNOTTY EYES FROM SIDE TO SIDE TAKING A FIRST WONDERING LOOK OF THE WORLD IN WHICH HE HAD NOW SO IMPORTANT AN EXISTENCE THEN HE TRIED TO LOOK AT HIMSELF BUT HE HAD INDEED NO NECK TO TURN SO THAT IN THE ENDEAVOUR TO SEE HIS BODY HE KEPT CIRCLING ROUND AND AROUND WITHOUT CATCHING EVEN A GLIMPSE OF IT HIS LEGS WERE STIFF AND AWKWARD FOR THERE WERE NO KNEE JOINTS IN THEM SO THAT PRESENTLY HE BUMPED AGAINST JACK PUMPKIN'S HEAD AND SET THAT PERSONAGE TUMBLING UPON THE MOSS THAT LINED THE ROADWAY TIP BECAME ALARMED AT THIS ACCIDENT AS WELL AS THE PERSISTENCE OF THE SAW HORSE IN PRANCING AROUND IN A CIRCLE SO HE CALLED OUT WHOA WOE THERE THE SAW HORSE PAID NO ATTENTION WHATEVER TO THIS COMMAND AND THE NEXT INSTANT BROUGHT ONE OF HIS WOODEN LEGS DOWN UPON TIP'S FOOT SO FORCIBLY THAT THE BOY DANCED AWAY IN PAIN TO A SAFER DISTANCE FROM THERE HE AGAIN YELLED WHOA WHOA I SAY
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