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Next morning, when he looked at his work again, Tip saw he had forgotten to give the dummy a neck, by means of which he might fasten the pumpkinhead to the body. So he went again to the forest, which was not far away, and chopped from a tree several pieces of wood with which to complete his work. NEXT MORNING WHEN HE LOOKED AT HIS WORK AGAIN TIP SAW HE HAD FORGOTTEN TO GIVE THE DUMMY A NECK BY MEANS OF WHICH HE MIGHT FASTEN THE PUMPKINHEAD TO THE BODY SO HE WENT AGAIN TO THE FOREST WHICH WAS NOT FAR AWAY AND CHOPPED FROM A TREE SEVERAL PIECES OF WOOD WITH WHICH TO COMPLETE HIS WORK
. From these he would make the arms, and legs, and feet of his man. For the body he stripped a sheet of thick bark from around a big tree, and with much labor fashioned it into a cylinder of about the right size, pinning the edges together with wooden pegs. Then, whistling happily as he worked, he carefully jointed the limbs and fastened them to the body with pegs whittled into shape with his knife. By the time this feat had been accomplished it began to grow dark, and Tip remembered he must milk the cow and feed the pigs. So he picked up his wooden man and carried it back to the house with him. During the evening, by the light of the fire in the kitchen, Tip carefully rounded all the edges of the joints and smoothed the rough places in a neat and workmanlike manner. Then he stood the figure up against the wall and admired it. It seemed remarkably tall, even for a full-grown man; but that was a good point in a small boy’s eyes, and Tip did not object at all to the size of his creation. HEIR TWIGS AND LEAVES FROM THESE HE WOULD MAKE THE ARMS AND LEGS AND FEET OF HIS MAN FOR THE BODY HE STRIPPED A SHEET OF THICK BARK FROM AROUND A BIG TREE AND WITH MUCH LABOUR FASHIONED IT INTO A CYLINDER OF ABOUT THE RIGHT SIZE PINNING THE EDGES TOGETHER WITH WOODEN PEGS THEN WHISTLING HAPPILY AS HE WORKED HE CAREFULLY JOINED THE LIMBS AND FASTENED THEM TO THE BODY WITH PEGS WHITTLED INTO SHAPE WITH HIS KNIFE BY THE TIME THIS FEAT HAD BEEN ACCOMPLISHED IT BEGAN TO GROW DARK AND TIP REMEMBERED HE MUST MILK THE COW AND FEED THE PIGS SO HE PICKED UP HIS WOODEN MAN AND CARRIED IT BACK TO THE HOUSE WITH HIM DURING THE EVENING BY THE LIGHT OF THE FIRE IN THE KITCHEN TIP CAREFULLY ROUNDED ALL THE EDGES OF THE JOINTS AND SMOOTHED THE ROUGH PLACES IN A NEAT AND WORKMANLIKE MANNER THEN HE STOOD THE FIGURE UP AGAINST THE WALL AND ADMIRED IT IT SEEMED REMARKABLY TALL EVEN FOR A FULL GROWN MAN BUT THAT WAS A GOOD POINT IN A SMALL BOY'S EYES AND TIP DID NOT OBJECT AT ALL TO THE SIZE OF HIS CREATION
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