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You might think that was the end of the Gump; and so it was, as a flying machine. But the head over the mantle piece continued to talk whenever it took a notion to do so, and it frequently startled, with its abrupt questions, the people who waited in the hall for an audience with the Queen. YOU MIGHT THINK THAT WAS THE END OF THE GUMP AND SO IT WAS AS A FLYING MACHINE BUT THE HEAD OVER THE MANTELPIECE CONTINUED TO TALK WHENEVER IT TOOK A NOTION TO DO SO AND IF FREQUENTLY STARTLED WITH ITS ABRUPT QUESTIONS THE PEOPLE WHO WAITED IN THE HALL FOR AN AUDIENCE WITH THE QUEEN
who was appointed to the important post of Public Educator, was quite helpful to Ozma when her royal duties grew perplexing. The girl, in her gratitude to the Gump for its services, offered the creature any reward it might name. “Then,” replied the Gump, “please take me to pieces. I did not wish to be brought to life, and I am greatly ashamed of my conglomerate personality. Once I was a monarch of the forest, as my antlers fully prove; but now, in my present upholstered condition of servitude, I am compelled to fly through the air—my legs being of no use to me whatever. Therefore I beg to be dispersed.” So Ozma ordered the Gump taken apart. The antlered head was again hung over the mantle-piece in the hall, and the sofas were untied and placed in the reception parlors. The broom tail resumed its accustomed duties in the kitchen, and finally, the Scarecrow replaced all the clotheslines and ropes on the pegs from which he had taken them on the eventful day when the Thing was constructed. SIONS AND THE WOGGLE BUG WHO WAS APPOINTED TO THE IMPORTANT POST OF PUBLIC EDUCATOR WAS QUITE HELPFUL TO OZMA WHEN HER ROYAL DUTIES GREW PERPLEXING THE GIRL IN HER GRATITUDE TO THE GUMP FOR ITS SERVICES OFFERED THE CREATURE ANY REWARD IT MIGHT NAME THEN REPLIED THE GUMP PLEASE TAKE ME TO PIECES I DID NOT WISH TO BE BROUGHT TO LIFE AND I AM GREATLY ASHAMED OF MY CONGLOMERATE PERSONALITY ONCE I WAS A MONARCH OF THE FOREST AS MY ANTLERS FULLY PROVE BUT NOW IN MY PRESENT UPHOLSTERED CONDITION OF SERVITUDE I AM COMPELLED TO FLY THROUGH THE AIR MY LEGS BEING OF NO USE TO ME WHATEVER THEREFORE I BEG TO BE DISPERSED SO OZMA ORDERED THE GUMP TAKEN APART THE ANTLER'S HEAD WAS AGAIN HUNG OVER THE MANTELPIECE IN THE HALL AND THE SOFAS WERE UNTIED AND PLACED IN THE RECEPTION PARLOURS THE BROOM TAIL RESUMED ITS ACCUSTOMED DUTIES IN THE KITCHEN AND FINALLY THE SCARECROW REPLACED ALL THE CLOTHES LINES AND ROPES ON THE PEGS FROM WHICH HE HAD TAKEN THEM ON THE EVENTFUL DAY WHEN THE THING WAS CONSTRUCTED
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