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—he lives!" Now you may well suppose that Tip observed all this with amazement. HE LIVES NOW YOU MAY WELL SUPPOSE THAT TIP OBSERVED ALL THIS WITH AMAZEMENT
did this in the same way one would pepper a baked potato, and the powder sifted down from Jack’s head and scattered over the red shirt and pink waistcoat and purple trousers Tip had dressed him in, and a portion even fell upon the patched and worn shoes. Then, putting the pepper-box back into the basket, Mombi lifted her left hand, with its little finger pointed upward, and said: “Weaugh!” Then she lifted her right hand, with the thumb pointed upward, and said: “Teaugh!” Then she lifted both hands, with all the fingers and thumbs spread out, and cried: “Peaugh!” Jack Pumpkinhead stepped back a pace, at this, and said in a reproachful voice: “Don’t yell like that! Do you think I’m deaf?” Old Mombi danced around him, frantic with delight. “He lives!” she screamed: “He lives! he lives!” Then she threw her stick into the air and caught it as it came down; and she hugged herself with both arms, and tried to do a step of a jig; and all the time she repeated, rapturously: “He lives!—he lives! NKLE THE POWDER FROM THE BOX OVER THE PUMPKINHEAD OF HIS MAN JACK SHE DID THIS IN THE SAME WAY ONE WOULD PEPPER A BAKED POTATO AND THE POWDER SIFTED DOWN FROM JACK'S HEAD AND SCATTERED OVER THE RED SHIRT AND PINK WAISTCOAT AND PURPLE TROUSERS TIP ADDRESSED HIM IN AND A PORTION EVEN FELL ON THE PATCHED AND WORN SHOES THEN PUTTING THE PEPPER BOX BACK INTO THE BASKET MOMBY LIFTED HER LEFT HAND WITH ITS LITTLE FINGER POINTED UPWARD AND SAID RATHER SHE LIFTED HER RIGHT HAND WITH THE THUMB POINTED UPWARD AND SAID HA THEN SHE LIFTED BOTH HANDS WITH ALL THE FINGERS AND THUMB SPREAD OUT AND CRIED PAH JACK PUMPKINHEAD STEPPED BACK A PACE AT THIS AND SAID IN A REPROACHFUL VOICE DON'T YELL LIKE THAT D'YE THINK I'M DEAF OLD MOMBY DANCED AROUND HIM FRANTIC WITH DELIGHT HE LIVES SHE SCREAMED HEVES HE LIVES THEN SHE THREW HER STICK INTO THE AIR AND CAUGHT IT AS IT CAME DOWN AND SHE HUGGED HERSELF WITH BOTH ARMS AND TRIED TO DO A STEP OF A JIG AND ALL THE TIME SHE REPEATED RAPTUROUSLY HE LIVES HE LIVES
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