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That is why I place 'T.E.' Thoroughly Educated upon my cards; for my greatest pride lies in the fact that the world cannot produce another Woggle Bug with a tenth part of my own culture and erudition." THAT IS WHY I PLACE T E THOROUGHLY EDUCATED UPON MY CARDS FOR MY GREATEST PRIDE LIES IN THE FACT THAT THE WORLD CANNOT PRODUCE ANOTHER WOGGLE BUG WITH A TENTH PART OF MY OWN CULTURE AND ERUDITION
the earth. “But Destiny had singled me out, humble though I was, for a grander fate! One day I crawled near to a country school house, and my curiosity being excited by the monotonous hum of the students within, I made bold to enter and creep along a crack between two boards until I reached the far end, where, in front of a hearth of glowing embers, sat the master at his desk. “No one noticed so small a creature as a Woggle-Bug, and when I found that the hearth was even warmer and more comfortable than the sunshine, I resolved to establish my future home beside it. So I found a charming nest between two bricks and hid myself therein for many, many months. “Professor Nowitall is, doubtless, the most famous scholar in the land of Oz, and after a few days I began to listen to the lectures and discourses he gave his pupils. Not one of them was more attentive than the humble, unnoticed Woggle-Bug, and I acquired in this way a fund of knowledge that I will myself confess is simply marvelous. REATURES THAT INHABIT THE EARTH BUT DESTINY HAD SINGLED ME OUT HUMBLE THOUGH I WAS FOR A GRANDER FATE ONE DAY I CRAWLED NEAR TO A COUNTRY SCHOOL HOUSE AND MY CURIOSITY BEING EXCITED BY THE MONOTONOUS HUM OF THE STUDENTS WITHIN I MADE BOLD TO ENTER AND CREEPED ALONG A CRACK BETWEEN TWO BOARDS UNTIL I REACHED THE FAR END WHERE IN FRONT OF A HEARTH OF GLOWING EMBERS SAT THE MASTER AT HIS DESK NO ONE NOTICED SO SMALL A CREATURE AS A WOGGLE BUG AND WHEN I FOUND THAT THE HEARTH WAS EVEN WARMER AND MORE COMFORTABLE THAN THE SUNSHINE I RESOLVED TO ESTABLISH MY FUTURE HOME BESIDE IT SO I FOUND A CHARMING NEST BETWEEN TWO BRICKS AND HID MYSELF THEREIN FOR MANY MANY MONTHS PROFESSOR NOWITALL IS DOUBTLESS THE MOST FAMOUS SCHOLAR IN THE LAND OF OZ AND AFTER A FEW DAYS I BEGAN TO LISTEN TO THE LECTURES AND DISCOURSES HE GAVE HIS PUPILS NOT ONE OF THEM WAS MORE ATTENTIVE THAN THE HUMBLE UNNOTICED WOGGLE BUG AND I ACQUIRED IN THIS WAY A FUND OF KNOWLEDGE THAT I WILL MYSELF CONFESS IS SIMPLY MARVELLOUS
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