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He made a more careful examination of his visitor, and soon discovered that Jack's features were carved into a smile and that he could not look grave if he wished to. [Illustration: image087] The King was the first to speak. HE MADE A MORE CAREFUL EXAMINATION OF HIS VISITOR AND SOON DISCOVERED THAT JACK'S FEATURES WERE CARVED INTO A SMILE AND THAT HE COULD NOT LOOK GRAVE IF HE WISHED TO THE KING WAS FIRST TO SPEAK
t and also from his neck and boot-tops. Upon his head he wore a heavy golden crown set thick with sparkling jewels, and the weight of this crown caused his brow to sag in wrinkles, giving a thoughtful expression to the painted face. Indeed, the crown alone betokened majesty; in all else the, Scarecrow King was but a simple scarecrow—flimsy, awkward, and unsubstantial. But if the strange appearance of his Majesty the Scarecrow seemed startling to Jack, no less wonderful was the form of the Pumpkinhead to the Scarecrow. The purple trousers and pink waistcoat and red shirt hung loosely over the wooden joints Tip had manufactured, and the carved face on the pumpkin grinned perpetually, as if its wearer considered life the jolliest thing imaginable. At first, indeed, His Majesty thought his queer visitor was laughing at him, and was inclined to resent such a liberty; but it was not without reason that the Scarecrow had attained the reputation of being the wisest personage in the Land of Oz. OM THE MONARCH'S COAT AND ALSO FROM HIS NECK AND BOOT TOPS UPON HIS HEAD HE WORE A HEAVY GOLDEN CROWN SET THICK WITH SPARKLING JEWELS AND THE WEIGHT OF THIS CROWN CAUSED HIS BROW TO SAG IN WRINKLES GIVING A THOUGHTFUL EXPRESSION TO THE PAINTED FACE INDEED THE CROWN ALONE BETOKENED MAJESTY IN ALL ELSE THE SCARECROW KING WAS BUT A SIMPLE SCARECROW FLIMSY AWKWARD AND UNSUBSTANTIAL BUT IF THE STRANGE APPEARANCE OF HIS MAJESTY THE SCARECROW SEEMED STARTLING TO JACK NO LESS WONDERFUL WAS THE FORM OF THE PUMPKINHEAD TO THE SCARECROW THE PURPLE TROUSERS AND PINK WAISTCOAT AND RED SHIRT HUNG LOOSELY OVER THE WOODEN JOINTS TIP HAD MANUFACTURED AND THE CARVED FACE ON THE PUMPKIN GRINNED PERPETUALLY AS IF ITS WEARER CONSIDERED LIFE THE JOLLIEST THING IMAGINABLE AT FIRST INDEED HIS MAJESTY THOUGHT HIS QUEER VISITOR WAS LAUGHING AT HIM AND WAS INCLINED TO RESENT SUCH A LIBERTY BUT IT WAS NOT WITHOUT REASON THAT THE SCARECROW HAD ATTAINED THE REPUTATION OF BEING THE WISEST PERSONAGE IN THE LAND OF OZ
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