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As for the Scarecrow, the straw in his body had shaken down with the jolting and packed itself into his legs and the lower part of his body—which appeared very plump and round while his upper half seemed like an empty sack. AS FOR THE SCARECROW THE STRAW IN HIS BODY HAD SHAKEN DOWN WITH THE JOLTING AND PACKED ITSELF INTO HIS LEGS AND THE LOWER PART OF HIS BODY WHICH APPEARED VERY PLUMP AND ROUND WHILE HIS UPPER HALF SEEMED LIKE AN EMPTY SACK
as no reply. So the boy called to the King “are you all right, your majesty?” The Scarecrow groaned. “I’m all wrong, somehow,” he said, in a weak voice. “How very wet this water is!” Tip was bound so tightly by the cord that he could not turn his head to look at his companions; so he said to the Saw-Horse: “Paddle with your legs toward the shore.” The horse obeyed, and although their progress was slow they finally reached the opposite river bank at a place where it was low enough to enable the creature to scramble upon dry land. With some difficulty the boy managed to get his knife out of his pocket and cut the cords that bound the riders to one another and to the wooden horse. He heard the Scarecrow fall to the ground with a mushy sound, and then he himself quickly dismounted and looked at his friend Jack. The wooden body, with its gorgeous clothing, still sat upright upon the horse’s back; but the pumpkin head was gone, and only the sharpened stick that served for a neck was visible. D ARE YOU ALL RIGHT JACK THERE WAS NO REPLY SO THE BOY CALLED TO THE KING ARE YOU ALL RIGHT YOUR MAJESTY THE SCARECROW GROANED I'M ALL WRONG SOMEHOW HE SAID IN A WEAK VOICE HOW VERY WET THIS WATER IS TIP WAS BOUND SO TIGHTLY BY THE CORD THAT HE COULD NOT TURN HIS HEAD TO LOOK AT HIS COMPANIONS SO HE SAID TO THE SAW HORSE PADDLE WITH YOUR LEGS TOWARD THE SHORE THE HORSE OBEYED AND ALTHOUGH THEIR PROGRESS WAS SLOW THEY FINALLY REACHED THE OPPOSITE RIVER BANK AT A PLACE WHERE IT WAS LOW ENOUGH TO ENABLE THE CREATURE TO SCRAMBLE UPON DRY LAND WITH SOME DIFFICULTY THE BOY MANAGED TO GET HIS KNIFE OUT OF HIS POCKET AND CUT THE CORDS THAT BOUND THE RIDER TO ONE ANOTHER AND TO THE WOODEN HORSE HE HEARD THE SCARECROW FALL TO THE GROUND WITH A MUSHY SOUND AND THEN HE HIMSELF QUICKLY DISMOUNTED AND LOOKED AT HIS FRIEND JACK THE WOODEN BODY WITH ITS GORGEOUS CLOTHING STILL SAT UPRIGHT UPON THE HORSE'S BACK BUT THE PUMPKINHEAD WAS GONE AND ONLY THE SHARPENED STICK THAT SERVED FOR A NECK WAS VISIBLE
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