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So, recovering from his first fear, Tip began to laugh; and the merry peals reached old Mombi's ears and made her hobble quickly to the hedge, where she seized Tip's collar and dragged him back to where she had left her basket and the pumpkinheaded man. SO RECOVERING FROM HIS FIRST FEAR TIP BEGAN TO LAUGH AND THE MERRY PEALS REACHED OLD MOMBY'S EARS AND MADE HER HOBBLE QUICKLY TO THE HEDGE WHERE SHE SEIZED TIP'S COLLAR AND DRAGGED HIM BACK WHERE SHE HAD LEFT HER BASKET AND THE PUMPKIN HEADED MAN
ugh!” 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!—he lives!” Now you may well suppose that Tip observed all this with amazement. At first he was so frightened and horrified that he wanted to run away, but his legs trembled and shook so badly that he couldn’t. Then it struck him as a very funny thing for Jack to come to life, especially as the expression on his pumpkin face was so droll and comical it excited laughter on the instant. 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 HE LIVES NOW YOU MAY WELL SUPPOSE THAT TIP OBSERVED ALL THIS WITH AMAZEMENT AT FIRST HE WAS SO FRIGHTENED AND HORRIFIED THAT HE WANTED TO RUN AWAY BUT HIS LEGS TREMBLED AND SHOOK SO BADLY THAT HE COULDN'T THEN IT STRUCK HIM AS A VERY FUNNY THING FOR JACK TO COME TO LIFE ESPECIALLY AS THE EXPRESSION ON HIS PUMPKIN FACE WAS SO DROLL AND COMICAL IT EXCITED LAUGHTER ON THE INSTANT
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