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By the time this feat had been accomplished it began to grow dark, and Tip remembered he must milk the cow and feed the pigs. So he picked up his wooden man and carried it back to the house with him. BY THE TIME THIS FEAT HAD BEEN ACCOMPLISHED IT BEGAN TO GROW DARK AND TIP REMEMBERED HE MUST MILK THE COW AND FEED THE PIGS SO HE PICKED UP HIS WOODEN MAN AND CARRIED IT BACK TO THE HOUSE WITH HIM
ould wear this pumpkin head, and to stand it in a place where old Mombi would meet it face to face. “And then,” said Tip to himself, with a laugh, “she’ll squeal louder than the brown pig does when I pull her tail, and shiver with fright worse than I did last year when I had the ague!” He had plenty of time to accomplish this task, for Mombi had gone to a village—to buy groceries, she said—and it was a journey of at least two days. [Illustration: image019] So he took his axe to the forest, and selected some stout, straight saplings, which he cut down and trimmed of all their twigs and leaves. From these he would make the arms, and legs, and feet of his man. For the body he stripped a sheet of thick bark from around a big tree, and with much labor fashioned it into a cylinder of about the right size, pinning the edges together with wooden pegs. Then, whistling happily as he worked, he carefully jointed the limbs and fastened them to the body with pegs whittled into shape with his knife. E HE DECIDED TO MANUFACTURE THE FORM OF A MAN WHO WOULD WEAR THIS PUMPKIN HEAD AND TO STAND IT IN A PLACE WHERE OLD MOMBY WOULD MEET IT FACE TO FACE AND THEN SAID TIP TO HIMSELF WITH A LAUGH SHE'LL SQUEAL LOUDER THAN THE BROWN PIG DOES WHEN I PULL HER TAIL AND SHIVER WITH FRIGHT WORSE THAN I DID LAST YEAR WHEN I HAD THE OG HE HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO ACCOMPLISH THIS TASK FOR MOMBEY HAD GONE TO A VILLAGE TO BUY GROCERIES SHE SAID AND IT WAS A JOURNEY OF AT LEAST TWO DAYS SO HE TOOK HIS AXE TO THE FOREST AND SELECTED SOME STOUTUT STRAIGHT SAPLINGS WHICH HE CUT DOWN AND TRIMMED OF ALL THEIR TWIGS AND LEAVES FROM THESE HE WOULD MAKE THE ARMS AND LEGS AND FEET OF HIS MAN FOR THE BODY HE STRIPPED A SHEET OF THICK BARK FROM AROUND A BIG TREE AND WITH MUCH LABOUR FASHIONED IT INTO A CYLINDER OF ABOUT THE RIGHT SIZE PINNING THE EDGES TOGETHER WITH WOODEN PEGS THEN WHISTLING HAPPILY AS HE WORKED HE CAREFULLY JOINED THE LIMBS AND FASTENED THEM TO THE BODY WITH PEGS WHITTLED INTO SHAPE WITH HIS KNIFE
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