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By the time Tip had picked himself up and cleared the dust from his throat so he could say "Whoa!" there was no further need of saying it, for the horse was long since out of sight. So he did the only sensible thing he could do. He sat down and took a good rest, and afterward began walking along the road. BY THE TIME TIP HAD PICKED HIMSELF UP AND CLEARED THE DUST FROM HIS THROAT SO HE COULD SAY WOE THERE WAS NO FURTHER NEED OF SAYING IT FOR THE HORSE WAS LONG SINCE OUT OF SIGHT SO HE DID THE ONLY SENSIBLE THING HE COULD DO HE SAT DOWN AND TOOK A GOOD REST AND AFTERWARD BEGAN WALKING ALONG THE ROAD
a very short time.” “Then the horse must step lively,” said Jack. “I’ll do my best,” returned the Saw-Horse, cheerfully. Tip grasped the end of the branch that served as tail to the Saw-Horse, and called loudly: “Get-up!” The horse started at a good pace, and Tip followed behind. Then he decided they could go faster, so he shouted: “Trot!” [Illustration: image075] Now, the Saw-Horse remembered that this word was the command to go as fast as he could; so he began rocking along the road at a tremendous pace, and Tip had hard work—running faster than he ever had before in his life—to keep his feet. Soon he was out of breath, and although he wanted to call “Whoa!” to the horse, he found he could not get the word out of his throat. Then the end of the tail he was clutching, being nothing more than a dead branch, suddenly broke away, and the next minute the boy was rolling in the dust of the road, while the horse and its pumpkin-headed rider dashed on and quickly disappeared in the distance. THE HORSE'S TAIL AND RUN AFTER YOU IN THIS WAY WE WILL BECOME DRY IN A VERY SHORT TIME THEN THE HORSE MUST STOP LIVELY SAID JACK I'LL DO MY BEST RETURNED THE SAW HORSE CHEERFULLY TIP GRASPED THE END OF THE BRANCH THAT SERVED HIS TAIL TO THE SAW HORSE AND CALLED LOUDLY GET UP THE HORSE STARTED AT A GOOD PACE AND TIP FOLLOWED BEHIND THEN HE DECIDED THEY COULD GO FASTER SO HE SHOUTED TROT NOW THE SAW HORSE REMEMBERED THAT THIS WORD WAS THE COMMAND TO GO AS FAST AS HE COULD SO HE BEGAN ROCKING ALONG THE ROAD AT A TREMENDOUS PACE AND TIP HAD HARD WORK RUNNING FASTER THAN HE EVER HAD BEFORE IN HIS LIFE TO KEEP HIS FEET SOON HE WAS OUT OF BREATH AND ALTHOUGH HE WANTED TO CALL WOA TO THE HORSE HE FOUND HE COULD NOT GET THE WORD OUT OF HIS THROAT THEN THE END OF THE TAILOR WAS CLUTCHING BEING NOTHING MORE THAN A DEAD BRANCH SUDDENLY BROKE AND THE NEXT MINUTE THE BOY WAS ROLLING IN THE DUST OF THE ROAD WHILE THE HORSE AND ITS PUMPKIN HEADED RIDER DASHED ON AND QUICKLY DISAPPEARED IN THE DISTANCE
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