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"I'll try it!" cried the boy, jumping up. "But I wonder if I can remember the words old Mombi said, and the way she held her hands up." He thought it over for a minute, and as he had watched carefully from the hedge every motion of the old witch, and listened to her words, he believed he could repeat exactly what she had said and done. So he began by sprinkling some of the magic Powder of Life from the pepper box upon the body of the saw horse. I'LL TRY IT CRIED THE BOY JUMPING UP BUT I WONDER IF I CAN REMEMBER THE WORDS OLD MOMBY SAID AND THE WAY SHE HELD HER HANDS UP HE THOUGHT IT OVER FOR A MINUTE AND AS HE HAD WATCHED CAREFULLY FROM THE HEDGE EVERY MOTION OF THE OLD WITCH AND LISTENED TO HER WORDS HE BELIEVED HE COULD REPEAT EXACTLY WHAT SHE HAD SAID AND DONE SO HE BEGAN BY SPRINKLING SOME OF THE MAGIC POWDER OF LIFE FROM THE PEPPER BOX UPON THE BODY OF THE SAW HORSE
 log was laid across it to be sawed. “This thing resembles a real horse more than I imagined,” said Tip, trying to explain. “But a real horse is alive, and trots and prances and eats oats, while this is nothing more than a dead horse, made of wood, and used to saw logs upon.” “If it were alive, wouldn’t it trot, and prance, and eat oats?” inquired the Pumpkinhead. “It would trot and prance, perhaps; but it wouldn’t eat oats,” replied the boy, laughing at the idea. “And of course it can’t ever be alive, because it is made of wood.” “So am I,” answered the man. Tip looked at him in surprise. “Why, so you are!” he exclaimed. “And the magic powder that brought you to life is here in my pocket.” [Illustration: image053] He brought out the pepper box, and eyed it curiously. “I wonder,” said he, musingly, “if it would bring the saw-horse to life.” “If it would,” returned Jack, calmly for nothing seemed to surprise him “I could ride on its back, and that would save my joints from wearing out.” FAST INTO THE BODY BEING SPREAD WIDE APART SO THAT THE SAW HORSE WOULD STAND FIRMLY WHEN A LOG WAS LAID ACROSS IT TO BE SAWED THIS THING RESEMBLES A REAL HORSE MORE THAN I IMAGINED SAID TIP TRYING TO EXPLAIN BUT A REAL HORSE IS ALIVE AND TROTS AND PRANCES AND EATS OATS WHILE THIS IS NOTHING MORE THAN A DEAD HORSE MADE OF WOOD AND USED TO SAW LOGS UPON IF IT WERE ALIVE WOULDN'T IT TROT AND PRANCE AND EAT OATS INQUIRED THE PUMPKINHEAD IT WOULD TROT AND PRANCE PERHAPS BUT IT WOULDN'T EAT OATS REPLIED THE BOY LAUGHING AT THE IDEA AND OF COURSE IT CAN'T EVER BE ALIVE BECAUSE IT IS MADE OF WOOD SO AM I ANSWERED THE MAN TIP LOOKED AT HIM IN SURPRISE WHY YOU ARE HE EXCLAIMED AND THE MAGIC POWDER THAT BROUGHT YOU TO LIFE IS HERE IN MY POCKET HE BROUGHT OUT THE PEPPER BOX AND EYED IT CURIOUSLY I WONDER HE SAID MUSINGLY IF IT WOULD BRING THE SAW HORSE TO LIFE IF IT WOULD RETURNED JACK CALMLY FOR NOTHING SEEMED TO SURPRISE HIM I WOULD RIDE ON ITS BACK AND THAT WOULD SAVE MY JOINTS FROM WEARING OUT
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