. The marvelous land of Oz; being an account of the further adventures of the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman ... a sequel to the Wizard of Oz . ross, in spite of the ferry-man, and can continue our journey. I didnt mind swimming, at all, remarked thehorse. Nor did I, added Jack. They soon regained the road of yellow brick,which proved to be a continuation of the road theyhad left on the other side, and then Tip once moremounted the Pumpkinhead upon the back of theSaw-Horse. 62 Jack Pu m p k i n h ea ds Ride If you ride fast, said he, the wind will helpto dry your clothing. I will hold on to the hor
. The marvelous land of Oz; being an account of the further adventures of the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman ... a sequel to the Wizard of Oz . ross, in spite of the ferry-man, and can continue our journey. I didnt mind swimming, at all, remarked thehorse. Nor did I, added Jack. They soon regained the road of yellow brick,which proved to be a continuation of the road theyhad left on the other side, and then Tip once moremounted the Pumpkinhead upon the back of theSaw-Horse. 62 Jack Pu m p k i n h ea ds Ride If you ride fast, said he, the wind will helpto dry your clothing. I will hold on to the horsestail and run after you. In this way we all will be-come dry in a very short time. Then the horse must step lively, said Jack. Ill do my best, returned the Saw-Horse,cheerfully. Tip grasped the end of the branch that served astail to the Saw-Horse, and called loudly: Get-up! The horse started at a good pace, and Tip fol-lowed behind. Then he decided they could gofaster, so he shouted: Trot! Now, the Saw-Horse remembered that this wordwas the command to go as fast as he could; so hebegan rocking along the road at a tremendous pace,. 63 Jack Pu m pk i nhea ds Ride and Tip had hard work — running faster than heever had before in his life — to keep his feet. Soon he was out of breath, and although hewanted to call Whoa! to the horse, he found hecould not get the word out of his throat. Thenthe end of the tail he was clutching, being nothingmore than a dead branch, suddenly broke away, andthe next minute the boy was rolling in the dust of theroad, while the horse and its pumpkin-headed riderdashed on and quickly disappeared in the distance. By the time Tip had picked himself up andcleared the dust from his throat so he could sayWhoa! there was no further need of saying it, forthe horse was long since out of sight. So he did the only sensible thing he could sat down and took a good rest, and afterwardbegan walking along the road. Some time I will surely overtake them, he
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