. 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 . d the Gump, and settleddown upon a table of rock that stood between twocliffs. But not being experienced in such matters, theGump did not judge his speed correctly; and in-stead of coming to a stop upon the flat rock hemissed it by half the width of his body, breaking offboth his right wings against the sharp edge of therock and then tumbling over and over down thecliff. Our friends held on to the sofas as long as theycould, but when the Gump caught on a pr
. 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 . d the Gump, and settleddown upon a table of rock that stood between twocliffs. But not being experienced in such matters, theGump did not judge his speed correctly; and in-stead of coming to a stop upon the flat rock hemissed it by half the width of his body, breaking offboth his right wings against the sharp edge of therock and then tumbling over and over down thecliff. Our friends held on to the sofas as long as theycould, but when the Gump caught on a projectingrock the Thing stopped suddenly—bottom side up—and all were immediately dumped out. By good fortune they fell only a few feet; forunderneath them was a monster nest, built by a col-ony of Jackdaws in a hollow ledge of rock; so noneof them—not even the Pumpkinhead—was injuredby the fall. For Jack found his precious head rest-ing on the soft breast of the Scarecrow, which madean excellent cushion; and Tip fell on a mass ofleaves and papers, which saved him from Woggle-Bughad bumped his round head against 212. ALL WERE IMMEDIATELY DUMPED OUT. 213 In the Jackdaws Nest the Saw-Horse, but without causing him more thana moments inconvenience. The Tin Woodman was at first much alarmed;but finding he had escaped without even a scratchupon his beautiful nickle-plate he at once regainedhis accustomed cheerfulness and turned to addresshis comrades. Ourjourney has ended rather suddenly, said he,and we cannot justly blame our friend the Gumpfor our accident, because he did the best he couldunder the circumstances. But how we are ever toescape from this nest I must leave to someone withbetter brains than I possess. Here he gazed at the Scarecrow; who crawled tothe edge of the nest and looked over. Below themwas a sheer precipice several hundred feet in them was a smooth cliff unbroken save bythe point of rock where the wrecked body of theGump still hung
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