. 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 . e, which lay waving its legs ina vain endeavor to get upon its feet again. « Jack-daws are especially fond of pumpkins. Do you think the birds will come here? askedJack, much distressed. Of course they will, said Tip; for this is theirnest. And there must be hundreds of them, hecontinued, for see what a lot of things they havebrought here! Indeed, the nest was half filled with a most cu-rious collection of small articles for which the birdscould have no use
. 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 . e, which lay waving its legs ina vain endeavor to get upon its feet again. « Jack-daws are especially fond of pumpkins. Do you think the birds will come here? askedJack, much distressed. Of course they will, said Tip; for this is theirnest. And there must be hundreds of them, hecontinued, for see what a lot of things they havebrought here! Indeed, the nest was half filled with a most cu-rious collection of small articles for which the birdscould have no use, but which the thieving Jackdawshad stolen during many years from the homes ofmen. And as the nest was safely hidden where nohuman being could reach it, this lost property wouldnever be recovered. The Woggle-Bug, searching among the rubbish—for the Jackdaws stole useless things as well asvaluable ones—turned up with his foot a beautifuldiamond necklace. This was so greatly admired bythe Tin Woodman that the Woggle-Bug presentedit to him with a graceful speech, after which theWoodman hung it around his neck with much pride, 215. TURNED UP A BEAUTIFUL DIAMOND NECKLACE. 216 In the Jackdaws Nest rejoicing exceedingly when the big diamonds glitteredin the suns rays. But now they heard a great jabbering and flop-ping of wings, and as the sound grew nearer to themTip exclaimed: The Jackdaws are coming! And if they find ushere they will surely kill us in their anger. I was afraid of this! moaned the time has come! And mine, also! said the Woggle-Bug; forJackdaws are the greatest enemies of my race. The others were not at all afraid; but the Scare-crow at once decided to save those of the party whowere liable to be injured by the angry birds. So hecommanded Tip to take off Jacks head and lie downwith it in the bottom of the nest, and when this wasdone he ordered the Woggle-Bug to lie beside Chopper, who knew from past experience justwhat to do, then took th
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