[The Tin Woodman of Oz by L. Frank Baum]@TWC D-Link bookThe Tin Woodman of Oz CHAPTER Ten 4/9
But Ozma punished the rash girl, and afterward Jinjur and I became fast friends.
Now Jinjur lives peacefully on a farm, near here, and raises fields of cream-puffs, chocolate-caramels and macaroons.
They say she's a pretty good farmer, and in addition to that she's an artist, and paints pictures so perfect that one can scarcely tell them from nature. She often repaints my face for me, when it gets worn or mussy, and the lovely expression I wore when the Giantess transformed me was painted by Jinjur only a month or so ago." "It was certainly a pleasant expression," agreed Woot. "Jinjur can paint anything," continued the Scarecrow Bear, with enthusiasm, as they walked along together.
"Once, when I came to her house, my straw was old and crumpled, so that my body sagged dreadfully.
I needed new straw to replace the old, but Jinjur had no straw on all her ranch and I was really unable to travel farther until I had been restuffed.
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