I remember that old Ku-Klip carefully put my meat leg into a barrel--I think that is the same barrel, still standing in the corner yonder--and then at once he began to make a tin leg for me.

He worked fast and with skill, and I was much interested in the job." "My experience was much the same," said the Tin Soldier.

"I used to bring all the parts of me, which the enchanted sword had cut away, here to the tinsmith, and Ku-Klip would put them into the barrel." "I wonder," said Woot, "if those cast-off parts of you two unfortunates are still in that barrel in the corner ?" "I suppose so." replied the Tin Woodman.

"In the Land of Oz no part of a living creature can ever be destroyed." "If that is true, how was that Wicked Witch destroyed ?" inquired Woot.
"Why, she was very old and was all dried up and withered before Oz became a fairyland," explained the Scarecrow.

"Only her magic arts had kept her alive so long, and when Dorothy's house fell upon her she just turned to dust, and was blown away and scattered by the wind.