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The Tin Woodman of Oz

CHAPTER Eighteen
12/19

See!" showing them his finger, "it is as good as ever it was.

No one else that I ever heard of had this Magic Glue, and of course when Nick Chopper cut himself to pieces with his enchanted axe and Captain Fyter cut himself to pieces with his enchanted sword, the Witch would not mend them, or allow me to glue them together, because she had herself wickedly enchanted the axe and sword.

Nothing remained but for me to make them new parts out of tin; but, as you see, tin answered the purpose very well, and I am sure their tin bodies are a great improvement on their meat bodies." "Very true," said the Tin Soldier.
"I quite agree with you," said the Tin Woodman.

"I happened to find my old head in your cupboard, a while ago, and certainly it is not as desirable a head as the tin one I now wear." "By the way," said the Tin Soldier, "what ever became of my old head, Ku-Klip ?" "And of the different parts of our bodies ?" added the Tin Woodman.
"Let me think a minute," replied Ku-Klip.

"If I remember right, you two boys used to bring me most of your parts, when they were cut off, and I saved them in that barrel in the corner.


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