"I never saw you before in my life." "Still, your face is very familiar," persisted the Tin Woodman.

"Pardon me, but may I ask if you--eh--eh--if you ever had a Body ?" "Yes, at one time," answered the Head, "but that is so long ago I can't remember it.

Did you think," with a pleasant smile, "that I was born just as I am?
That a Head would be created without a Body ?" "No, of course not," said the other.

"But how came you to lose your body ?" "Well, I can't recollect the details; you'll have to ask Ku-Klip about it," returned the Head.

"For, curious as it may seem to you, my memory is not good since my separation from the rest of me.