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The Tin Woodman of Oz

CHAPTER Six
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But, tell me, please: what is a Tin Owl good for ?" "You are only good to make me laugh," replied the Giantess.
"Will a stuffed Bear also make you laugh ?" inquired the Scarecrow, sitting back on his haunches to look up at her.
"Of course," declared the Giantess; "and I have added a little magic to your transformations to make you all contented with wearing your new forms.

I'm sorry I didn't think to do that when I transformed Polychrome into a Canary-Bird.

But perhaps, when she sees how cheerful you are, she will cease to be silent and sullen and take to singing.

I will go get the bird and let you see her." With this, Mrs.Yoop went into the next room and soon returned bearing a golden cage in which sat upon a swinging perch a lovely yellow Canary.

"Polychrome," said the Giantess, "permit me to introduce to you a Green Monkey, which used to be a boy called Woot the Wanderer, and a Tin Owl, which used to be a Tin Woodman named Nick Chopper, and a straw-stuffed little Brown Bear which used to be a live Scarecrow." "We already know one another," declared the Scarecrow.


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