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The Tin Woodman of Oz

CHAPTER Nine
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"How long a nap do you wish ?" "I should have slept forty years longer.

And this strange little green beast should be punished for falling into our cavern and disturbing us." "I didn't know you were here, and I didn't know I was going to fall in," explained Woot.
"Nevertheless, here you are," said the great Dragon, "and you have carelessly wakened our entire tribe; so it stands to reason you must be punished." "In what way ?" inquired the Green Monkey, trembling a little.
"Give me time and I'll think of a way.

You're in no hurry, are you ?" asked the great Dragon.
"No, indeed," cried Woot.

"Take your time.

I'd much rather you'd all go to sleep again, and punish me when you wake up in a hundred years or so." "Let me eat him!" pleaded the littlest Dragon.
"He is too small," said the father.


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