L.Frank Baum. The marvelous land of Oz -
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accent of pride in his voice.
"Then, if you are sufficiently rested and refreshed, let us bend our
steps toward the Emerald City," suggested the magnified one.
"We can't," said Tip. "The Saw-Horse has broken a leg, so he can't
bend his steps. And there is no wood around to make him a new limb from.
And we can't leave the horse behind because the Pumpkinhead is so stiff in
his Joints that he has to ride."
"How very unfortunate!" cried the Woggle-Bug. Then he looked the
party over carefully and said:
"If the Pumpkinhead is to ride, why not use one of his legs to make a
leg for the horse that carries him? I judge that both are made of wood."
"Now, that is what I call real cleverness," said the Scarecrow,
approvingly. "I wonder my brains did not think of that long ago! Get to
work, my dear Nick, and fit the Pumpkinhead's leg to the Saw-Horse."
Jack was not especially pleased with this idea; but he submitted to
having his left leg amputated by the Tin Woodman and whittled down to fit
the left leg of the Saw-Horse. Nor was the Saw-Horse especially pleased
with the operation, either; for he growled a good deal about being
"butchered," as he called it, and afterward declared that the new leg was
a disgrace to a respectable Saw-Horse.
"I beg you to be more careful in your speech," said the Pumpkinhead,
sharply. "Remember, if you please, that it is my leg you are abusing."
"I cannot forget it," retorted the Saw-Horse, "for it is quite as
flimsy as the rest of your person."
"Flimsy! me flimsy!" cried Jack, in a rage. "How dare you call me
flimsy?"
"Because you are built as absurdly as a jumping-jack," sneered the
horse, rolling his knotty eyes in a vicious manner. "Even your head won't