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           Alsohisheadandlimbswerecopper,andthesewerejointedorhingedtohisbodyinapeculiarway,withmetalcapsoverthejoints,likethearmorwornbyknightsindaysofold.Hestoodperfectlystill,andwherethelightstruckuponhisformitglitteredasifmadeofpuregold.

           "Don’tbefrightened,"calledBillina,fromherperch."Itisn’talive."

           "Iseeitisn’t,"repliedthegirl,drawingalongbreath.

           "Itisonlymadeoutofcopper,liketheoldkettleinthebarn-yardathome,"continuedthehen,turningherheadfirsttoonesideandthentotheother,sothatbothherlittleroundeyescouldexaminetheobject.

           "Once,"saidDorothy,"Iknewamanmadeoutoftin,whowasawoodmannamedNickChopper.Buthewasasaliveasweare,’causehewasbornarealman,andgothistinbodyalittleatatime--firstalegandthenafingerandthenanear--forthereasonthathehadsomanyaccidentswithhisaxe,andcuthimselfupinaverycarelessmanner."

           "Oh,"saidthehen,withasniff,asifshedidnotbelievethestory.

           "Butthiscopperman,"continuedDorothy,lookingatitwithbigeyes,"isnotaliveatall,andIwonderwhatitwasmadefor,andwhyitwaslockedupinthisqueerplace."

           "Thatisamystery,"remarkedthehen,twistingherheadtoarrangeherwing-featherswithherbill.

           Dorothysteppedinsidethelittleroomtogetabackviewofthecopperman,andinthiswaydiscoveredaprintedcardthathungbetweenhisshoulders,itbeingsuspendedfromasmallcopperpegatthebackofhisneck.