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           )

           ForSPEAKING:--WindtheClock-workManunderhis

           rightarm,(markedNo.2.)

           ForWALKINGandACTION:--WindClock-workinthe

           middleofhisback,(markedNo.3.)

           N.B.--ThisMechanismisguaranteedtowork

           perfectlyforathousandyears.

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           "Well,Ideclare!"gaspedtheyellowhen,inamazement;"ifthecoppermancandohalfofthesethingsheisaverywonderfulmachine.ButIsupposeitisallhumbug,likesomanyotherpatentedarticles."

           "Wemightwindhimup,"suggestedDorothy,"andseewhathe’lldo."

           "Whereisthekeytotheclock-work?"askedBillina.

           "HangingonthepegwhereIfoundthecard."

           "Then,"saidthehen,"letustryhim,andfindoutifhewillgo.Heiswarrantedforathousandyears,itseems;butwedonotknowhowlonghehasbeenstandinginsidethisrock."

           Dorothyhadalreadytakentheclockkeyfromthepeg.

           "WhichshallIwindupfirst?"sheasked,lookingagainatthedirectionsonthecard.

           "NumberOne,Ishouldthink,"returnedBillina."Thatmakeshimthink,doesn’tit?"

           "Yes,"saidDorothy,andwoundupNumberOne,undertheleftarm.

           "Hedoesn’tseemanydifferent,"remarkedthehen,critically.

           "Why,ofcoursenot;heisonlythinking,now,"saidDorothy.

           "Iwonderwhatheisthinkingabout."

           "I’llwinduphistalk,andthenperhapshecantellus,"saidthegirl.