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4. Tiktok, the Machine Man
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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.