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9. How the Wogglebug Taught Athletics
"I’vegotaletterofinterductiontoMissCuttenclip."
"Oh!"exclaimedtheWizard,muchinterested."Arewegoingthere?ThenI’mgladIcame,forI’vealwayswantedtomeettheCuttenclips."
"Whoarethey?"inquiredAuntEm.
"Waittillwegetthere,"repliedDorothy,withalaugh;"thenyou’llseeforyourself.I’veneverseentheCuttenclips,youknow,soIcan’t’zactly’splain’emtoyou."
OncefreeoftheEmeraldCitytheSawhorsedashedawayattremendousspeed.Indeed,hewentsofastthatAuntEmhadhardworktocatchherbreath,andUncleHenryheldfasttotheseatoftheredwagon.
"Gently--gently,myboy!"calledtheWizard,andatthistheSawhorseslackenedhisspeed.
"What’swrong?"askedtheanimal,slightlyturninghiswoodenheadtolookatthepartywithoneeye,whichwasaknotofwood.
"Why,wewishtoadmirethescenery,that’sall,"answeredtheWizard.
"Someofyourpassengers,"addedtheShaggyMan,"haveneverbeenoutoftheEmeraldCitybefore,andthecountryisallnewtothem."
"Ifyougotoofastyou’llspoilallthefun,"saidDorothy."There’snohurry."
"Verywell;itisallthesametome,"observedtheSawhorse;andafterthathewentatamoremoderatepace.
UncleHenrywasastonished.
"Howcanawoodenthingbesointelligent?"heasked.
"Why,IgavehimsomesawdustbrainsthelasttimeIfittedhisheadwithnewears,"explainedtheWizard."Thesawdustwasmadefromhardknots,andnowtheSawhorseisabletothinkoutanyknottyproblemhemeetswith."
"Isee,"saidUncleHenry.
