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12. How they Matched the Fuddles
OnonewhichDorothyheldwasaneye,whichlookedatherpleasantlybutwithaninterestedexpression,asifitwonderedwhatshewasgoingtodowithit.Quitenearbyshediscoveredandpickedupanose,andbymatchingthetwopiecestogetherfoundthattheywerepartofaface.
"IfIcouldfindthemouth,"shesaid,"thisFuddlemightbeabletotalk,andtelluswhattodonext."
"Thenletusfindit,"repliedtheWizard,andsoallgotdownontheirhandsandkneesandbeganexaminingthescatteredpieces.
"I’vefoundit!"criedtheShaggyMan,andrantoDorothywithaqueer-shapedpiecethathadamouthonit.Butwhentheytriedtofitittotheeyeandnosetheyfoundthepartswouldn’tmatchtogether.
"Thatmouthbelongstosomeotherperson,"saidDorothy."Youseeweneedacurvehereandapointthere,tomakeitfittheface."
"Well,itmustbeheresomeplace,"declaredtheWizard;"soifwesearchlongenoughweshallfindit."
Dorothyfittedanearonnext,andtheearhadalittlepatchofredhairaboveit.Sowhiletheothersweresearchingforthemouthshehuntedforpieceswithredhair,andfoundseveralofthemwhich,whenmatchedtotheotherpieces,formedthetopofaman’shead.ShehadalsofoundtheothereyeandtheearbythetimeOmbyAmbyinafarcornerdiscoveredthemouth.Whenthefacewasthuscompleted,allthepartsjoinedtogetherwithanicetythatwasastonishing.
"Why,it’slikeapicturepuzzle!"exclaimedthelittlegirl."Let’sfindtherestofhim,andgethimalltogether."
"What’stherestofhimlike?"askedtheWizard.
