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12. How they Matched the Fuddles

           WhatyourownpeculiarityisIwillnotventuretosay;butIshallneverfindfaultwithyou,whateveryoudo."

           "Nowyou’vegotyourdiploma,Em,"saidUncleHenry,withalaugh,"andI’mgladofit.Thisisaqueercountry,andwemayaswelltakepeopleaswefindthem."

           "Ifwedid,we’dleavethesefolksscattered,"shereturned,andthisretortmadeeverybodylaughgood-naturedly.

           JustthenOmbyAmbyfoundahandwithaknittingneedleinit,andtheydecidedtoputGrandmotherGnittogether.SheprovedaneasierpuzzlethanoldLarry,andwhenshewascompletedtheyfoundherapleasantoldladywhowelcomedthemcordially.Dorothytoldherhowthekangaroohadlosthermittens,andGrandmotherGnitpromisedtosettoworkatonceandmakethepooranimalanotherpair.

           Thenthecookcametocallthemtodinner,andtheyfoundaninvitingmealpreparedforthem.TheLordHighChigglewitzsatattheheadofthetableandGrandmotherGnitatthefoot,andtheguestshadamerrytimeandthoroughlyenjoyedthemselves.

           Afterdinnertheywentoutintotheyardandmatchedseveralotherpeopletogether,andthisworkwassointerestingthattheymighthavespenttheentiredayatFuddlecumjighadnottheWizardsuggestedthattheyresumetheirjourney.

           "ButIdon’tliketoleaveallthesepoorpeoplescattered,"saidDorothy,undecidedwhattodo.

           "Oh,don’tmindus,mydear,"returnedoldLarry."EverydayorsosomeoftheGillikins,orMunchkins,orWinkiescomeheretoamusethemselvesbymatchingustogether,sotherewillbenoharminleavingthesepieceswheretheyareforatime

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