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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
