understand. I guess these ears are ready now. Will you hold the horse while I stick them 
on?"
    "Certainly, if you'll help me up," said Jack.
    So Tip raised him to his feet, and the Pumpkinhead went to the horse and held its 
head while the boy bored two holes in it with his knife-blade and inserted the ears.
    "They make him look very handsome," said Jack, admiringly.
    But those words, spoken close to the Saw-Horse, and being the first sounds he had 
ever heard, so startled the animal that he made a bound forward and tumbled Tip on one 
side and Jack on the other. Then he continued to rush forward as if frightened by the 
clatter of his own foot-steps.
    "Whoa!" shouted Tip, picking himself up; "whoa! you idiot whoa!" The Saw- Horse would 
probably have paid no attention to this, but just then it stepped a leg into a 
gopher-hole and stumbled head-over-heels to the ground, where it lay upon its back, 
frantically waving its four legs in the air.
    Tip ran up to it.
    "You're a nice sort of a horse, I must say!" he exclaimed. "Why didn't you stop when 
I yelled 'whoa?'"
    "Does 'whoa' mean to stop?" asked the Saw-Horse, in a surprised voice, as it rolled 
its eyes upward to look at the boy.
    "Of course it does," answered Tip.
    "And a hole in the ground means to stop, also, doesn't it?" continued the horse.
    "To be sure; unless you step over it," said Tip.
    "What a strange place this is," the creature exclaimed, as if amazed. "What am I 
doing here, anyway?"
    "Why, I've brought you to life," answered the boy "but it won't hurt you any, if you 
mind me and do as I tell you."
    "Then I will do as you tell me," replied the Saw-Horse, humbly. "But what happened to 
me, a moment ago? I don't seem to be just right, someway."
    "You're upside down," explained Tip. "But just keep those legs still a minute and 
I'll set you right side up again."
    "How many sides have I?" asked the creature, wonderingly.
    "Several," said Tip, briefly. "But do keep those legs still." The Saw-Horse now 
became quiet, and held its legs rigid; so that Tip, after several efforts, was able to 
roll him over and set him upright.
    "Ah, I seem all right now," said the queer animal, with a sigh.
    "One of your ears is broken," Tip announced, after a careful examination. "I'll have 
to make a new one." Then he led the Saw-Horse back to where Jack was vainly struggling to 
regain his feet, and after assisting the Pumpkinhead to stand upright Tip whittled out a 
new ear and fastened it to the horse's head.
    "Now," said he, addressing his steed, "pay attention to what I'm going to tell you. 
'Whoa!' means to stop; 'Get-Up!' means to walk forward; 'Trot!' means to go as fast as 
you can. Understand?"
    "I believe I do," returned the horse.
    "Very good. We are all going on a journey to the Emerald City, to see His Majesty, 
the Scarecrow; and Jack Pumpkinhead is going to ride on your back, so he won't wear out 
his joints."
    "I don't mind," said the Saw-Horse. "Anything that suits you suits me." Then Tip 
assisted Jack to get upon the horse.
    "Hold on tight," he cautioned, "or you may fall off and crack your pumpkin head."
    "That would be horrible!" said Jack, with a shudder. "What shall I hold on to?"
    "Why, hold on to his ears," replied Tip, after a moment's hesitation.
    "Don't do that!" remonstrated the Saw-Horse; "for then I can't hear." That seemed 
reasonable, so Tip tried to think of something else.
    "I'll fix it!" said he, at length. He went into the wood and cut a short length of 
limb from a young, stout tree.
    One end of this he sharpened to a point, and then he dug a hole in the back of the 
Saw-Horse, just behind its head. Next he brought a piece of rock from the road and 
hammered the post firmly into the animal's back.
    "Stop! Stop!" shouted the horse; "you're jarring me terribly."
    "Does it hurt?" asked the boy.
    "Not exactly hurt," answered the animal; "but it makes me quite nervous to be jarred."
    "Well, it's all over now" said Tip, encouragingly. "Now, Jack, be sure to hold fast 
to this post and then you can't fall off and get smashed." So Jack held on tight, and Tip 
said to the horse: "Get up." The obedient creature at once walked forward, rocking from 
side to side as he raised his feet from the ground.
    Tip walked beside the Saw-Horse, quite content with this addition to their party. 
Presently he began to whistle.
    "What does that sound mean?" asked the horse.
    "Don't pay any attention to it," said Tip. "I'm just whistling, and that only means 
I'm pretty well satisfied."
    "I'd whistle myself, if I could push my lips together," remarked Jack. "I fear, dear 
father, that in some respects I am sadly lacking." After journeying on for some distance 
the narrow path they were following turned into a broad roadway, paved with yellow brick. 
By the side of the road Tip noticed a sign-post that read: "NINE MILES TO THE EMERALD 
CITY." But it was now growing dark, so he decided to camp for the night by the roadside 
and to resume the journey next morning by daybreak. He led the Saw- Horse to a grassy 
mound upon which grew several bushy trees, and carefully assisted the Pumpkinhead to 
alight.
    "I think I'll lay you upon the ground, overnight," said the boy. "You will be safer 
that way."
    "How about me?" asked the Saw-Horse.
    "It won't hurt you to stand," replied Tip; "and, as you can't sleep, you may as well 
watch out and see that no one comes near to disturb us." Then the boy stretched himself 
upon the grass beside the Pumpkinhead, and being greatly wearied by the journey was soon 
fast asleep.
    
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    Jack Pumpkinhead's Ride to the Emerald City
    
    At daybreak Tip was awakened by the Pumpkinhead. He rubbed the sleep from his eyes, 
bathed in a little brook, and then ate a portion of his bread and cheese. Having thus 
prepared for a new day the boy said: "Let us start at once. Nine miles is quite a 
distance, but we ought to reach the Emerald City by noon if no accidents happen." So the 
Pumpkinhead was again perched upon the back of the Saw-Horse and the journey was resumed.
    Tip noticed that the purple tint of the grass and trees had now faded to a dull 
lavender, and before long this lavender appeared to take on a greenish tinge that 
gradually brightened as they drew nearer to the great City where the Scarecrow ruled.
    The little party had traveled but a short two miles upon their way when the road of 
yellow brick was parted by a broad and swift river. Tip was puzzled how to cross over; 
but after a time he discovered a man in a ferry-boat approaching from the other side of