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I've never heard of any," admitted the woman, "but if there were--"
Have you any idea of throwing your baby out of the window?"
questioned the little man.
"
None at all," she said; "but if--"
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All your troubles are due to those 'ifs'," declared the Wizard. "If you
were not a Flutterbudget you wouldn't worry."
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There's another 'if'," replied the woman. "Are you a Flutterbudget, too?"
I will be, if I stay here long," exclaimed the Wizard, nervously.
Another 'if'!" cried the woman.
But the Wizard did not stop to argue with her. He made the Sawhorse
canter all the way down the hill, and only breathed easily when they were
miles away from the village.
After they had ridden in silence for a while Dorothy turned to the little
man and asked:
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Do 'ifs' really make Flutterbudgets?"
I think the 'ifs' help," he answered seriously. "Foolish fears, and worries
over nothing, with a mixture of nerves and ifs, will soon make a
Flutterbudget of any one."
Then there was another long silence, for all the travelers were thinking
over this statement, and nearly all decided it must be true.
The country they were now passing through was everywhere tinted
purple, the prevailing color of the Gillikin Country; but as the Sawhorse
ascended a hill they found that upon the other side everything was of a
rich yellow hue.
"
Aha!" cried the Captain General; "here is the Country of the Winkies. We
are just crossing the boundary line."
"Then we may be able to lunch with the Tin Woodman," announced the
Wizard, joyfully.
"
Must we lunch on tin?" asked Aunt Em.
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