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Why, it's like a picture puzzle!" exclaimed the little girl. "Let's find the

rest of him, and get him all together."

What's the rest of him like?" asked the Wizard. "Here are some pieces of

blue legs and green arms, but I don't know whether they are his or not."

Look for a white shirt and a white apron," said the head which had been

put together, speaking in a rather faint voice. "I'm the cook."

Oh, thank you," said Dorothy. "It's lucky we started you first, for I'm

hungry, and you can be cooking something for us to eat while we match

the other folks together."

It was not so very difficult, now that they had a hint as to how the man

was dressed, to find the other pieces belonging to him, and as all of them

now worked on the cook, trying piece after piece to see if it would fit, they

finally had the cook set up complete.

When he was finished he made them a low bow and said:

I will go at once to the kitchen to prepare your dinner. You will find it

something of a job to get all the Fuddles together, so I advise you to begin

on the Lord High Chigglewitz, whose first name is Larry. He's a bald-

headed fat man and is dressed in a blue coat with brass buttons, a pink

vest and drab breeches. A piece of his left knee is missing, having been

lost years ago when he scattered himself too carelessly. That makes him

limp a little, but he gets along very well with half a knee. As he is the

chief personage in this town of Fuddlecumjig, he will be able to welcome

you and assist you with the others. So it will be best to work on him

while I'm getting your dinner."

We will," said the Wizard; "and thank you very much, Cook, for the

suggestion."

Aunt Em was the first to discover a piece of the Lord High Chigglewitz.

It seems to me like a fool business, this matching folks together," she

remarked; "but as we haven't anything to do till dinner's ready, we may

as well get rid of some of this rubbish. Here, Henry, get busy and look

for Larry's bald head. I've got his pink vest, all right."

They worked with eager interest, and Billina proved a great help to them.

The Yellow Hen had sharp eyes and could put her head close to the

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