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Who says that?" inquired Wiljon.
He says so himself," replied Cayke, and the Frogman nodded and strutted up
and down, twirling his gold-headed cane very gracefully.
"
Does the Scarecrow admit that this overgrown frog is the wisest creature in
the world?" asked Wiljon.
"
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I do not know who the Scarecrow is," answered Cayke the Cookie Cook.
Well, he lives at the Emerald City, and he is supposed to have the finest
brains in all Oz. The Wizard gave them to him, you know."
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Mine grew in my head," said the Frogman pompously, "so I think they must
be better than any wizard brains. I am so wise that sometimes my wisdom
makes my head ache. I know so much that often I have to forget part of it,
since no one creature, however great, is able to contain so much knowledge."
"
It must be dreadful to be stuffed full of wisdom," remarked Wiljon reflectively
and eyeing the Frogman with a doubtful look. "It is my good fortune to know
very little."
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I hope, however, you know where my jeweled dishpan is," said the Cookie
Cook anxiously.
"
I do not know even that," returned the Winkie. "We have trouble enough in
keeping track of our own dishpans without meddling with the dishpans of
strangers."
Finding him so ignorant, the Frogman proposed that they walk on and seek
Cayke's dishpan elsewhere. Wiljon the Winkie did not seem greatly impressed
by the great Frogman, which seemed to that personage as strange as it was
disappointing. But others in this unknown land might prove more respectful.
"
I'd like to meet that Wizard of Oz," remarked Cayke as they walked along a
path. "If he could give a Scarecrow brains, he might be able to find my
dishpan."
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Poof!" grunted the Frogman scornfully. "I am greater than any wizard.
Depend on ME. If your dishpan is anywhere in the world, I am sure to find it."
"
If you do not, my heart will be broken," declared the Cookie Cook in a
sorrowful voice.
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