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The Jaguar crept closer to the stump and sniffed the fragrance of the

scrambled eggs. They smelled so good that he tasted them, and they tasted

so good that he ate the strange meal in a hurry, proving he had been really

hungry.

"I prefer rabbits," he muttered, licking his chops, "but I must admit the

magic breakfast has filled my stomach full, and brought me comfort. So I'm

much obliged for the kindness, little Fairy, and I'll now leave you in peace."

Saying this, he plunged into the thick underbrush and soon disappeared,

although they could hear his great body crashing through the bushes until

he was far distant.

That was a good way to get rid of the savage beast, Poly," said the Tin

Woodman to the Canary; "but I'm surprised that you didn't give our friend

Woot a magic breakfast, when you knew he was hungry."

"The reason for that," answered Polychrome, "was that my mind was so

intent on other things that I quite forgot my power to produce food by magic.

But where is the monkey boy?"

Gone!" said the Scarecrow Bear, solemnly. "The earth has swallowed him

up."

The Tin Woodman of Oz