Jack Pumpkinhead picked himself up out of a corner, looking very much dazed.

Jack Pumpkinhead

Just then Dorothy opened her eyes, and Betsy and Trot, spluttering from the water the Patch Work Girl was pouring on their heads, sat up and wanted to know what had happened. In a few words Ozma told them what the magic picture had revealed.

“Ruggedo to a giant’s grown

And set us on his head.

We’ve made some headway, you’ll admit,

Since we have gone to bed!”

—shouted Scraps, who was growing more and more excited.

“Rug-ge-do will nev-er re-form,” ticked the Copper Man sadly.