ONE HALF EXPRESSED SEVERE AUTHORITY, THE OTHER WAS ALL GENTLENESS 60
HE DECIDED THAT THEY MUST HAVE A SIMILAR REVIEW EVERY WEEK 62
THEY HAD ALL PUT ON THICK GLOVES 63
WIGS, WHO WERE PUTTING THE SOLDIERS BACK IN THEIR BOXES 64
PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF PASENIPUS 65
TO CONDUCT HER BACK TO HER HOUSE, WHICH WAS IN A COSY NOOK
IN A GREAT TREE OF CORAL 67
THE CONFECTIONER 69
"NEVERTHELESS IT'S SO NARROW THAT ONLY ONE PERSON CAN GO
THROUGH AT A TIME" 70
THE SONG WENT ON 71
RUNNING HARD WITH THEIR LITTLE SHORT LEGS 73
SOY MILL 74
SOY RESERVOIR 75
CARRYING AWAY EVERY OBJECT THAT THEY COULD LIFT 77
THE PRISONER 79
THE PRISONER NEVER CEASED TO BREAK THE SUGAR-CANES 80
THE PET FLYING-FISH, WHICH EVERY WIG FAMILY POSSESSES AND CHERISHES 83
THE AMOUNT OF CAKE AND PUDDING EATEN ANNUALLY IN THE COUNTRY 84
THE ELDER OF THE FISHES 85
THE HEN 86
THIS CARE WHICH THE CONFECTIONER TOOK OF FRITILLA WAS BY
NO MEANS UNNECESSARY 88
THE SMALLER FLYING-FISH 89
DROPPED THEM THROUGH A HOLE IN HIS BEAK 90
WAS SITTING WITH ONE ANKLE ACROSS THE KNEE OF HIS OTHER LEG 91
THE DESPOILER, WHO WAS ALWAYS AFRAID THAT SOME ONE WOULD
FIND OUT THAT HE WAS ONLY MADE OF CARDBOARD, NEVER
SLEPT IN PUBLIC 93
"INSTEAD OF CUTTING HIS TOE-NAILS AS WE DO WITH THE HELP OF
A LONG-HANDLED PAIR OF SCISSORS AND A TELESCOPE" 96
THE KING 97
THE KING'S DAUGHTER 98
THE HEALER 103
BORN WITH THE IDEA OF ONE DAY BEING A VERY BIG MAN 104
BETWEEN THEM WAS FASTENED A COMFORTABLE ARM-CHAIR 106
THERE WERE NEWSBOYS SELLING ACCOUNTS OF THE LATEST DISASTER
TO THE WIGS 108
THE HEALER HAD FINISHED HIS MENDING 109
MATHEMATICIAN 111
MIGRAINE 112
WRAPPED THEIR HANDKERCHIEFS ROUND THEIR HEADS 112
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