gold-plated muskets would not shoot straight, and now the Woggle-Bug was far distant, and still running with all his might. 

 Nor did he pause until he had emerged from the forest and crossed the plains, and reached at last the city from whence he had escaped in the balloon. And, once again in his old lodgings, he looked at himself in the mirror and said: 

 "After all, this necktie is my love—and my love is now mine forevermore! Why should I not be happy and content?" 

THE END.

 

 A full account of the Woggle-Bug is given in Mr. Baum's delightful counter story, THE MARVELOUS LAND OF OZ, in which is also narrated the amazing adventures of the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, Jack Pumpkinhead and the Animated Saw Horse. 

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