"That is a mystery," remarked the hen, twisting her head to arrange her wing-feathers with her bill.[Pg 55]
Dorothy stepped inside the little room to get a back view of the copper man, and in this way discovered a printed card that hung between his shoulders, it being suspended from a small copper peg at the back of his neck. She unfastened this card and returned to the path, where the light was better, and sat herself down upon a slab of rock to read the printing.
"What does it say?" asked the hen, curiously.
Dorothy read the card aloud, spelling out the big words with some difficulty; and this is what she read:
SMITH & TINKER'S
Patent Double-Action, Extra-Responsive, Thought-Creating, Perfect-Talking
MECHANICAL MAN
Fitted with our Special Clock-Work Attachment. Thinks, Speaks, Acts, and Does Everything but Live.
Manufactured only at our Works at Evna, Land of Ev. All infringements will be promptly Prosecuted according to Law.
"How queer!" said the yellow hen. "Do you think that is all true, my dear?"[Pg 56]
"I don't know," answered Dorothy, who had more to read. "Listen to this, Billina:"
DIRECTIONS FOR USING:
For THINKING:—Wind the Clock-work Man under his left arm, (marked No. 1.)
For SPEAKING:—Wind the Clock-work Man under his right arm, (marked No. 2.)
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This begun in a similar fashion to the infamous first series instalment - with a natural disaster that transports our protagonist to a different magical world. This new world she sets about exploring is the fairy realm of Ev, neighbour to the wonderful w