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Stepping into the revolving door was one thing, stepping out, / another. It whirled and spun so rapidly that poor Trot grew giddy / and breathless, and when she did manage to escape she fell headlong. / The Scarecrow and Benny, not being real persons, did not suffer from / giddiness, but they too lost their balance when they stepped out and / lay face down in the sawdust that covered the floor of the round house. / The Scarecrow was first up, also first down again, for no sooner did / they rise and try to walk forward before they were violently flung on / their noses.
"Let's go back," said the Scarecrow, after his sixth tumble. "I can't / stand this."