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"Is it a nightmare? " shivered Betsy, clutching Trot's arm, "or a / Hallowe'en party? Am I really here, and are they? " And well might she / ask, for the last shake of the pirate's sack had filled the room with / Fraid Cats and Scares. Screaming, groaning snatching at one another and / the Oz folk, the Scares swarmed this way and that, until the confusion / was terrible.
"Actions speak louder than words," mumbled the Scarecrow. "Well, I do / not like their actions at all. Call these comrades, friend Jack? Help! / Begone! Away with you! " Jumping up the Scarecrow waved his napkin / wildly around his head, and all the others, hastily pushing back their / chairs, rushed to the assistance of Ozma, who was completely surrounded / by the ugly intruders. Jack Pumpkinhead was so stunned and startled by / this unexpected happening that he stood perfectly still. Then, resolved / to go through with the matter, he shook the sack three times more and / this time with the desired result.