![]() "To be more explicit, the initials mean that I am Thoroughly Educated." "Those letters express my degree," answered the Woggle-Bug, with a condescending smile. Tip's eyes were round and wondering, and the Saw-Horse uttered a sigh and turned away its head. "It affords me great pleasure to surprise people for surely I cannot be classed with ordinary insects and am entitled to both curiosity and admiration from those I meet." "Do not apologize, I beg of you" returned the Woggle-Bug, earnestly. ![]() "How very peculiar" said the Tin Woodman. We shall probably get used to you in time." I hope, however, that this circumstance will not distress you. "I confess," said the Scarecrow, "that your abrupt appearance has caused me surprise, and no doubt has startled my companions. A horrible existence is this, but you must remember it is the regular ordained existence of Woggle-Bugs, as well as of many other tiny creatures that inhabit the earth. "The chill nights rendered me stiff and motionless, for I wore no clothing, but each morning the warm rays of the sun gave me new life and restored me to activity. Standing upright before our amazed friends the Woggle-Bug appeared to be fully as tall as the Tin Woodman and surely no bug in all the Land of Oz had ever before attained so enormous a size.
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