Kabumpo in Oz
"Come back!" cried Ozma. "Dear Sir Hokus, don't you realize that if you kill Ruggedo he will fall down and break us to pieces? Besides, wicked as he is, I could not have him killed."
"Yes, we should be all broken up if you did," that sighed the Scarecrow. "We must try something else."
Reluctantly, the Knight dropped back into the room. "Close the windows," ordered Ozma with little shudder.
"I've thought of a plan," said Tik Tok, in his slow, painstaking way. "A very good plan."
"Tell us what it is," begged Dorothy. "And Oh, Tik Tok, hurry!"
"Eggs," said the Copper Man solemnly.
"Oh!" gasped Dorothy, "I remember. Eggs are the only things in Oz that Ruggedo is afraid of; for if an egg touches a gnome he shrivels up and disappears."
"Then where are the eggs?: demanded Sir Hokus, gloomily. "In faith, this sounds more like an omelet than a battle. But if we're to fight with eggs instead of swords, let us draw them at once."
"You mean throw them," corrected Dorothy. But Tik Tok shook his head violently.
"Not throw them," said the Copper Man slowly, "threat-en to throw them."
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