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- Only in my younger days, my dear.

Mom?

Mom?

Mom, is that you?

No.

- I'm Dorothy Gale.

- Oh.

For a second there,

I thought my mom had come back.

What is this, a man or a melon?

A pumpkin, if you please.

My name's Jack.

Jack Pumpkinhead.

May I ask a favor of you, Dorothy?

Would you please check my head

for signs of spoiling?

Any soft spots?

- How does it feel?

- Very nice, sir.

Thank you.

I've been alive such a short while,

and I'm afraid of spoiling

before I've seen anything of the world.

Could you put some of the rest of me

together again?

If you can just tie that arm on.

And then, my other leg

has fallen off too.

Are you sure you're not my mom?

I'm sure, Jack.

Well, my mother built me to scare

that awful witch, Mombi.

She stood me in a place where

Mombi would meet me, face-to-face.

And along she came.

Sure enough, she was scared.

But then, she was angry.

She has a terrible temper.

I know.

Where did she get

all those different heads?

Did you see the headless

dancing girls outside?

Well, that's where she got them.

Anyway, Mombi was about

to destroy me with her stick.

But she decided to test some powder

of life she'd just bought from a magician.

She did.

It worked.

Here I am!

Powder of life?

You sprinkle it on something

and the thing comes to life.

Does Mombi have any more of it?

If she does, it's in cabinet 31,

with her original head.

What happened to your mother?

She vanished. Mombi enchanted her.

After that, she threw me in this corner

and said she was gonna make

a pie out of me.

But she was wearing head 22 at the time

and must not have worn it since,

because she hasn't remembered

I'm up here.

Jack, Billina, listen!

Here's what we have to do.

Oh!

Is that Tik-Tok?

Dorothy?

Sh.

Oh.

Dorothy, may I call you Mom,

even if it isn't so?

Oh!

Thank you.

Tik-Tok, are you listening?

Don't say anything.

This is Jack.

After I'm finished winding you up,

go upstairs with him

and we'll explain what you have to do.

- Did you understand all that, Tik-Tok?

- I understand it better than you do.

- Good. Go and get the head, Jack.

- Yes, sir!

Billina, where's that cord?

Over here, Billina.

That's it.

What's that?

The head of a Gump.

Here's a broom, Tik-Tok.

It'll make a great tail.

Excellent. Now we must Gump the head

in the front

and tie Jack's feet together.

Right. Tie my feet together.

Bring that mantelpiece to the desk,

and anoint the palms!

Right. Anoint the palm!

That is right, Jack. Left, right, wrong.

What are you talking about?

Little girls, pumpkinheads

make chicken fly the coop.

Coop?

Dorothy Gale!

Dorothy Gale!

Dorothy Gale!

Where's my powder of life?

- Mombi's awake!

- Oh, no!

- It's not finished!

- Tik-Tok went berserk!

- Tickle, tickle me!

- His brain's ran down.

If his brain's ran down,

how could he talk?

It happens to people all the time, Jack.

Tie the palm leaves to the sofa, quick!

Billina, help him!

- We need another cord!

- Well, hurry!

Thank goodness, Dorothy.

I am all right now.

Go to the door and look out for Mombi.

All right, Dorothy.

Make sure you do the head,

so it can see where it's going.

- It's not working!

- There must've been some magic words.

- What were they? Think!

- Think?

You've got to remember!

I wasn't alive then.

How can I remember?

Read the directions, Dorothy!

- I don't know these words!

- Read them anyway.

"Weaugh, teaugh,

"peaugh."

- Peaugh?

- That's it!

Hurry!

I'll stop you!

She is coming!

Jack, go help Tik-Tok get aboard.

Billina, get in!

- Wait for me!

- A chicken?

- Can you flap your wings?

- I don't have any wings.

- Now you do!

- I guess you're right, I do!

- Jump up, Tik-Tok!

- Help me up, Dorothy!

- Easy, is it?

- Dorothy Gale!

So!

- Fly, fly!

- Wait for me.

Jack! Jack!

Stop!

Fly! Fly!

We did it!

- Help me!

- Hold on, Jack!

Here, Jack, give me your hand.

Tik-Tok, will you help me pull?

Wake up! Wake up, all of you! Get up!

Get up! Wake up! Look!

Dorothy Gale is escaping!

Go and get them back for me! Hurry up!

All of you! Go on!

And make sure

you bring back that chicken!

Don't come back without them!

The last thing I remember

is walking through the forest

and hearing a loud noise.

And now, here I am,

flying through the air.

What am I anyway?

You're just a thing

with a Gump's head on it.

We built you and brought you to life

so that you could take us to

the Nome King to rescue the Scarecrow.

I may not last very long.

I don't feel too well put together.

Oh, don't say that.

How do we know where to land?

It's awful dark down there.

The Nome King's mountain

was straight ahead.

I think.

The best thing to do is

to keep flying until dawn.

Then maybe we can find

a safe place to land.

Good idea, Tik-Tok.

Mr. Gump? Can you just

keep flying straight ahead?

I don't think

I could turn if I wanted to.

Why don't we just fly back to Kansas?

Whatever happens,

I'm awfully sleepy right now.

And I'm just glad I have

my own head to be sleepy with.

Good night, Mom.

Good night, Jack.

Ozma.

Nobody's going to help you.

Nobody knows where you are.

There's nobody left

who even knows who you are.

- What are they?

- Wheelers.

Mr. Gump, can't you fly any faster?

Not unless one of you wants to jump off.

Oh.

Tik-Tok, you're the heaviest.

Hmph!

Deadly Desert.

Deadly Desert!

We are over the Deadly Desert, Jack.

Mom! Wake up!

What's happening?

- The ropes are breaking.

- Oh, no!

I knew it! We're gonna fall apart.

Are we gonna land now, Mom?

Other side. The rope on the other side.

I'll get it!

Help!

- Help me, Mom!

- Oh, Jack!

Hurry!

Fly down.

Jack's lost his head over the side.

- We'll save you, Jack!

- I wasn't made to make turns.

- Try! You've got to try!

- Well, all right.

Hold on, I'm not sure

I know how to do this.

- Hold on, Tik-Tok!

- I am, Dorothy.

Hold on, Dorothy.

Can you hear me, Jack?

I feel

awfully dizzy!

- Thanks, Mom.

- Somebody help me!

I'll save you.

Abandon ship!

If I had a stomach, I know I'd be sick.

I'm sorry, Mom!

It's all right, Jack!

It can't be helped now!

That was a novel experience, wasn't it?

- Pick me up!

- Tik-Tok!

Pick me up. Pick me up.

Pick me up. Pick me up.

Oh, thank you, Dorothy.

Jack, are you all right?

Why are all of you

standing on your heads?

Where are we, anyway?

The Nome King's mountain.

The Nome King.

Oh, thank you, Dorothy.

Tik-Tok, you've got to be more careful.

Yes, Your Majesty? You called?

What is that noise going on up there?

I don't know, Your Majesty.

Well, find out!

What about the Gump? He's all in pieces.

And good riddance.

I'm much happier just being a head.

We should tie him back on the sofa.

Then, at least, he could walk.

Oh, no!

Every head must have a body

if it expects to get around.

Doesn't look like there's much

of anyplace to get around to.

She escaped from Mombi somehow

and crossed the Deadly Desert.

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