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When he wanted to put on his hat he reached his hand around and took it off from where it was hanging on the shoulder bone sticking out behind.
One summer Hatrack said to Peter Potato Blossom Wishes, "I am going away up north and west in the Rootabaga Country to see the towns different from each other. Then I will come back east as far as I went west, and south as far as I went north, till I am back again where my little pal, Peter Potato Blossom Wishes, lives in the Village of Cream Puffs."
So he went away, going north and west and coming back east and south till he was back again in his home town, sitting on the front steps of his little red shanty, fixing a kite to fly.
"Are you glad to come back?" asked Peter.
"Yes, this is home, this is the only place where I know how the winds act up so I can talk to them when I fly a kite."
"Tell me what you saw and how you listened
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