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`` Well , she does n't ; because every one knows it is n't a real bear , but just a hollow skin , and so of no actual use in the world except for a rug , '' answered the Tin Woodman . `` Therefore I believe it is a good thing that all the Magic Powder of Life is now used up , as it can not cause any more trouble . '' `` Perhaps you 're right , '' said the shaggy man , thoughtfully . At noon they stopped at a farmhouse , where it delighted the farmer and his wife to be able to give them a good luncheon . The farm people knew Dorothy , having seen her when she was in the country before , and they treated the little girl with as much respect as they did the Emperor , because she was a friend of the powerful Princess Ozma . They had not proceeded far after leaving this farm-house before coming to a high bridge over a broad river . This river , the Tin Woodman informed them , was the boundary between the Country of the Winkies and the territory of the Emerald City .