about noon
They now bade good bye to the Professor , and thanking him for his kind reception mounted again into the red wagon and continued their journey . _ How _ THE CUTTENCLIPS LIVED -LSB- Illustration -RSB- The travelers had taken no provisions with them because they knew that they would be welcomed wherever they might go in the Land of Oz , and that the people would feed and lodge them with genuine hospitality . So about noon they stopped at a farm-house and were given a delicious luncheon of bread and milk , fruits and wheat cakes with maple syrup . After resting a while and strolling through the orchards with their host -- a round , jolly farmer -- they got into the wagon and again started the Sawhorse along the pretty , winding road . There were sign-posts at all the corners , and finally they came to one which read : -LSB- Illustration : -LRB- hand pointing right -RRB- -RSB- TAKE THIS ROAD TO THE CUTTENCLIPS There was also a hand pointing in the right direction , so they turned the Sawhorse that way and found it a very good road , but seemingly little traveled . `` I 've never been to see the Cuttenclips before , '' remarked Dorothy .