DIRECTIONS FOR USING: For THINKING:—Wind the Clockwork Man under his left arm, (marked No. 1). For SPEAKING:—Wind the Clockwork Man under his right arm, (marked No. 2). For WALKING and ACTION:—Wind Clockwork Man in the middle of his back, (marked No. 3). N. B.—This Mechanism is guaranteed to work perfectly for a thousand years.

Tik-Tok of Oz, Chapter 7, "Polychrome's Pitiful Plight" - Later Oz novels