"But please don't do it again." "I won't," promised Diksey.

"If I think of another such joke I'll try to forget it." "Good!" cried the Chief Horner.

"The war is over and peace is declared." There was much joyful shouting on both sides of the fence and the gate was unlocked and thrown wide open, so that Scraps was able to rejoin her friends.
"What about the Scarecrow ?" she asked Dorothy.
"We must get him down, somehow or other," was the reply.
"Perhaps the Horners can find a way," suggested Ojo.

So they all went through the gate and Dorothy asked the Chief Horner how they could get the Scarecrow off the fence.

The Chief didn't know how, but Diksey said: "A ladder's the thing." "Have you one ?" asked Dorothy.
"To be sure.