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18 - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - L Frank Baum · Classic Adventure Books - Daily

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  Speaker 1: Chapter eighteen. Away to the South, Dorothy wept bitterly at
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  Speaker 1: the passing of her hope to get home to Kansas again.
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  Speaker 1: But when she thought it all over, she was glad
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  Speaker 1: she had not gone up in a balloon, and she
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  Speaker 1: also felt sorry at losing Oz, and so did her companions.
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  Speaker 1: The tin woodman came to her and said, truly, I
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  Speaker 1: should be ungrateful if I fail to mourn for a
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  Speaker 1: man who gave me a lovely heart. I should like
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  Speaker 1: to cry a little because Oz is gone. If you
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  Speaker 1: will kindly wipe away my tears so that I shall
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  Speaker 1: not rust with pleasure, she answered, and brought a towel
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  Speaker 1: at once. Then the tin woodman wept for several minutes,
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  Speaker 1: and she watched the tears carefully and wiped them away
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  Speaker 1: with the towel. When he had finished, he thanked her
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  Speaker 1: kindly and oiled himself thoroughly with his jeweled oil can
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  Speaker 1: to guard against mistap. The Scarecrow was now the ruler
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  Speaker 1: of the Emerald City, and although he was not a wizard,
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  Speaker 1: the people were proud of him, for they said, there
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  Speaker 1: is not another city in all the world that is
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  Speaker 1: ruled by a stuffed man, and so far as they
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  Speaker 1: knew they were quite right. The morning, after the balloon
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  Speaker 1: had gone up with Oz, the four travelers met in
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  Speaker 1: the throne room and talked matters over. The scarecrow sat
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  Speaker 1: in the big throne, and the others stood respectfully before him.
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  Speaker 1: We are not so unlucky, said the new ruler, for
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  Speaker 1: this palace and the Emerald City belonged to us, and
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  Speaker 1: we can do just as we please. When I remember
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  Speaker 1: that a short time ago I was up on a
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  Speaker 1: pole in a farmer's cornfield, and that now I am
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  Speaker 1: the ruler of this beautiful city, I am quite satisfied
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  Speaker 1: with my lot, I also said the tin woodman, AM
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  Speaker 1: well pleased with my new heart, And really that was
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  Speaker 1: the only thing I wished in all the world. For
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  Speaker 1: my part, I am content to knowing I am as
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  Speaker 1: brave as any beast that ever lived, if not braver,
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  Speaker 1: said the lion modestly. If Dorothy would only be contented
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  Speaker 1: to live in the Emerald City, continued the scarecrow, we
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  Speaker 1: might all be happy together. But I don't want to
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  Speaker 1: live here, cried Dorothy. I want to go to Kansas
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  Speaker 1: and live with Aunt em and Uncle Henry. Well, then,
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  Speaker 1: what can be done? Inquired the woodman. The scarecrow decided
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  Speaker 1: to think, and he thought so hard that the pins
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  Speaker 1: and needles began to stick out of his brains. Finally,
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  Speaker 1: he said, why not call the wing monkeys and asked
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  Speaker 1: them to carry you over the desert. I never thought
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  Speaker 1: of that, said Dorothy joyfully. It's just the thing. I'll
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  Speaker 1: go at once for the golden cap. When she brought
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  Speaker 1: it into the throne room, she spoke the magic words,
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  Speaker 1: and soon the band of wing monkeys flew in through
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  Speaker 1: the open window and stood beside her. This is the
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  Speaker 1: second time you have called us, said the Monkey King,
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  Speaker 1: bowing before the little girl. What do you wish? I
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  Speaker 1: want you to fly with me to Kansas, said Dorothy.
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  Speaker 1: But the Monkey King shook his head. This cannot be done,
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  Speaker 1: he said. We belong to this country alone and cannot
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  Speaker 1: leave it. There has never been a wing monkey in
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  Speaker 1: Kansas yet, and I suppose there never will be, for
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  Speaker 1: they don't belong there. We shall be glad to serve
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  Speaker 1: you in any way in our power, but we cannot
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  Speaker 1: cross the desert. Goodbye, and with another bow, the Monkey
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  Speaker 1: King spread his wings and flew away through the window,
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  Speaker 1: followed by all his band. Dorothy was ready to cry
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  Speaker 1: with disappointment. I have wasted the charm of the golden
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  Speaker 1: cap to no purpose, she said, For the wing monkeys
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  Speaker 1: cannot help me. It is certainly too bad, said the
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  Speaker 1: tender hearted woodman. The scarecrow was thinking again, and his
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  Speaker 1: head bulged out so horribly that Dorothy feared it would burst.
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  Speaker 1: Let us call in the soldier with the green whiskers,
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  Speaker 1: he said, and ask his advice. So the soldier was
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  Speaker 1: summoned and entered the throne room timidly, For while Oz
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  Speaker 1: was alive, he never was allowed to come farther than
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  Speaker 1: the door. This little girl, said the scarecrow to the soldier,
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  Speaker 1: wishes to cross the desert. How can she do so?
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  Speaker 1: I cannot tell, answered the soldier, for no one has
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  Speaker 1: ever crossed the desert unless it is Oz himself. Is
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  Speaker 1: there no one who will help me, asked Dorothy earnestly.
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  Speaker 1: Glinda might, he suggested. Who is Glinda, inquired the scarecrow.
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  Speaker 1: The Witch of the South. She is the most powerful
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  Speaker 1: of all the witches and rules over the quadlings. Besides,
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  Speaker 1: her castle stands on the edge of the desert, so
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  Speaker 1: she may know a way to cross it. Glinda is
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  Speaker 1: a good witch, isn't she asked the child. The Quadlings
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  Speaker 1: think she is good, said the soldier, And she is
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  Speaker 1: kind to everyone. I have heard that Glinda is a
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  Speaker 1: beautiful woman who knows how to keep young in spite
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  Speaker 1: of the many years she has lived. How can I
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  Speaker 1: get to her castle, asked Dorothy. The road is straight
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  Speaker 1: to the south, he answered, but is said to be
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  Speaker 1: full of dangers to travelers. There are wild beasts in
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  Speaker 1: the woods, and a race of queer men who do
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  Speaker 1: not like strangers to cross their country. For this reason,
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  Speaker 1: none of the Quadlings ever come to the Emerald city.
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  Speaker 1: The soldier then left them, and the scarecrow said, it seems,
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  Speaker 1: in spite of dangers that the best thing Dorothy can
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  Speaker 1: do is travel to the land of the South and
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  Speaker 1: ask Glinda to help her. For of course, if Dorothy
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  Speaker 1: stays here, she will never get back to Kansas. You
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  Speaker 1: must have been thinking, again, remarked the tin woodman. I
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  Speaker 1: have said the scarecrow. I shall go with Dorothy, declared
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  Speaker 1: the lion, for I am tired of your city and
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  Speaker 1: long for the woods in the country. Again, I am
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  Speaker 1: really a wild beast, you know. Besides, Dorothy will need
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  Speaker 1: someone to protect her. That is true, agreed the woodman.
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  Speaker 1: My axe may be of service to her. So I
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  Speaker 1: shall go with her to the land of the South.
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  Speaker 1: When shall we start, asked the scarecrow. Are you going?
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  Speaker 1: They ask in surprise. Certainly. If it wasn't for Dorothy,
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  Speaker 1: I should never have had brains. She lifted me from
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  Speaker 1: the pole in the cornfield and brought me to the
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  Speaker 1: Emerald City. So my good luck is all due to her,
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  Speaker 1: and I shall never leave her until she starts back
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  Speaker 1: to King Kansas for good and all. Thank you, said Dorothy, gratefully.
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  Speaker 1: You are all very kind to me, But I should
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  Speaker 1: like to start as soon as possible. We shall go
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  Speaker 1: tomorrow morning, returned the Scarecrow. So now let us all
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  Speaker 1: get ready, for it will be a long journey. End
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  Speaker 1: of Chapter eighteen.