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13 - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - L Frank Baum · Adventure Books Library

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  Chapter thirteen, The Rescue. The cowardly Lion was much pleased to hear that
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  the Wicked Witch had been melted by a bucket of water, and Dorothy at
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  once unlocked the gate of his prison and set him free. They went in
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  together to the castle, where Dorothy's first act was to call all the winkies
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  together and tell them that they were no longer slaves. There was great rejoicing
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  among the yellow Winkies, for they had been made to work hard during many
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  years for the Wicked Witch, who had always treated them with great cruelty.
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  They kept this day as a holiday then and ever after, and spent the
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  time in feasting and dancing. If our friends, the Scarecrow and the tin
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  Woodman were only with us, said the Lion, I should be quite happy.
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  Don't you suppose we could rescue them, asked the girl anxiously. We
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  can try, answered the lion. So they called the yellow Winkies and asked
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  them if they would help to rescue their friends, And the Winkies said that
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  they would be delighted to do all in their power for Dorothy, who had
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  set them free from bondage. So she chose a number of the Winkies,
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  who looked as if they knew the most, and they all started away.
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  They traveled that day and part of the next, until they came to the
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  rocky plain, where the tin woodman lay, all battered and bent. His
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  axe was near him, but the blade was rusted and the handle broken off
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  short. The Winkies lifted him tenderly in their arms and carried him back to
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  the Yellow Castle again, Dorothy shedding a few tears by the way at the
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  sad plight of her old friend, and the lion, looking sober and sorry.
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  When they reached the castle, Dorothy said to the Winkies, are any
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  of your people tinsmiths? Oh? Yes, some of us are very good
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  ten smiths, they told her. Then bring them to me, she said,
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  And when the tinsmiths came, bringing with them all their tools and baskets,
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  she inquired, can you straighten out those dents in the tin woodman and
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  mend him back into shape again and solder him together where he is broken?
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  The tin smiths looked the woodman over carefully and then answered that they thought they
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  could mend him so he would be as good as ever. So they set
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  to work in one of the big yellow rooms of the castle, and worked
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  for three days and four nights, hammering and twisting and bending and soldering and
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  polishing and pounding at the legs and body and head of the tin woodman,
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  until at last he was straightened out into his old form, and his joints
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  worked as well as ever. To be sure, there were several patches on
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  him, but the tin smiths did a good job, and as the woodman
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  was not a vain man, he did not mind the patches at all.
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  When at last he walked into Dorothy's room and thanked her for rescuing him,
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  he was so pleased that he wept tears of joy, and Dorothy had to
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  wipe every tear carefully from his face with her apron so that his joints would
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  not be rusted. At the same time, her own tears fell thick and
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  fast at the joy of meeting her old friend again, and these tears did
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  not need to be wiped away. As for the lion, he wiped his
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  eyes so often with the tip of his tail that it became quite wet,
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  and he was obliged to go out into the courtyard and hold it in the
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  sun until it dried. If we only had the scarecrow with us. Again,
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  said the Tin Woodman, when Dorothy had finished telling him everything that had
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  happened. I should be quite happy. We must try to find him,
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  said the girl. So she called the Winkies to help her, and they
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  walked all that day and part of the next, until they came to the
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  tall tree in the branches of which the winged monkeys had tossed the scarecrow's clothes.
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  It was a very tall tree, and the trunk was so smooth that
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  no one could climb it. But the woodman said, at once, I'll
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  chop it down, and then we can get the scarecrow's clothes. Now,
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  while the tinsmiths had been working on mending the woodman himself, another of the
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  winkies, who was a goldsmith, had made an axe handle of solid gold
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  and fitted it to the woodman's axe instead of the old broken handle. Others
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  polished the blade until all the rust was removed, and it glistened like burnished
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  silver. As soon as he had spoke, the tin woman began to chop,
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  and in a short time the tree fell over with a crash, whereupon
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  the scarecrow's clothes fell out of the branches and rolled off on the ground.
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  Dorothy picked them up and had the Winkies carry them back to the castle,
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  where they were stuffed with nice, clean straw. And behold, here was
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  a scarecrow as good as ever, thanking them over and over again for saving
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  him. Now that they were reunited, Dorothy and her friends spent a few
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  happy days at the Yellow Castle, where they found everything they needed to make
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  them comfortable. But one day the girl thought of ann AmAm and said,
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  we must go back to Oz and claim his promise. Yes, said the
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  Woodman, at last, I shall get my heart, and I shall get
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  my brain, added the scarecrow joyfully. And I shall get my courage,
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  said the lion thoughtfully. And I shall get back to Kansas, cried Dorothy,
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  clapping her hands. Oh, let us start for the Emerald City tomorrow.
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  This they decided to do. The Next day, they called the Winkies
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  together and bade them goodbye. The Winkies were sorry to have them go,
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  and they had grown so fond of the tin Woodman that they begged him to
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  stay and rule over them and the Yellow land of the West. Finding they
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  were determined to go, the Winkies gave Toto and the Lion each a golden
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  collar, and to Dorothy they presented a beautiful brasilet studded with diamonds. And
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  to the scarecrow they gave a gold headed walking stick to keep him from stumbling.
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  And to the tin woodman they offered a silver oil can inlaid with gold
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  and set with precious jewels. Every one of the travelers made the Winkies a
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  pretty speech in return, and all shook hands with him until their arms ached.
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  Dorothy went to the witch's cupboard to fill her back basket with food for
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  the journey, and there she saw the golden cap. She tried it on
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  her own head and found that it fitted her exactly. She did not know
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  anything about the charm of the golden cap, but she saw that it was
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  pretty, so she made up her mind to wear it and carry her sunbonnet
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  in the basket. Then, being prepared for the journey, they all started
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  for the Emerald City, and the Winkies gave them three cheers and many good
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  wishes to carry with them. End of Chapter thirteen.