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

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Speaker 1: Chapter eleven, The Wonderful City of Oz by the Green Spectacles.
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Speaker 1: Dorothy and her friends were at first dazzled by the
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Speaker 1: brilliancy of the wonderful city. The streets were lined with
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Speaker 1: beautiful houses, all built of green marble, and studded everywhere
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Speaker 1: with sparkling emeralds. They walked over a pavement of the
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Speaker 1: same green marble, and where the blocks were joined together
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Speaker 1: were rows of emeralds, set closely and glittering in the
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Speaker 1: brightness of the sun. The window panes were of green glass.
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Speaker 1: Even the sky above the city had a green tent,
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Speaker 1: and the rays of the sun were green. There were
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Speaker 1: many people, men, women, and children walking about, and these
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Speaker 1: were all dressed in green clothes and had greenish skins.
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Speaker 1: They looked at Dorothy in her strangely assorted company with
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Speaker 1: wondering eyes, and the children all ran away and hid
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Speaker 1: behind their mothers when they saw the lion, but no
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Speaker 1: one spoke to them. Many shops stood in the street,
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Speaker 1: and Dorothy saw that everything in them was green. Green
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Speaker 1: candy and green pipe opcorn were offered for sale, as
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Speaker 1: well as green shoes, green hats, and green clothes of
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Speaker 1: all sorts. At one place, a man was selling green lemonade,
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Speaker 1: and when the children bought it, Dorothy could see that
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Speaker 1: they paid for it with green pennies. There seemed to
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Speaker 1: be no horses nor animals of any kind. The men
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Speaker 1: carried things around in little green carts, which they pushed
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Speaker 1: before them. Everyone seemed happy and contented and prosperous. The
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Speaker 1: guardian of the gates led them through the streets until
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Speaker 1: they came to a big building exactly in the middle
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Speaker 1: of the city, which was the palace of Oz, the
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Speaker 1: great Wizard. There was a soldier before the door, dressed
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Speaker 1: in a green uniform and wearing a long green beard.
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Speaker 1: Here are strangers, said the guardian of the gate to him,
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Speaker 1: and they demand to see the Great Oz. Step inside,
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Speaker 1: answered the soldier, and I will carry your message to him.
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Speaker 1: So they passed through the palace gates and were led
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Speaker 1: into a big room with a green carpet and lovely
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Speaker 1: green furniture set with emeralds. Made them all wipe their
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Speaker 1: feet upon a green map before entering this room, and
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Speaker 1: when they were seated, he said, politely, please make yourself
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Speaker 1: comfortable while I go to the door of the throne
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Speaker 1: room and tell Oz you are here. They had to
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Speaker 1: wait a long time before the soldier returned. When at
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Speaker 1: last he came back, Dorothy asked, have you seen oz Oh? No,
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Speaker 1: returned the soldier. I have never seen him, but I
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Speaker 1: spoke with him as he sat behind his screen and
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Speaker 1: gave him your message. He said, he will grant you
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Speaker 1: an audience if you so desire, but each one of
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Speaker 1: you must enter his presence alone, and he will admit
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Speaker 1: but one each day. Therefore, as you must remain in
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Speaker 1: the palace for several days, I will have you shown
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Speaker 1: two rooms where you may rest in comfort after your journey.
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Speaker 1: Thank you, replied the girl. That is very kind of
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Speaker 1: oz The soldier now blew upon a green whistle, and
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Speaker 1: at once a young girl dressed in a pretty green
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Speaker 1: silk gown entered the room. She had lovely green hair
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Speaker 1: and green eyes, and she bowed low before Dorothy as
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Speaker 1: she said, follow me, and I will show you your room.
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Speaker 1: So Dorothy said goodbye to all her friends except Toto,
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Speaker 1: and taking the dog in her arms, followed the green
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Speaker 1: girl through seven passages and up three flights of stairs
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Speaker 1: until they came to a room at the front of
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Speaker 1: the palace. It was the sweetest little room in the world.
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Speaker 1: With a soft, comfortable bed that had sheets of green
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Speaker 1: silk and a green velvet counterpane. There was a tiny
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Speaker 1: fountain in the middle of the room that shot a
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Speaker 1: spray of green perfume into the air to fall back
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Speaker 1: into a beautifully carved green marble basin. Beautiful green flowers
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Speaker 1: stood in the windows, and there was a shelf with
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Speaker 1: a row of little green books. When Dorothy had time
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Speaker 1: to open these books, she found them full of queer
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Speaker 1: green pictures that made her laugh, they were so funny.
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Speaker 1: In a wardrobe, there were many green dresses made of
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Speaker 1: silk and satin and velvet, and all of them fitted Dorothy. Exactly.
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Speaker 1: Make yourself perfectly at home, said the green girl. And
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Speaker 1: if you wish for anything, ring the bell, Oz will
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Speaker 1: send for you tomorrow morning. She left Dorothy alone and
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Speaker 1: went back to the others. These she also led to rooms,
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Speaker 1: and each one of them found themselves lodged in a
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Speaker 1: very pleasant part of the palace. Of course, this politeness
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Speaker 1: was wasted on the scarecrow, for when he found himself
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Speaker 1: alone in his room, he stood stupidly in one spot
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Speaker 1: just within the doorway, to wait till morning. It would
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Speaker 1: not rest him to lie down, and he could not
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Speaker 1: close his eyes, so he remained all night staring at
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Speaker 1: a little spider which was weaving its web in a
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Speaker 1: corner of the room, just as if it were not
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Speaker 1: one of the most wonderful rooms in the world. The
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Speaker 1: tin woodman lay down on his bed from force of habit,
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Speaker 1: for he remembered when he was made of flesh, but
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Speaker 1: not being able to sleep, he passed the night moving
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Speaker 1: his joints up and down to make sure they kept
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Speaker 1: in good working order. The lion would have preferred a
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Speaker 1: bed of dried leaves in the forest, and did not
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Speaker 1: like being shut up in a room, but he had
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Speaker 1: too much sense to let this worry him, so he
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Speaker 1: sprang upon the bed and rolled himself up like a cat,
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Speaker 1: and purred himself asleep in a minute. The next morning,
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Speaker 1: after breakfast, the Green Maiden came to fetch Dorothy, and
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Speaker 1: she dressed her in one of the prettiest gowns made
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Speaker 1: of green brocade satin. Dorothy put on a green silk
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Speaker 1: apron and tied a green ribbon around Toto's neck, and
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Speaker 1: they started for the throne room of the Great Oz.
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Speaker 1: First they came to a great hall in which were
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Speaker 1: many ladies and gentlemen of the court, all dressed in
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Speaker 1: rich costumes. These people had nothing to do but talk
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Speaker 1: to each other, but they always came to wait outside
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Speaker 1: the throne room every morning, although they were never permitted
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Speaker 1: to see Oz. As Dorothy entered, they looked at her curiously,
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Speaker 1: and one of them whispered, are you really going to
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Speaker 1: look upon the face of Oz the Terrible? Of course,
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Speaker 1: answered the girl, if you will see me. Oh, he
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Speaker 1: will see you, said the soldier who had taken her
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Speaker 1: message to the wizard, although he does not like to
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Speaker 1: have people asked to see him. Indeed, at first he
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Speaker 1: was angry, and I said I should send you back
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Speaker 1: where you came from. Then he asked me what you
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Speaker 1: look like, and when I mentioned your silver shoes, he
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Speaker 1: was very much interested. At last I told him about
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Speaker 1: the mark upon your forehead, and he decided he would
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Speaker 1: admit you to his presence. Just then a bell rang,
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Speaker 1: and the Green girl said to Dorothy, that is the
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Speaker 1: signal you must go into the throne room alone. She
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Speaker 1: opened a little door, and Dorothy walked boldly through and
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Speaker 1: found herself in a wonderful place. It was a big,
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Speaker 1: round room with a high arched roof, and the walls
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Speaker 1: and ceiling and floor were covered with large emeralds. Set
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Speaker 1: closely together. In the center of the roof was a
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Speaker 1: great light, as bright as the sun, which made the
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Speaker 1: emerald sparkle in a wonderful manner. But what interested Dorothy
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Speaker 1: most was the big throne of green marble that stood
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Speaker 1: in the middle of the room. It was shaped like
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Speaker 1: a chair and sparkled with gems, as did everything else.
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Speaker 1: In the center of the chair was an enormous head,
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Speaker 1: without a body to support it, or any arms or
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Speaker 1: legs whatever. There was no hair upon this head, but
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Speaker 1: it had eyes and a nose and mouth, and was
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Speaker 1: much bigger than the head of the biggest giant. As
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Speaker 1: Dorothy gazed upon this in wonder and fear, the eyes
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Speaker 1: turned slowly and looked at her sharply and steadily. Then
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Speaker 1: the mouth moved, and Dorothy heard a voice say, I
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Speaker 1: am Oz the great and terrible. Who are you and
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Speaker 1: why do you seek me? It was not such an
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Speaker 1: awful voice as she had expected to come from the
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Speaker 1: big head, so she took courage and answered, I am
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Speaker 1: Dorothy the small and meek. I have come to you
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Speaker 1: for help. The eyes looked at her thoughtfully for a
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Speaker 1: full minute, then said the voice, where did you get
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Speaker 1: the silver shoes? I got them from the wicked witch
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Speaker 1: of the East when my house fell on her and
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Speaker 1: killed her. She replied, where did you get the mark
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Speaker 1: upon your forehead? Continued the voice. That is where the
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Speaker 1: good Witch of the North kissed me when she bade
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Speaker 1: me goodbye and sent me to you, said the girl again.
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Speaker 1: The eyes looked at her sharply, and they saw she
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Speaker 1: was telling the truth. Then Oz asked, what do you
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Speaker 1: wish me to do? Send me back to Kansas, where
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Speaker 1: my aunt Em and Uncle Henry are. She answered earnestly,
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Speaker 1: I don't like your country, although it is so beautiful,
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Speaker 1: and I am sure Aunt Em will be dreadfully worried
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Speaker 1: over my being away. So long, the eyes winked three times,
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Speaker 1: and then they turned up to the ceiling and down
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Speaker 1: to the floor, and rolled around so queerly that they
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Speaker 1: seemed to see every part of the room. And at
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Speaker 1: last they looked at Dorothy again. Why should I do
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Speaker 1: this for you, asked Oz, Because you are strong and
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Speaker 1: I am weak. Because you are a great wizard and
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Speaker 1: I am only a little girl. But you are strong
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Speaker 1: enough to kill the wicked Witch of the East, said Oz,
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Speaker 1: that just happened, returned Dorothy, simply, I could not help it, well,
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Speaker 1: said the head, I will give you my answer. You
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Speaker 1: have no right to expect me to send you back
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Speaker 1: to Kansas unless you do something for me in return.
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Speaker 1: In this country, every one must pay for everything he gets.
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Speaker 1: If you wish me to use my magic power to
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Speaker 1: send you home again, you must do something for me. First.
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Speaker 1: Help me, and I will help you. What must I do,
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Speaker 1: asked the girl. Kill the wicked witch of the West,
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Speaker 1: answered Oz. But I cannot, exclaimed Dorothy, greatly surprised. You
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Speaker 1: killed the witch of the East, and you wear the
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Speaker 1: silver shoes which bear a powerful charm. There is now
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Speaker 1: but one wicked witch left in all this land, and
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Speaker 1: when you can tell me she is dead, I will
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Speaker 1: send you back to Kansas. But not before the little
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Speaker 1: girl began to weep. She was so much disappointed, and
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Speaker 1: the eyes winked again and looked upon her anxiously, as
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Speaker 1: if the great Oz felt that she could help him
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Speaker 1: if she would. I never killed anything willingly, she sobbed,
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Speaker 1: Even if I wanted to, How could I kill the
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Speaker 1: wicked witch? If you, who are great and terrible. Cannot
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Speaker 1: kill her yourself. How do you expect me to do it?
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Speaker 1: I do not know, said the head, but that is
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Speaker 1: my answer. And until the wicked witch dies, you will
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Speaker 1: not see your uncle and aunt again. Remember that the
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Speaker 1: witch is wicked, tremendously wicked, and ought to be killed.
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Speaker 1: Now go and do not ask to see me again
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Speaker 1: until you have done your task. Sorrowfully, Dorothy left the
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Speaker 1: throne room and went back to where the Lion and
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Speaker 1: the Scarecrow and the tin woodman were waiting to hear
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Speaker 1: what Oz had said to her. There is no hope
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Speaker 1: for me, she said sadly, for Oz will not send
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Speaker 1: me home until I have killed the wicked witch of
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Speaker 1: the West, and that I can never do. Her friends
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Speaker 1: were sorry, but could do nothing to help her. So
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Speaker 1: Dorothy went to her own room and lay down on
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Speaker 1: the bed and cried herself to sleep. The next morning,
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Speaker 1: the soldier with the green whiskers came to the Scarecrow
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Speaker 1: and said, come with me, for Oz has sent for you.
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Speaker 1: So the scarecrow followed him and was admitted into the
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Speaker 1: Great Throne Room, where he saw sitting in the emerald
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Speaker 1: throne a most lovely lady. She was dressed in green
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Speaker 1: silk gauze, and war upon her flowing green locks a
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Speaker 1: crown of jewels. Growing from her shoulders were wings gorgeous
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Speaker 1: in color, and so light that they fluttered if the
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Speaker 1: slightest breath of air reached them. When the scarecrow had
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Speaker 1: bowed as prettily as his straw stuffing would let him
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Speaker 1: before this beautiful creature, she looked upon him sweetly and said,
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Speaker 1: I am Oz, the great and terrible. Who are you?
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Speaker 1: And why do you seek me now? The scarecrow, who
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Speaker 1: had expected to see the great head Dorothy had told
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Speaker 1: him of, was much astonished, but he answered her bravely.
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Speaker 1: I am only a scarecrow stuffed with straw. Therefore I
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Speaker 1: have no brains, and I come to you praying that
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Speaker 1: you will put brains in my head instead of straw,
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Speaker 1: so that I may become as much a man as
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Speaker 1: any other in your dominions. Why should I do this
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Speaker 1: for you, asked the lady. Because you are wise and powerful,
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Speaker 1: and no one else can help me, answered the scarecrow.
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Speaker 1: I never grant favors without some return, said Oz, But
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Speaker 1: this much I will promise if you will kill for me.
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Speaker 1: The wicked witch of the West. I will bestow upon
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Speaker 1: you a great many brains, and such good brains that
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Speaker 1: you will be the wisest man in all the land
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Speaker 1: of Oz. I thought you asked Dorothy to kill the witch,
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Speaker 1: said the scarecrow in surprise. So I did. I don't
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Speaker 1: care who kills her, but until she is dead, I
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Speaker 1: will not grant your wish. Now go and do not
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Speaker 1: seek me again until you have earned the brains you
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Speaker 1: so greatly desire. The Scarecrow went sorrowfully back to his
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Speaker 1: friends and told them what Oz had said, and Dorothy
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Speaker 1: was surprised to find that the great wizard was not
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Speaker 1: ahead as she had seen him, but a lovely lady.
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Speaker 1: All the same, said the scarecrow, she needs a heart
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Speaker 1: as much as the tin woodman. On the next morning,
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Speaker 1: the soldier with the green whiskers came to the tin
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Speaker 1: Woodman and said, Oz has sent for you. Follow me.
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Speaker 1: So the tin Woodman followed him and came to the
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Speaker 1: great throne room. He did not know whether he would
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Speaker 1: find Oz a lovely lady or a head, but he
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Speaker 1: hoped it would be the lovely lady. Four he said
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Speaker 1: to himself, if it is the head, I am sure
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Speaker 1: I shall not be given a heart, since a head
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Speaker 1: has no heart of its own, and therefore cannot feel
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Speaker 1: for me. But if it is the lovely lady, I
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Speaker 1: shall beg hard for a heart, for all ladies are
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Speaker 1: themselves said to be kindly hearted. But when the Woodman
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Speaker 1: entered the great throne room, he saw neither the head
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Speaker 1: nor the lady, for Oz had taken the shape of
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Speaker 1: a most terrible beast. It was nearly as big as
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Speaker 1: an elephant, and the green throne seemed hardly strong enough
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Speaker 1: to hold its weight. The beast had a head like
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Speaker 1: that of a rhinoceros, only there were five eyes in
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Speaker 1: its face. There were five long arms growing out of
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Speaker 1: its body, and it also had five long, slim legs. Thick,
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Speaker 1: wooly hair covered every part of it, and the more
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Speaker 1: dreadful looking monster could not be imagined. It was fortunate
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Speaker 1: the tin Woodman had no heart at the moment, for
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Speaker 1: it would have beat loud and fast from terror. But
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Speaker 1: being only ten, the woodman was not at all afraid,
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Speaker 1: although he was much disappointed. I am Oz, the great
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Speaker 1: and terrible, spoke the beast, in a voice that was
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Speaker 1: one great roar. Who are you and why do you
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Speaker 1: seek me. I am a woodman and made of ten.
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Speaker 1: Therefore I have no heart and cannot love. I pray
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Speaker 1: you to give me a heart that I may be
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Speaker 1: as other men are. Why should I do this, demanded
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Speaker 1: the beast, because I ask it, and you alone can
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Speaker 1: grant my request. Answered the woodman. Oz gave a low
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Speaker 1: growl at this, but said gruffly, if you indeed desire
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Speaker 1: a heart, you must earn it. How asked the woodman
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Speaker 1: help Dorothy to kill the wicked witch of the west,
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Speaker 1: replied the beast, when the witch is dead, come to me,
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Speaker 1: and I will then give you the biggest and kindest
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Speaker 1: and most loving heart in all the land of Oz.
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Speaker 1: So the tin woodman was forced to return sorrowfully to
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Speaker 1: his friends and tell them of the terrible beast he
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Speaker 1: had seen. They all wondered greatly at the many forms
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Speaker 1: the great wizard could take upon himself, and the lion said,
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Speaker 1: if he is a beast, when I go to see him,
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Speaker 1: I shall roar my loudest and so frighten him that
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Speaker 1: he will grant all I ask. And if he is
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Speaker 1: the lovely lady, I shall pretend to spring upon her
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Speaker 1: and so compel her to do my bidding, and if
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Speaker 1: he is the great Head, he will be at my mercy,
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Speaker 1: for I will roll his head all about the room
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Speaker 1: until he promises to give us what we desire. So
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Speaker 1: be of good cheer, my friends, for all will yet
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Speaker 1: be well. The next morning, the soldier with the green
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Speaker 1: whiskers led the lion to the Great Throne room and
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Speaker 1: bade him enter the presence of Oz. The lion at
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Speaker 1: once passed through the door, and glancing around, saw to
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Speaker 1: his surprise that before the throne was a ball of fire,
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Speaker 1: so fierce and glowing that he could scarcely bear to
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Speaker 1: gaze upon it. His first thought was that Oz had
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Speaker 1: by accident caught on fire and was burning up. But
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Speaker 1: when he tried to go nearer, the heat was so
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Speaker 1: intense that it singed his whiskers, and he crept back, tremblingly,
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Speaker 1: to a spot nearer the door. Then a low, quiet
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Speaker 1: voice came from the ball of fire, and these were
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Speaker 1: the words it spoke. I am Oz the Great and terrible.
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Speaker 1: Who are you and why do you seek me? And
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Speaker 1: the lion answered, I am a cowardly lion, afraid of everything.
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Speaker 1: I come to you to beg that you give me courage,
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Speaker 1: so that in reality I may become the king of beasts,
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Speaker 1: as men call me. Why should I give you courage,
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Speaker 1: demanded Oz, Because of all wizards, you are the greatest,
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Speaker 1: and alone have power to grant my request, answered the lion.
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Speaker 1: The ball offire burned fiercely for a time, and the
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Speaker 1: voice said, bring me proof that the Wicked Witch is dead,
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Speaker 1: and that moment I will give you courage. But as
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Speaker 1: long as the witch lives, you must remain a coward.
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Speaker 1: The lion was angry at this speech, but could say
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Speaker 1: nothing in reply, and while he stood silently gazing at
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Speaker 1: the ball of fire, it became so fewly hot that
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Speaker 1: he turned tail and rushed from the room. He was
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Speaker 1: glad to find his friends waiting for him, and told
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Speaker 1: them of his terrible interview with the wizard. What shall
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Speaker 1: we do now, asked Dorothy. Sadly. There is only one
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Speaker 1: thing we can do, returned the lion, and that is
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Speaker 1: to go to the land of the Winkies, seek out
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Speaker 1: the wicked Witch and destroy her. But suppose we cannot,
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Speaker 1: said the girl, then I shall never have courage, declared
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Speaker 1: the lion. And I shall never have brains, said the scarecrow,
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Speaker 1: and I shall never have a heart, spoke the tin Woodman,
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Speaker 1: and I shall never see aunt Em and Uncle Henry,
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Speaker 1: said Dorothy, beginning to cry. Be careful, cried the green girl.
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Speaker 1: The tears will fall on your green silk gown and
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Speaker 1: spot it. So Dorothy dried her eyes and said, I
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Speaker 1: suppose we must try it, but I am sure I
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Speaker 1: do not want to kill anybody, even to see aunt
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Speaker 1: Em again. I will go with you, but I'm too
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Speaker 1: much of a coward to kill the witch, said the lion.
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Speaker 1: I will go, to declared the scarecrow. But I shall
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Speaker 1: not be of much help to you. I am such
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Speaker 1: a fool. I haven't the heart to harm even a witch,
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Speaker 1: remarked the tin woodman. But if you go, I certainly
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Speaker 1: shall go with you. Therefore it was decided to start
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Speaker 1: upon their journey the next morning, and the woodman sharpened
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Speaker 1: his axe on a green grindstone and had all his
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Speaker 1: joints properly oiled. The scarecrow stuffed himself with fresh straw,
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Speaker 1: and Dorothy put new paint on his eyes that he
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Speaker 1: might see better. The green girl, who was very kind
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Speaker 1: to them, filled Dorothy's basket with good things to eat,
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Speaker 1: and fastened a little bell around Toto's neck with a
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Speaker 1: green ribbon. They went to bed quite early and slept
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Speaker 1: soundly until daylight, when they were awakened by the crowing
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Speaker 1: of a green cock that lived in the back yard
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Speaker 1: of the palace, and the crackling of a hen that
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Speaker 1: had laid a green egg. End of Chapter eleven.