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

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