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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Chapter 4: The Road Through the Forest
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum — Chapter 4: The Road Through the Forest
The yellow brick road grows rough and lonesome, and the Scarecrow keeps tumbling into its gaps while Dorothy helps him up and they both laugh. Over lunch by a quiet brook, Dorothy tells him about gray Kansas, and he wonders aloud why anyone would leave a beautiful land for it.
Then the Scarecrow shares how he was made in a cornfield, and what the old crow told him about brains. As evening falls, the travelers wander into a dark forest where the trees close over the road, and they must trust the Scarecrow’s…
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