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

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  Speaker 1: Chapter thirteen, The Rescue. The cowardly Lion was much pleased
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  Speaker 1: to hear that the Wicked Witch had been melted by
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  Speaker 1: a bucket of water, and Dorothy at once unlocked the
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  Speaker 1: gate of his prison and set him free. They went
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  Speaker 1: in together to the castle, where Dorothy's first act was
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  Speaker 1: to call all the winkies together and tell them that
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  Speaker 1: they were no longer slaves. There was great rejoicing among
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  Speaker 1: the yellow Winkies, for they had been made to work
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  Speaker 1: hard during many years for the Wicked Witch, who had
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  Speaker 1: always treated them with great cruelty. They kept this day
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  Speaker 1: as a holiday then and ever after, and spent the
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  Speaker 1: time in feasting and dancing. If our friends, the Scarecrow
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  Speaker 1: and the tin Woodman were only with us, said the Lion,
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  Speaker 1: I should be quite happy. Don't you suppose we could
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  Speaker 1: rescue them, asked the girl anxiously. We can try, answered
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  Speaker 1: the lion. So they called the yellow Winkies and asked
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  Speaker 1: them if they would help to rescue their friends, And
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  Speaker 1: the Winkies said that they would be delighted to do
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  Speaker 1: all in their power for Dorothy, who had set them
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  Speaker 1: free from bondage. So she chose a number of the Winkies,
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  Speaker 1: who looked as if they knew the most, and they
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  Speaker 1: all started away. They traveled that day and part of
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  Speaker 1: the next, until they came to the rocky plain, where
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  Speaker 1: the tin woodman lay, all battered and bent. His axe
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  Speaker 1: was near him, but the blade was rusted and the
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  Speaker 1: handle broken off short. The Winkies lifted him tenderly in
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  Speaker 1: their arms and carried him back to the Yellow Castle again,
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  Speaker 1: Dorothy shedding a few tears by the way at the
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  Speaker 1: sad plight of her old friend, and the lion, looking
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  Speaker 1: sober and sorry. When they reached the castle, Dorothy said
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  Speaker 1: to the Winkies, are any of your people tinsmiths? Oh? Yes,
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  Speaker 1: some of us are very good ten smiths, they told her.
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  Speaker 1: Then bring them to me, she said, And when the
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  Speaker 1: tinsmiths came, bringing with them all their tools and baskets,
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  Speaker 1: she inquired, can you straighten out those dents in the
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  Speaker 1: tin woodman and mend him back into shape again and
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  Speaker 1: solder him together where he is broken? The tin smiths
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  Speaker 1: looked the woodman over carefully and then answered that they
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  Speaker 1: thought they could mend him so he would be as
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  Speaker 1: good as ever. So they set to work in one
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  Speaker 1: of the big yellow rooms of the castle, and worked
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  Speaker 1: for three days and four nights, hammering and twisting and
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  Speaker 1: bending and soldering and polishing and pounding at the legs
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  Speaker 1: and body and head of the tin woodman, until at
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  Speaker 1: last he was straightened out into his old form, and
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  Speaker 1: his joints worked as well as ever. To be sure,
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  Speaker 1: there were several patches on him, but the tin smiths
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  Speaker 1: did a good job, and as the woodman was not
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  Speaker 1: a vain man, he did not mind the patches at all.
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  Speaker 1: When at last he walked into Dorothy's room and thanked
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  Speaker 1: her for rescuing him, he was so pleased that he
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  Speaker 1: wept tears of joy, and Dorothy had to wipe every
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  Speaker 1: tear carefully from his face with her apron so that
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  Speaker 1: his joints would not be rusted. At the same time,
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  Speaker 1: her own tears fell thick and fast at the joy
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  Speaker 1: of meeting her old friend again, and these tears did
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  Speaker 1: not need to be wiped away. As for the lion,
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  Speaker 1: he wiped his eyes so often with the tip of
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  Speaker 1: his tail that it became quite wet, and he was
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  Speaker 1: obliged to go out into the courtyard and hold it
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  Speaker 1: in the sun until it dried. If we only had
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  Speaker 1: the scarecrow with us. Again, said the Tin Woodman, when
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  Speaker 1: Dorothy had finished telling him everything that had happened. I
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  Speaker 1: should be quite happy. We must try to find him,
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  Speaker 1: said the girl. So she called the Winkies to help her,
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  Speaker 1: and they walked all that day and part of the next,
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  Speaker 1: until they came to the tall tree in the branches
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  Speaker 1: of which the winged monkeys had tossed the scarecrow's clothes.
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  Speaker 1: It was a very tall tree, and the trunk was
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  Speaker 1: so smooth that no one could climb it. But the
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  Speaker 1: woodman said, at once, I'll chop it down, and then
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  Speaker 1: we can get the scarecrow's clothes. Now, while the tinsmiths
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  Speaker 1: had been working on mending the woodman himself, another of
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  Speaker 1: the winkies, who was a goldsmith, had made an axe
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  Speaker 1: handle of solid gold and fitted it to the woodman's
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  Speaker 1: axe instead of the old broken handle. Others polished the
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  Speaker 1: blade until all the rust was removed, and it glistened
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  Speaker 1: like burnished silver. As soon as he had spoke, the
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  Speaker 1: tin woman began to chop, and in a short time
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  Speaker 1: the tree fell over with a crash, whereupon the scarecrow's
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  Speaker 1: clothes fell out of the branches and rolled off on
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  Speaker 1: the ground. Dorothy picked them up and had the Winkies
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  Speaker 1: carry them back to the castle, where they were stuffed
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  Speaker 1: with nice, clean straw. And behold, here was a scarecrow
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  Speaker 1: as good as ever, thanking them over and over again
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  Speaker 1: for saving him. Now that they were reunited, Dorothy and
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  Speaker 1: her friends spent a few happy days at the Yellow Castle,
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  Speaker 1: where they found everything they needed to make them comfortable.
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  Speaker 1: But one day the girl thought of ann AmAm and said,
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  Speaker 1: we must go back to Oz and claim his promise. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: said the Woodman, at last, I shall get my heart,
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  Speaker 1: and I shall get my brain, added the scarecrow joyfully.
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  Speaker 1: And I shall get my courage, said the lion thoughtfully.
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  Speaker 1: And I shall get back to Kansas, cried Dorothy, clapping
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  Speaker 1: her hands. Oh, let us start for the Emerald City tomorrow.
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  Speaker 1: This they decided to do. The Next day, they called
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  Speaker 1: the Winkies together and bade them goodbye. The Winkies were
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  Speaker 1: sorry to have them go, and they had grown so
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  Speaker 1: fond of the tin Woodman that they begged him to
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  Speaker 1: stay and rule over them and the Yellow land of
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  Speaker 1: the West. Finding they were determined to go, the Winkies
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  Speaker 1: gave Toto and the Lion each a golden collar, and
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  Speaker 1: to Dorothy they presented a beautiful brasilet studded with diamonds.
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  Speaker 1: And to the scarecrow they gave a gold headed walking
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  Speaker 1: stick to keep him from stumbling. And to the tin
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  Speaker 1: woodman they offered a silver oil can inlaid with gold
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  Speaker 1: and set with precious jewels. Every one of the travelers
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  Speaker 1: made the Winkies a pretty speech in return, and all
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  Speaker 1: shook hands with him until their arms ached. Dorothy went
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  Speaker 1: to the witch's cupboard to fill her back basket with
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  Speaker 1: food for the journey, and there she saw the golden cap.
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  Speaker 1: She tried it on her own head and found that
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  Speaker 1: it fitted her exactly. She did not know anything about
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  Speaker 1: the charm of the golden cap, but she saw that
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  Speaker 1: it was pretty, so she made up her mind to
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  Speaker 1: wear it and carry her sunbonnet in the basket. Then,
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  Speaker 1: being prepared for the journey, they all started for the
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  Speaker 1: Emerald City, and the Winkies gave them three cheers and
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  Speaker 1: many good wishes to carry with them. End of Chapter thirteen.