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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum · Audiobooks & Scary Stories

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  Speaker 1: I hope you enjoy this reading, which comes from a
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  Speaker 1: work in the public domain. Chapter one, The Cyclone. Dorothy
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  Speaker 1: lived in the midst of the great Kansas Prairies with
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  Speaker 1: Uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and Aunt Em, who
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  Speaker 1: was the farmer's wife. Their house was small for the
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  Speaker 1: lumber to build it had to be carried by wagon
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  Speaker 1: many miles. There were four walls, a floor, and a
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  Speaker 1: roof which made one room, and this room contained a
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  Speaker 1: rusty looking cook stove, a cupboard for the dishes, a table,
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  Speaker 1: three or four chairs, and the beds. Uncle Henry and
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  Speaker 1: Aunt Em had a big bed in one corner, and
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  Speaker 1: Dorothy a little bed in another corner. There was no
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  Speaker 1: garret at all, and no cellar, except a small hole
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  Speaker 1: dug in the ground called the Cyclone Cellar, where the
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  Speaker 1: family could go in case one of those great whirlwinds
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  Speaker 1: arose mighty enough to crush any building in its path.
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  Speaker 1: It was reached by a trap door in the middle
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  Speaker 1: of the floor, from which a ladder led down into
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  Speaker 1: the small dark hole. When Dorothy stood in the doorway
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  Speaker 1: and looked around, she could see nothing but the great
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  Speaker 1: gray prairie on every side, not a tree nor a
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  Speaker 1: house broke the broad sweep of flat country that reached
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  Speaker 1: to the edge of the sky in all directions. The
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  Speaker 1: sun had baked the plowed land into a gray mass
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  Speaker 1: with little cracks running through it. Even the grass was
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  Speaker 1: not green, for the sun had burned the tops of
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  Speaker 1: the long blades until they were the same gray color
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  Speaker 1: to be seen everywhere. Once the house had been painted,
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  Speaker 1: but the sun blistered the paint, and the rains washed
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  Speaker 1: it away, and now the house was as dull and
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  Speaker 1: gray as everything else. When Aunt Em came there to live,
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  Speaker 1: she was a young, pretty wife. The sun and wind
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  Speaker 1: had changed her too. They had taken the sparkle from
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  Speaker 1: her eyes and left them a sober gray. They had
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  Speaker 1: taken the red from her cheeks and lips, and they
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  Speaker 1: were gray also. She was thin and daunt and never smiled. Now.
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  Speaker 1: When Dorothy, who was an orphan, first came to her,
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  Speaker 1: Aunt Em had been so startled by the child's laughter
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  Speaker 1: that she would scream and press her hand upon her
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  Speaker 1: heart whenever Dorothy's merry voice reached her ears. And she
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  Speaker 1: still looked at the little girl with wonder that she
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  Speaker 1: could find anything to laugh at. Uncle Henry never laughed.
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  Speaker 1: He worked hard from morning till night, and did not
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  Speaker 1: know what joy was. He was gray also from his
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  Speaker 1: long beard to his rough boots, and he looked stern
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  Speaker 1: and solemn, and rarely spoke. It was Toto that made
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  Speaker 1: Dorothy laugh and saved her from growing as gray as
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  Speaker 1: her other surroundings. Toto was not gray. He was a
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  Speaker 1: little black dog with long, silky hair and small black
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  Speaker 1: eyes that twinkled merrily on either side of his funny
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  Speaker 1: we knows. Toto played all day long, and Dorothy played
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  Speaker 1: with him and loved him dearly. Today, however, they were
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  Speaker 1: not playing. Uncle Henry sat upon the doorstep and looked
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  Speaker 1: anxiously at the sky, which was even grayer than usual.
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  Speaker 1: Dorothy stood in the door with Toto in her arms,
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  Speaker 1: and looked at the sky too. Aunt em was washing
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  Speaker 1: the dishes. From the far north. They heard a low
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  Speaker 1: wail of the wind, and Uncle Henry and Dorothy could
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  Speaker 1: see where the long grass bowed in waves before the
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  Speaker 1: coming storm. There now came a sharp whistling in the
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  Speaker 1: air from the south, and as they turned their eyes
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  Speaker 1: the way, they saw ripples in the grass coming from
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  Speaker 1: that direction. Also Suddenly Uncle Henry stood up, there's a
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  Speaker 1: cyclone coming em He called to his wife, I'll go
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  Speaker 1: look after the stalk. Then he ran toward the sheds
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  Speaker 1: where the cows and horses were kept. Aunt Em dropped
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  Speaker 1: her work and came to the door. One glance told
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  Speaker 1: her of the danger close at hand. Quick Dorothy, She screamed,
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  Speaker 1: run for the cellar. Toto jumped out of Dorothy's arms
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  Speaker 1: and hid under the bed, and the girl started to
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  Speaker 1: get him. Aunt Em, badly frightened, threw open the trap
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  Speaker 1: door in the floor and climbed down the ladder into
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  Speaker 1: the small dark hole. Dorothy caught Toto at last and
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  Speaker 1: started to follow her aunt When she was half way
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  Speaker 1: across the room, there came a great shriek from the wind,
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  Speaker 1: and the house shook so hard that she lost her
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  Speaker 1: footing and sat down suddenly upon the floor. Then a
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  Speaker 1: strange thing happened. The house whirled around two or three
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  Speaker 1: times and rose slowly through the air. Dorothy felt as
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  Speaker 1: if she were going up in a balloon. The north
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  Speaker 1: and south winds met where the house stood and made
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  Speaker 1: it the exact center of the cyclone. In the middle
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  Speaker 1: of a cyclone, the air is generally still, but the
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  Speaker 1: great pressure of the wind on every side of the
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  Speaker 1: house raised it up higher and higher until it was
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  Speaker 1: at the very top of the cyclone, and there it
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  Speaker 1: remained and was carried miles and miles away as easily
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  Speaker 1: as you could carry a feather. It was very dark,
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  Speaker 1: and the wind howled horribly around her, but Dorothy found
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  Speaker 1: she was riding quite easily after the first few whirls around,
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  Speaker 1: and one other time when the house tipped badly, she
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  Speaker 1: felt as if she were being rocked gently like a
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  Speaker 1: baby in a cradle. Toto did not like it. He
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  Speaker 1: ran about the room now here now there, barking loudly,
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  Speaker 1: but Dorothy sat quite still on the floor and waited
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  Speaker 1: to see what would happen. Once Toto got too near
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  Speaker 1: the open trap door and fell in, and at first
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  Speaker 1: the little girl thought she had lost him, But soon
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  Speaker 1: she saw one of his ears sticking up through the hole,
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  Speaker 1: for the strong pressure of the air was keeping him
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  Speaker 1: up so that he could not fall. She crept to
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  Speaker 1: the hole, caught Toto by the ear, and dragged him
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  Speaker 1: into the room again, afterward closing the trap door so
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  Speaker 1: that no more accidents could happen. Hour after hour passed away,
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  Speaker 1: and slowly Dorothy got over her fright, but she felt
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  Speaker 1: quite lonely, and the wind shrieked so loudly all about
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  Speaker 1: her that she nearly became deaf. At first, she had
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  Speaker 1: wondered if she would be dashed to pieces when the
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  Speaker 1: house fell again, But as the hours passed and nothing
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  Speaker 1: terrible happened, she stopped worrying and resolved to wait calmly
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  Speaker 1: and see what the future would bring. At last, she
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  Speaker 1: crawled over the swaying floor to her bed and lay
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  Speaker 1: down upon it, and Toto followed and lay down beside her.
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  Speaker 1: In spite of the swaying of the house and the
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  Speaker 1: wailing of the wind, Dorothy soon closed her eyes and
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  Speaker 1: fell fast asleep. Chapter two, The Council with the Munchkins.
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  Speaker 1: She was awakened by a shock so sudden and severe
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  Speaker 1: that if Dorothy had not been lying on the soft bed,
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  Speaker 1: she might have been hurt. As it was, the jar
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  Speaker 1: made her catch her breath and wonder what had happened,
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  Speaker 1: and Toto put his cold little nose into her face
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  Speaker 1: and whined dismally. Dorothy sat up and noticed that the
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  Speaker 1: house was not moving, nor was it dark, for the
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  Speaker 1: bright sunshine came in at the window, flooding the little room.
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  Speaker 1: She sprang from her bed, and, with Toto at her heels,
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  Speaker 1: ran and opened the door. The little girl gave a
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  Speaker 1: cry of amazement and looked about her, her eyes growing
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  Speaker 1: bigger and bigger at the wonderful sights she saw. The
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  Speaker 1: cyclone had set the house down very gently, for a
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  Speaker 1: cyclone in the midst of a country of marvelous beauty.
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  Speaker 1: There were lovely patches of greensward all about, with stately
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  Speaker 1: trees bearing rich and luscious fruits. Banks of gorgeous flowers
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  Speaker 1: were on every hand, and birds with rare and brilliant
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  Speaker 1: plumage sang and fluttered in the trees and bushes. A
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  Speaker 1: little way off was a small brook, rushing and sparkling
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  Speaker 1: along between green banks, and murmuring in a voice very
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  Speaker 1: grateful to a little girl who had lived so long
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  Speaker 1: on the dry, gray prairies. While she stood looking eagerly
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  Speaker 1: at the strange and beautiful sights, she noticed coming toward
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  Speaker 1: her a group of the queerest people she had ever seen.
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  Speaker 1: They were not as big as the grown folk she
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  Speaker 1: had always been used to, but neither were they very small.
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  Speaker 1: In fact, they seemed about as tall as Dorothy, who
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  Speaker 1: was a well grown child for her age, although they
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  Speaker 1: they were so far as looks go, many years older.
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  Speaker 1: Three were men and one a woman, and all were
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  Speaker 1: oddly dressed. They wore round hats that rose to a
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  Speaker 1: small point a foot above their heads, with little bells
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  Speaker 1: around the brims that tinkled sweetly as they moved. The
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  Speaker 1: hats of the men were blue. The little woman's hat
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  Speaker 1: was white, and she wore a white gown that hung
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  Speaker 1: in pleats from her shoulders. Over it were sprinkled little
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  Speaker 1: stars that glistened in the sun like diamonds. The men
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  Speaker 1: were dressed in blue, of the same shade as their hats,
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  Speaker 1: and wore well polished boots with a deep roll of
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  Speaker 1: blue at the tops. The men Dorothy thought were about
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  Speaker 1: as old as Uncle Henry, for two of them had beards.
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  Speaker 1: But the little woman was doubtless much older. Her face
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  Speaker 1: was covered with wrinkles, her hair was nearly white, and
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  Speaker 1: she walked rather stiffly. When these people drew near the
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  Speaker 1: house where Dorothy was standing in the doorway, they paused
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  Speaker 1: and whispered among themselves, as if a frime to come farther,
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  Speaker 1: But the little old woman walked up to Dorothy, made
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  Speaker 1: a low bow, and said in a sweet voice, you
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  Speaker 1: are welcome, most noble sorceress to the land of the Munchkins.
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  Speaker 1: We are so grateful to you for having killed the
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  Speaker 1: wicked witch of the East and for setting our people
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  Speaker 1: free from bondage. Dorothy listened to this speech with wonder
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  Speaker 1: What could the little woman possibly mean by calling her
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  Speaker 1: a sorceress and saying she had killed the wicked witch
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  Speaker 1: of the east. Dorothy was an innocent, harmless little girl
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  Speaker 1: who had been carried by a cyclone many miles from home,
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  Speaker 1: and she had never killed anything in all her life.
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  Speaker 1: But the little woman evidently expected her to answer. So
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  Speaker 1: Dorothy said, with hesitation. You are very kind, but there
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  Speaker 1: must be some mistake. I have not killed anything your
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  Speaker 1: house did, anyway, replied the little old woman with a laugh,
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  Speaker 1: And that is the same thing. See, she continued, pointing
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  Speaker 1: to the corner of the house. There are her two
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  Speaker 1: feet still sticking out from under a block of wood.
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  Speaker 1: Dorothy looked and gave a little cry of fright. There, indeed,
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  Speaker 1: just under the corner of the great beam the house
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  Speaker 1: rested on, two feet were sticking out, shot in silver
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  Speaker 1: shoes with pointed toes. Oh dear, Oh, dear, cried Dorothy,
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  Speaker 1: clasping her hands together in dismay. The house must have
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  Speaker 1: fallen on her. Whatever shall we do? There is nothing
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  Speaker 1: to be done, said the little woman calmly. But who
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  Speaker 1: was she asked Dorothy. She was the wicked Witch of
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  Speaker 1: the East, As I said, answered the little woman, she
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  Speaker 1: has held all the munchkins in bondage for many years,
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  Speaker 1: making them slave for her night and day. Now they
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  Speaker 1: are all set free, and are grateful to you for
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  Speaker 1: the favor. Who are the munchkins, inquired Dorothy. They are
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  Speaker 1: the people who live in this land of the east.
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  Speaker 1: Were the wicked which ruled? Are you a munchkin, asked Dorothy. No,
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  Speaker 1: but I am their friend, although I live in the
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  Speaker 1: land of the North. When they saw the Witch of
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  Speaker 1: the East was dead, the munchkins sent a swift messenger
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  Speaker 1: to me, and I came at once. I am the
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  Speaker 1: Witch of the North. Oh gracious, cried Dorothy. Are you
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  Speaker 1: a real witch, Yes, indeed, answered the little woman. But
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  Speaker 1: I am a good witch, and the people love me.
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  Speaker 1: I am not as powerful as the wicked witch was
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  Speaker 1: who ruled here, or I should have set the people
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  Speaker 1: free myself. But I thought all witches were wicked, said
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  Speaker 1: the girl, who was half frightened at facing a real witch. Oh, no,
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  Speaker 1: that is a great mistake. There were only four witches
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  Speaker 1: in all the land of Oz, and two of them,
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  Speaker 1: those who live in the north and the south are
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  Speaker 1: good witches. I know this is true, for I am
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  Speaker 1: one of them myself, and cannot be mistaken. Those who
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  Speaker 1: dwell in the east and the west were indeed wicked witches.
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  Speaker 1: But now that you have killed one of them, there
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  Speaker 1: is but one wicked witch in all the land of Oz,
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  Speaker 1: the one who lives in the west. But said Dorothy,
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  Speaker 1: after a moment's thought, aunt Em has told me that
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  Speaker 1: the witches were all dead years and years ago. Who
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  Speaker 1: is Aunt Em, inquired the little old woman. She is
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  Speaker 1: my aunt who lives in Kansas, where I came from.
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  Speaker 1: The Witch of the North seemed to think for a time,
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  Speaker 1: with her head bowed and her eyes upon the ground.
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  Speaker 1: Then she looked up and said, I do not know
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  Speaker 1: where Kansas is, for I have never heard that country
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  Speaker 1: mentioned before. But tell me, is it a civilized country? Oh? Yes,
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  Speaker 1: replied Dorothy. Then that accounts for it. In the civilized countries,
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  Speaker 1: I believe there are no witches left nor wizards, nor sorceresses,
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  Speaker 1: nor magicians. But you see, the land of Oz has
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  Speaker 1: never been civil, for we are cut off from all
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  Speaker 1: the rest of the world. Therefore we still have witches
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  Speaker 1: and wizards amongst us. Who are the wizards, asked Dorothy,
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  Speaker 1: Oz himself is the great wizard, answered the witch, sinking
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  Speaker 1: her voice to a whisper. He is more powerful than
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  Speaker 1: all the rest of us together. He lives in the
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  Speaker 1: city of Emeralds. Dorothy was going to ask another question,
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  Speaker 1: but just then the munchkins, who had been standing silently by,
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  Speaker 1: gave a loud shout and pointed to the corner of
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  Speaker 1: the house where the wicked witch had been lying. What
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  Speaker 1: is it, asked the little old woman, and looked and
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  Speaker 1: began to laugh. The feet of the dead which had
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  Speaker 1: disappeared entirely, and nothing was left but the silver shoes.
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  Speaker 1: She was so old, explained the Witch of the North,
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  Speaker 1: that she dried up quickly in the sun. That is
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  Speaker 1: the end of her. But the silver shoes are yours,
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  Speaker 1: and you shall have them to wear. She reached down
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  Speaker 1: and picked up the shoes, and, after shaking the dust
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  Speaker 1: out of them, handed them to Dorothy. The Witch of
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  Speaker 1: the East was proud of those silver shoes, said one
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  Speaker 1: of the munchkins. And there is some charm connected with them,
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  Speaker 1: but what it is we never knew. Dorothy carried the
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  Speaker 1: shoes into the house and placed them on the table.
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  Speaker 1: Then she came out again to the munchkins and said,
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  Speaker 1: I am anxious to get back to my aunt and uncle,
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  Speaker 1: for I am sure they will worry about me. Can
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  Speaker 1: you help me find my way? The munchkins and the
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  Speaker 1: witch first looked at one another, and then at Dorothy,
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  Speaker 1: and then shook their heads. At the east, not far
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  Speaker 1: from here, said one, there is a great desert, and
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  Speaker 1: none could live to cross it. It is the same
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  Speaker 1: at the south, said another, for I have been there
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  Speaker 1: and seen it. The south is the country of the quadlings,
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  Speaker 1: I am told, said the third man, that it is
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  Speaker 1: the same at the west, And that country where the
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  Speaker 1: winkies live is ruled by the wicked witch of the West,
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  Speaker 1: who would make you her slave if you passed her way.
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  Speaker 1: The north is my home, said the old lady, and
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  Speaker 1: at its edge is the same great desert that surrounds
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  Speaker 1: this land of Oz. I am afraid, my dear, you
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  Speaker 1: will have to live with us. Dorothy began to sob
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  Speaker 1: at this, for she felt lonely among all these strange people.
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  Speaker 1: Her tears seemed to grieve the kind hearted munchkins, for
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  Speaker 1: they immediately took out their handkerchiefs and began to weep.
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  Speaker 1: Also as for the little old woman, she took off
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  Speaker 1: her cap and balanced the point on the end of
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  Speaker 1: her nose while she counted one, two, three in a
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  Speaker 1: solemn voice. At once the cap changed to a slate
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  Speaker 1: on which was written in big white chalk marks. Let
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  Speaker 1: Dorothy go to the City of Emeralds. The little old
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  Speaker 1: woman took the slate from her nose, and, having read
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  Speaker 1: the words on it, asked, is your name Dorothy, My
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  Speaker 1: dear yes, answered the child, looking up and drying her tears.
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  Speaker 1: Then you must go to the city of Emeralds. Perhaps
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  Speaker 1: oswill help you. Where is this city, asked Dorothy. It
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  Speaker 1: is exactly in the center of the country and is
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  Speaker 1: ruled by Oz, the great wizard I told you of.
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  Speaker 1: Is he a good man? Inquired the girl anxiously. He
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  Speaker 1: is a good wizard. Whether he is a man or not,
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  Speaker 1: I cannot tell, for I have never seen him. How
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  Speaker 1: can I get there, asked Dorothy. You must walk? It
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  Speaker 1: is a long journey through a country that is sometimes
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  Speaker 1: pleasant and sometimes dark and terrible. However, I will use
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  Speaker 1: all the magic arts I know of to keep you
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  Speaker 1: from harm. Won't you go with me? Pleaded the girl,
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  Speaker 1: who had begun to look upon the little old woman
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  Speaker 1: as her only friend. No I cannot do that, she replied,
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  Speaker 1: But I will give you my kiss, and no one
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  Speaker 1: will dare injure a person who has been kissed by
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  Speaker 1: the Witch of the North. She came close to Dorothy
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  Speaker 1: and kissed her gently on the forehead, where her lips
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  Speaker 1: touched the girl. They left around Shining Mark. As Dorothy
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  Speaker 1: found out soon after, the road to the city of
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  Speaker 1: Emeralds is paved with yellow brick, said the witch, so
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  Speaker 1: you cannot miss it. When you get to Oz. Do
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  Speaker 1: not be afraid of him, but tell your story and
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  Speaker 1: ask him to help you. Good Bye, my dear. The
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  Speaker 1: three munchkins bowed low to her and wished her a
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  Speaker 1: pleasant journey, after which they walked away through the trees.
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  Speaker 1: The witch gave Dorothy a friendly little nod, whirled around
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  Speaker 1: on her left heel three times, and straightway disappeared, much
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  Speaker 1: to the surprise of Little Toto, who barked after her
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  Speaker 1: loudly enough when she had gone, because he had been
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  Speaker 1: afraid even to growl while she stood by. But Dorothy,
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  Speaker 1: knowing her to be a witch, had expected her to
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  Speaker 1: disappear in just that way, and was not surprised in
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  Speaker 1: the least Chapter three, How Dorothy Saved the Scarecrow. When
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  Speaker 1: Dorothy was left alone, she began to feel hungry, so
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  Speaker 1: she went to the cupboard and cut herself some bread,
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  Speaker 1: which she spread with butter. She gave some to Tote,
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  Speaker 1: and taking a pail from the shelf, she carried it
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  Speaker 1: down to the little brook and filled it with clear,
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  Speaker 1: sparkling water. Toto ran over to the trees and began
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  Speaker 1: to bark at the birds sitting there. Dorothy went to
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  Speaker 1: get him and saw such delicious fruit hanging from the
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  Speaker 1: branches that she gathered some of it, finding it just
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  Speaker 1: what she wanted to help out her breakfast. Then she
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  Speaker 1: went back to the house, and having helped herself and
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  Speaker 1: Toto to a good drink of the cool, clear water,
• 18:26
  Speaker 1: she set about making ready for the journey to the
• 18:29
  Speaker 1: city of Emeralds. Dorothy had only one other dress, but
• 18:33
  Speaker 1: that happened to be clean, and was hanging on a
• 18:35
  Speaker 1: peg beside her bed. It was gingham with checks of
• 18:39
  Speaker 1: white and blue, and although the blue was somewhat faded
• 18:42
  Speaker 1: with many washings, it was still a pretty frock. The
• 18:46
  Speaker 1: girl washed herself carefully, dressed herself in the clean gingham,
• 18:49
  Speaker 1: and tied her pink sun bonnet on her head. She
• 18:53
  Speaker 1: took a little basket and filled it with bread from
• 18:55
  Speaker 1: the cupboard, laying a white cloth over the top. Then
• 18:59
  Speaker 1: she looked down at her feet and noticed how old
• 19:01
  Speaker 1: and worn her shoes were. They surely will never do
• 19:05
  Speaker 1: for a long journey, Toto, she said, And Toto looked
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: up into her face with his little black eyes and
• 19:11
  Speaker 1: wagged his tail to show he knew what she meant.
• 19:15
  Speaker 1: At that moment, Dorothy saw lying on the table the
• 19:17
  Speaker 1: silver shoes that had belonged to the Witch of the East.
• 19:21
  Speaker 1: I wonder if they will fit me, she said to Toto.
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: They would be just the thing to take a long
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: walk in, for they could not wear out. She took
• 19:30
  Speaker 1: off her old leather shoes and tried on the silver ones,
• 19:33
  Speaker 1: which fitted her as well as if they had been
• 19:35
  Speaker 1: made for her. Finally, she picked up her basket. Come along, Toto,
• 19:41
  Speaker 1: she said, we will go to the Emerald City and
• 19:44
  Speaker 1: ask the Great us how to get back to Kansas again.
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: She closed the door, locked it, and put the key
• 19:50
  Speaker 1: carefully in the pocket of her dress. And so, with
• 19:54
  Speaker 1: Toto trotting along soberly behind her, she started on her journey.
• 19:59
  Speaker 1: There were several roads near by, but it did not
• 20:01
  Speaker 1: take her long to find the one paved with yellow bricks.
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: Within a short time she was walking briskly toward the
• 20:08
  Speaker 1: Emerald City, her silver shoes tinkling merrily on the hard
• 20:11
  Speaker 1: yellow road bed. The sun shone bright, and the birds
• 20:15
  Speaker 1: sang sweetly, and Dorothy did not feel nearly so bad
• 20:19
  Speaker 1: as you might think a little girl would who had
• 20:21
  Speaker 1: been suddenly whisked away from her own country and set
• 20:23
  Speaker 1: down in the midst of a strange land. She was
• 20:26
  Speaker 1: surprised as she walked along to see how pretty the
• 20:30
  Speaker 1: country was about her. There were neat fences at the
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: sides of the road painted a dainty blue color, and
• 20:36
  Speaker 1: beyond them were fields of grain and vegetables in abundance. Evidently,
• 20:41
  Speaker 1: the Munchkins were good farmers and able to raise large crops.
• 20:45
  Speaker 1: Once in a while she would pass a house and
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: the people came out to look at her. And bow
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: low as she went by, for every one knew she
• 20:52
  Speaker 1: had been the means of destroying the Wicked Witch and
• 20:54
  Speaker 1: setting them free from bondage. The houses of the munchkins
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: were odd looking dwellings, for each was round with a
• 21:01
  Speaker 1: big dome for a roof. All were painted blue, for
• 21:05
  Speaker 1: in this country of the east, blue was the favorite color.
• 21:09
  Speaker 1: Toward evening, when Dorothy was tired with her long walk
• 21:12
  Speaker 1: and began to wonder where she should pass the night,
• 21:14
  Speaker 1: she came to a house rather larger than the rest
• 21:18
  Speaker 1: on the green lawn. Before it, many men and women
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: were dancing. Five little fiddlers played as loudly as possible,
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: and the people were laughing and singing, while a big
• 21:28
  Speaker 1: table nearby was loaded with delicious fruits and nuts, pies
• 21:31
  Speaker 1: and cakes, and many other good things to eat. The
• 21:35
  Speaker 1: people greeted Dorothy kindly and invited her to supper and
• 21:38
  Speaker 1: to pass the night with them, for this was the
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: home of one of the richest munchkins in the land,
• 21:43
  Speaker 1: and his friends were gathered with him to celebrate their
• 21:45
  Speaker 1: freedom from the bondage of the Wicked Witch. Dorothy ate
• 21:49
  Speaker 1: a hearty supper and was waited upon by the rich
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: munchkin himself, whose name was Bach. Then she sat upon
• 21:56
  Speaker 1: a settee and watched the people dance. When Bach saw
• 21:59
  Speaker 1: her silver shoes, he said, you must be a great sorceress. Why,
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: asked the girl, Because you wear silver shoes and have
• 22:08
  Speaker 1: killed the wicked witch. Besides, you have white in your frock,
• 22:13
  Speaker 1: and only witches and sorceresses were white. My dress is
• 22:17
  Speaker 1: blue and white, checked, said Dorothy, smoothing out the wrinkles
• 22:20
  Speaker 1: in it. It is kind of you to wear that,
• 22:23
  Speaker 1: said Bach. Blue is the color of the munchkins, and
• 22:27
  Speaker 1: white is the witch color, so we know you are
• 22:30
  Speaker 1: a friendly witch. Dorothy did not know what to say
• 22:34
  Speaker 1: to this, for all the people seemed to think her
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: a witch, and she knew very well she was only
• 22:38
  Speaker 1: an ordinary little girl who had come by the chance
• 22:41
  Speaker 1: of a cyclone into a strange land. When she had
• 22:44
  Speaker 1: tired watching the dancing, Boq led her into the house,
• 22:48
  Speaker 1: where he gave her a room with a pretty bed
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: in it. The sheets were made of blue cloth, and
• 22:53
  Speaker 1: Dorothy slept soundly in them till morning, with Toto curled
• 22:56
  Speaker 1: up on the blue rug beside her. She ate a
• 22:59
  Speaker 1: heart breakfast and watched a wee munchkin baby, who played
• 23:03
  Speaker 1: with Toto and pulled his tail and crowed and laughed
• 23:05
  Speaker 1: in a way that greatly amused Dorothy. Toto was a
• 23:09
  Speaker 1: fine curiosity to all the people, for they had never
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: seen a dog before. How far is it to the
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: Emerald City, the girl asked, I do not know, answered
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: Bob gravely, for I have never been there. It is
• 23:23
  Speaker 1: better for people to keep away from Oz unless they
• 23:26
  Speaker 1: have business with him. But it is a long way
• 23:29
  Speaker 1: to the Emerald City, and it will take you many days.
• 23:33
  Speaker 1: The country here is rich and pleasant, but you must
• 23:35
  Speaker 1: pass through rough and dangerous places before you reach the
• 23:38
  Speaker 1: end of your journey. This worried Dorothy a little, but
• 23:42
  Speaker 1: she knew that only the Great Oz could help her
• 23:44
  Speaker 1: get to Kansas again, so she bravely resolved not to
• 23:47
  Speaker 1: turn back. She bade her friends good bye and again
• 23:51
  Speaker 1: started along the road of Yellow Brick. When she had
• 23:55
  Speaker 1: gone several miles, she thought she would stop to rest,
• 23:58
  Speaker 1: and so climbed to the top of the faents beside
• 24:00
  Speaker 1: the road and sat down. There was a great cornfield
• 24:04
  Speaker 1: beyond the fence, and not far away she saw a
• 24:07
  Speaker 1: scarecrow placed high on a pole to keep the birds
• 24:10
  Speaker 1: from the ripe corn. Dorothy leaned her chin upon her
• 24:13
  Speaker 1: hand and gazed thoughtfully at the scarecrow. Its head was
• 24:17
  Speaker 1: a small sack stuffed with straw, with eyes, nose, and
• 24:21
  Speaker 1: mouth painted on it to represent a face. An old
• 24:25
  Speaker 1: pointed blue hat that had belonged to some munchkin was
• 24:28
  Speaker 1: perched on his head, and the rest of the figure
• 24:30
  Speaker 1: was a blue suit of clothes worn and faded, which
• 24:33
  Speaker 1: had also been stuffed with straw. On the feet were
• 24:37
  Speaker 1: some old boots with blue tops, such as every man
• 24:40
  Speaker 1: wore in this country, and the figure was raised above
• 24:43
  Speaker 1: the stalks of corn by means of the pole stuck
• 24:45
  Speaker 1: up its back. While Dorothy was looking earnestly into the
• 24:49
  Speaker 1: queer painted face of the scarecrow, she was surprised to
• 24:52
  Speaker 1: see one of the eyes slowly wink at her. She
• 24:55
  Speaker 1: thought she must have been mistaken at first, for none
• 24:58
  Speaker 1: of the scarecrows in Kansas ey wink, But presently the
• 25:01
  Speaker 1: figure nodded its head to her in a friendly way.
• 25:05
  Speaker 1: Then she climbed down from the fence and walked up
• 25:07
  Speaker 1: to it, while Toto ran around the pole and barked,
• 25:10
  Speaker 1: good day, said the scarecrow in a rather husky voice.
• 25:15
  Speaker 1: Did you speak, asked the girl in wonder. Certainly, answered
• 25:20
  Speaker 1: the scarecrow. How do you do? I'm pretty well, thank you,
• 25:25
  Speaker 1: replied Dorothy politely. How do you do? I'm not feeling well,
• 25:31
  Speaker 1: said the scarecrow with a smile, for it is very
• 25:34
  Speaker 1: tedious being perched up here night and day to scare
• 25:36
  Speaker 1: away crows. Can't you get down? Asked Dorothy. No, for
• 25:42
  Speaker 1: this pole is stuck up my back. If you will
• 25:45
  Speaker 1: please take away the pole, I shall be greatly obliged
• 25:48
  Speaker 1: to you. Dorothy reached up both arms and lifted the
• 25:51
  Speaker 1: figure off the pole. For being stuffed with straw, it
• 25:55
  Speaker 1: was quite light. Thank you very much, said the scarecrow
• 25:59
  Speaker 1: when he had and set down on the ground. I
• 26:02
  Speaker 1: feel like a new man. Dorothy was puzzled at this,
• 26:06
  Speaker 1: for it sounded queer to hear a stuffed man speak,
• 26:08
  Speaker 1: and to see him bow and walk along beside her.
• 26:12
  Speaker 1: Who are you? Asked the scarecrow, when he had stretched
• 26:15
  Speaker 1: himself and yawned. And where are you going? My name
• 26:19
  Speaker 1: is Dorothy, said the girl, and I am going to
• 26:22
  Speaker 1: the Emerald City to ask the Great Oz to send
• 26:24
  Speaker 1: me back to Kansas. Where is the Emerald City? He inquired,
• 26:29
  Speaker 1: and who is Oz? Why don't you know? She returned
• 26:34
  Speaker 1: in surprise. No, indeed, I don't know anything. You see.
• 26:41
  Speaker 1: I am stuffed, so I have no brains at all,
• 26:43
  Speaker 1: he answered sadly. Oh, said Dorothy, I'm awfully sorry for you.
• 26:49
  Speaker 1: Do you think he asked if I go to the
• 26:52
  Speaker 1: Emerald City with you, that OZ would give me some brains?
• 26:55
  Speaker 1: I cannot tell, she returned, But you may come with
• 26:58
  Speaker 1: me if you like. If OZ will not give you
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: any brains, you will be no worse off than you
• 27:04
  Speaker 1: are now. That is true, said the scarecrow. You see,
• 27:09
  Speaker 1: he continued confidentially, I don't mind my legs and arms
• 27:12
  Speaker 1: and body being stuffed because I cannot get hurt. If
• 27:16
  Speaker 1: any one treads on my toes or sticks a pin
• 27:19
  Speaker 1: into me, it doesn't matter, for I can't feel it.
• 27:22
  Speaker 1: But I do not want people to call me a fool.
• 27:25
  Speaker 1: And if my head stays stuffed with straw instead of
• 27:28
  Speaker 1: with brains as yours is, how am I ever to
• 27:31
  Speaker 1: know anything? I understand how you feel, said the little girl,
• 27:35
  Speaker 1: who was truly sorry for him. If you will come
• 27:38
  Speaker 1: with me, I'll ask OZ to do all he can
• 27:40
  Speaker 1: for you. Thank you, he answered gratefully. They walked back
• 27:45
  Speaker 1: to the road. Dorothy helped him over the fence, and
• 27:49
  Speaker 1: they started along the path of yellow brick for the
• 27:51
  Speaker 1: Emerald City. Toto did not like this addition to the
• 27:55
  Speaker 1: party at first. He smelled around the stuffed man as
• 27:58
  Speaker 1: if he suspected them might be a nest of rats
• 28:01
  Speaker 1: in the straw, and he often growled in an unfriendly
• 28:04
  Speaker 1: way at the scarecrow. Don't mind Toto, said Dorothy to
• 28:08
  Speaker 1: her new friend. He never bites. Oh, I'm not afraid,
• 28:13
  Speaker 1: replied the scarecrow. He can't hurt the straw. Do let
• 28:18
  Speaker 1: me carry that basket for you. I shall not mind it,
• 28:22
  Speaker 1: for I can't get tired. I'll tell you a secret,
• 28:25
  Speaker 1: he continued as he walked along. There is only one
• 28:29
  Speaker 1: thing in the world I am afraid of. What is that?
• 28:33
  Speaker 1: Asked Dorothy, the munchkin farmer who made you? No, answered
• 28:37
  Speaker 1: the scarecrow. It's a lighted match. Chapter for the road
• 28:42
  Speaker 1: through the forest. After a few hours, the road began
• 28:44
  Speaker 1: to be rough, and the walking grew so difficult that
• 28:47
  Speaker 1: the scarecrow often stumbled over the yellow bricks, which were
• 28:50
  Speaker 1: here very uneven. Sometimes indeed, they were broken or missing. Altogether,
• 28:56
  Speaker 1: leaving holes that Toto jumped across, and Dorothy walked around.
• 29:00
  Speaker 1: As for the scarecrow, having no brains, he walked straight
• 29:04
  Speaker 1: ahead and so stepped into the holes and fell at
• 29:07
  Speaker 1: full length on the hard bricks. It never hurt him, however,
• 29:11
  Speaker 1: and Dorothy would pick him up and set him upon
• 29:13
  Speaker 1: his feet again, while he joined her in laughing merrily
• 29:16
  Speaker 1: at his own mishap. The farms were not nearly so
• 29:20
  Speaker 1: well cared for here as they were. Farther back, there
• 29:23
  Speaker 1: were fewer houses and fewer fruit trees, and the farther
• 29:26
  Speaker 1: they went, the more dismal and lonesome the country became.
• 29:30
  Speaker 1: At noon, they sat down by the roadside near a
• 29:33
  Speaker 1: little brook, and Dorothy opened her basket and got out
• 29:36
  Speaker 1: some bread. She offered a piece to the scarecrow, but
• 29:40
  Speaker 1: he refused. I am never hungry, he said, and it
• 29:44
  Speaker 1: is a lucky thing I am not, for my mouth
• 29:46
  Speaker 1: is only painted, and if I should cut a hole
• 29:49
  Speaker 1: in it so I could eat, the straw I am
• 29:51
  Speaker 1: stuffed with would come out, and that would spoil the
• 29:53
  Speaker 1: shape of my head. Dorothy saw at once that this
• 29:56
  Speaker 1: was true, so she only nodded and went on eating
• 29:59
  Speaker 1: her bread. Tell me something about yourself and the country
• 30:03
  Speaker 1: you came from, said the scarecrow, when she had finished
• 30:05
  Speaker 1: her dinner. So she told him all about Kansas, and
• 30:09
  Speaker 1: how gray everything was there, and how the cyclone had
• 30:12
  Speaker 1: carried her to this queer land of Oz. The scarecrow
• 30:16
  Speaker 1: listened carefully and said, I cannot understand why you should
• 30:19
  Speaker 1: wish to leave this beautiful country and go back to
• 30:22
  Speaker 1: the dry, gray place you call Kansas. That is because
• 30:26
  Speaker 1: you have no brains, answered the girl. No matter how
• 30:29
  Speaker 1: dreary and gray our homes are, we people of flesh
• 30:32
  Speaker 1: and blood, would rather live there than in any other country.
• 30:35
  Speaker 1: Be it ever so beautiful, there is no place like home.
• 30:40
  Speaker 1: The scarecrow sighed, of course, I cannot understand it, he said.
• 30:46
  Speaker 1: If your heads were stuffed with straw like mine, you
• 30:49
  Speaker 1: would probably all live in the beautiful places, and then
• 30:52
  Speaker 1: Kansas would have no people at all. It is fortunate
• 30:55
  Speaker 1: for Kansas that you have brains. Won't you tell me
• 30:59
  Speaker 1: a story while we are resting, asked the child. The
• 31:03
  Speaker 1: scarecrow looked at her reproachfully and answered, my life has
• 31:06
  Speaker 1: been so short that I really know nothing. Whatever I
• 31:10
  Speaker 1: was only made day before yesterday. What happened in the
• 31:14
  Speaker 1: world before that time is all unknown to me. Luckily,
• 31:18
  Speaker 1: when the farmer made my head, one of the first
• 31:20
  Speaker 1: things he did was to paint my ears, so that
• 31:23
  Speaker 1: I heard what was going on. There was another munchkin
• 31:26
  Speaker 1: with him, and the first thing I heard was the
• 31:28
  Speaker 1: farmer saying, how do you like those ears? They aren't straight,
• 31:32
  Speaker 1: answered the other. Never mind, said the farmer. They are
• 31:37
  Speaker 1: ears just the same, which was true enough. Now i'll
• 31:41
  Speaker 1: make the eyes, said the farmer. So he painted my
• 31:45
  Speaker 1: right eye, and as soon as it was finished, I
• 31:47
  Speaker 1: found myself looking at him and at everything around me,
• 31:50
  Speaker 1: with a great deal of curiosity, for this was my
• 31:52
  Speaker 1: first glimpse of the world. That's a rather pretty eye,
• 31:56
  Speaker 1: remarked the munchkin who was watching the farmer. Blue paint
• 32:00
  Speaker 1: is just the color for eyes. I think I'll make
• 32:03
  Speaker 1: the other a little bigger, said the farmer, And when
• 32:07
  Speaker 1: the second i was done, I could see much better
• 32:09
  Speaker 1: than before. Then. He made my nose and my mouth,
• 32:14
  Speaker 1: but I did not speak, because at that time I
• 32:16
  Speaker 1: didn't know what a mouth was, For I had the
• 32:19
  Speaker 1: fun of watching them make my body in my arms
• 32:21
  Speaker 1: and legs, and when they fastened on my head, at
• 32:24
  Speaker 1: last I felt very proud, for I thought I was
• 32:27
  Speaker 1: just as good a man as anyone. This fellow will
• 32:31
  Speaker 1: scare the crows fast enough, said the farmer. He looks
• 32:35
  Speaker 1: just like a man. Why he is a man, said
• 32:38
  Speaker 1: the other, and I quite agreed with him. The farmer
• 32:42
  Speaker 1: carried me under his arm to the cornfield and set
• 32:44
  Speaker 1: me up on a tall stick where you found me.
• 32:48
  Speaker 1: He and his friend soon after walked away and left
• 32:50
  Speaker 1: me alone. I did not like to be deserted this way,
• 32:55
  Speaker 1: so I tried to walk after them, but my feet
• 32:58
  Speaker 1: would not touch the ground, and I was forced to
• 33:01
  Speaker 1: stay on that pole. It was a lonely life to lead,
• 33:04
  Speaker 1: for I had nothing to think of, having been made
• 33:07
  Speaker 1: such a little while before. Many crows and other birds
• 33:11
  Speaker 1: flew into the cornfield, but as soon as they saw me,
• 33:13
  Speaker 1: they flew away again, thinking I was a munchkin. And
• 33:16
  Speaker 1: this pleased me and made me feel that I was
• 33:18
  Speaker 1: quite an important person. By and by, an old crow
• 33:22
  Speaker 1: flew near me, and after looking at me carefully, he
• 33:25
  Speaker 1: perched upon my shoulder and said, I wonder if that
• 33:27
  Speaker 1: farmer thought to fool me in this clumsy manner. Any
• 33:31
  Speaker 1: crow of sense could see that you are only stuffed
• 33:34
  Speaker 1: with straw. Then he hopped down at my feet and
• 33:37
  Speaker 1: ate all the corn he wanted. The other birds, seeing
• 33:41
  Speaker 1: he was not harmed by me, came to eat the
• 33:43
  Speaker 1: corn too, So in a short time there was a
• 33:45
  Speaker 1: great flock of them about me. I felt sad at this,
• 33:49
  Speaker 1: for it showed I was not such a good scarecrow
• 33:52
  Speaker 1: after all. But the old crow comforted me, saying, if
• 33:55
  Speaker 1: you only had brains in your head, you would be
• 33:57
  Speaker 1: as good a man as any of them, and a
• 33:59
  Speaker 1: better man than some of them. Brains are the only
• 34:02
  Speaker 1: things worth having in this world, no matter whether one
• 34:05
  Speaker 1: is a crow or a man. After the crows had gone,
• 34:09
  Speaker 1: I thought this over and decided I would try hard
• 34:11
  Speaker 1: to get some brains. By good luck, you came along
• 34:15
  Speaker 1: and pulled me off the stake. And from what you say,
• 34:17
  Speaker 1: I am sure the Great Oz will give me brains
• 34:20
  Speaker 1: as soon as we get to the Emerald City. I hope, so,
• 34:23
  Speaker 1: said Dorothy earnestly, since you seem anxious to have them. Oh, yes,
• 34:29
  Speaker 1: I am anxious, returned the scarecrow. It is such an
• 34:32
  Speaker 1: uncomfortable feeling to no one is a fool, well said
• 34:37
  Speaker 1: the girl. Let us go and she handed the basket
• 34:40
  Speaker 1: to the scarecrow. There were no fences at all by
• 34:43
  Speaker 1: the roadside now, and the land was rough and entilled.
• 34:48
  Speaker 1: Toward evening they came to a great forest, where the
• 34:50
  Speaker 1: trees grew so big and close together that their branches
• 34:53
  Speaker 1: met over the road of yellow brick. It was almost
• 34:56
  Speaker 1: dark under the trees, for the branches shut out the daylight,
• 35:00
  Speaker 1: but the travelers did not stop and went on into
• 35:03
  Speaker 1: the forest. If this road goes in, it must come out,
• 35:07
  Speaker 1: said the scarecrow, And as the Emerald city is at
• 35:10
  Speaker 1: the other end of the road, we must go wherever
• 35:12
  Speaker 1: it leads us. Any one would know that, said Dorothy. Certainly,
• 35:18
  Speaker 1: that is why I know it, returned the scarecrow. If
• 35:21
  Speaker 1: it required brains to figure it out, I never should
• 35:24
  Speaker 1: have said it. After an hour or so, the light
• 35:27
  Speaker 1: faded away, and they found themselves stumbling along in the darkness.
• 35:32
  Speaker 1: Dorothy could not see at all, but Toto could, for
• 35:35
  Speaker 1: some dog, see very well in the dark, and the
• 35:38
  Speaker 1: scarecrow declared he could see as well as by day.
• 35:41
  Speaker 1: So she took hold of his arm and managed to
• 35:43
  Speaker 1: get along fairly well. If you see any house or
• 35:47
  Speaker 1: any place where we can pass the night, She said,
• 35:50
  Speaker 1: you must tell me, for it is very uncomfortable walking
• 35:53
  Speaker 1: in the dark. Soon after, the scarecrow stopped. I see
• 35:58
  Speaker 1: a little cottage at the right of us, he said,
• 36:00
  Speaker 1: built of logs and branches. Shall we go there? Yes, indeed,
• 36:06
  Speaker 1: answered the child, I am all tired out. So the
• 36:11
  Speaker 1: scarecrow led her through the trees until they reached the cottage,
• 36:14
  Speaker 1: and Dorothy entered and found a bed of dried leaves
• 36:17
  Speaker 1: in one corner. She lay down at once, and with
• 36:20
  Speaker 1: Toto beside her, soon fell into a sound sleep. The scarecrow,
• 36:25
  Speaker 1: who was never tired, stood up in another corner and
• 36:28
  Speaker 1: waited patiently until morning came. Chapter five, The Rescue of
• 36:32
  Speaker 1: the Tin Woodman. When Dorothy awoke, the sun was shining
• 36:35
  Speaker 1: through the trees, and Toto had long been out chasing
• 36:38
  Speaker 1: birds around him and squirrels. She sat up and looked
• 36:41
  Speaker 1: around her. There was the scarecrow, still standing patiently in
• 36:46
  Speaker 1: his corner, waiting for her. We must go and search
• 36:49
  Speaker 1: for water, she said to him. Why do you want water?
• 36:53
  Speaker 1: He asked, to wash my face clean after the dust
• 36:57
  Speaker 1: of the road, and to drink so the dry bread
• 37:00
  Speaker 1: will not stick in my throat. It must be inconvenient
• 37:03
  Speaker 1: to be made of flesh, said the scarecrow thoughtfully, for
• 37:06
  Speaker 1: you must sleep, and eat and drink. However, you have brains,
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  Speaker 1: and it is worth a lot of bother to be
• 37:13
  Speaker 1: able to think properly. They left the cottage and walked
• 37:17
  Speaker 1: through the trees until they found a little spring of
• 37:19
  Speaker 1: clear water, where Dorothy drank and bathed and ate her breakfast.
• 37:24
  Speaker 1: She saw there was not much bread left in the basket,
• 37:26
  Speaker 1: and the girl was thankful the scarecrow did not have
• 37:29
  Speaker 1: to eat anything, for there was scarcely enough for herself
• 37:32
  Speaker 1: and Toto for the day. When she had finished her
• 37:35
  Speaker 1: meal and was about to go back to the road
• 37:37
  Speaker 1: of yellow brick, she was startled to hear a deep
• 37:39
  Speaker 1: groan near by. What was that, she asked timidly. I
• 37:45
  Speaker 1: cannot imagine, replied the scarecrow, but we can go and see.
• 37:50
  Speaker 1: Just then, another groan reached their ears, and the sound
• 37:53
  Speaker 1: seemed to come from behind them. They turned and walked
• 37:56
  Speaker 1: through the forest a few steps when Dorothy discovered something
• 38:00
  Speaker 1: shining in a ray of sunshine that fell between the trees.
• 38:04
  Speaker 1: She ran to the place, and then stopped short with
• 38:07
  Speaker 1: a little cry of surprise. One of the big trees
• 38:10
  Speaker 1: had been partly chopped through, and standing beside it with
• 38:14
  Speaker 1: an uplifted axe in his hands, was a man made
• 38:16
  Speaker 1: entirely of tin. His head and arms and legs were
• 38:20
  Speaker 1: jointed upon his body, but he stood perfectly motionless, as
• 38:24
  Speaker 1: if he could not stir at all. Dorothy looked at
• 38:27
  Speaker 1: him in amazement, and so did the scarecrow, while Toto
• 38:30
  Speaker 1: barked sharply and made a snap at the tin legs,
• 38:33
  Speaker 1: which hurt his teeth. Did you groan, asked Dorothy, Yes,
• 38:38
  Speaker 1: answered the tin man, I did. I've been groaning for
• 38:42
  Speaker 1: more than a year, and no one has ever heard
• 38:44
  Speaker 1: me before or come to help me. What can I
• 38:47
  Speaker 1: do for you, she inquired softly, for she was moved
• 38:51
  Speaker 1: by the sad voice in which the man spoke. Get
• 38:55
  Speaker 1: an oil can and oil my joints, he answered, They
• 38:59
  Speaker 1: are rusted so badadly that I cannot move them at all.
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  Speaker 1: If I am well oiled, I shall soon be all
• 39:04
  Speaker 1: right again. You will find an oil can on a
• 39:07
  Speaker 1: shelf in my cottage. Dorothy at once ran back to
• 39:10
  Speaker 1: the cottage and found the oil can, and then she
• 39:13
  Speaker 1: returned and asked anxiously, where are your joints. Oil my neck, first,
• 39:18
  Speaker 1: replied the tin woodman. So she oiled it, and as
• 39:22
  Speaker 1: it was quite badly rusted, the scarecrow took hold of
• 39:25
  Speaker 1: the tin head and moved it gently from side to
• 39:27
  Speaker 1: side until it worked freely, and then the man could
• 39:29
  Speaker 1: turn it himself. Now, oil the joints in my arms,
• 39:33
  Speaker 1: he said, and Dorothy oiled them, and the scarecrow bent
• 39:37
  Speaker 1: them carefully until they were quite free from rust and
• 39:40
  Speaker 1: as good as new. The tin woodman gave a sigh
• 39:43
  Speaker 1: of satisfaction and lowered his axe, which he leaned against
• 39:46
  Speaker 1: the tree. This is a great comfort, he said. I
• 39:51
  Speaker 1: have been holding that axe in the air ever since
• 39:53
  Speaker 1: I rusted, and I am glad to be able to
• 39:55
  Speaker 1: put it down at last. Now, if you will oil
• 39:58
  Speaker 1: the joints of my legs, I shall be all right
• 40:01
  Speaker 1: once more. So they oiled his legs until he could
• 40:04
  Speaker 1: move them freely, and he thanked them again and again
• 40:07
  Speaker 1: for his release, For he seemed a very polite creature
• 40:10
  Speaker 1: and very grateful. I might have stood there always if
• 40:13
  Speaker 1: you had not come along, he said. So you have
• 40:16
  Speaker 1: certainly saved my life. How did you happen to be here?
• 40:20
  Speaker 1: We are on our way to the Emerald City to
• 40:22
  Speaker 1: see the great Oz, she answered, and we stopped at
• 40:25
  Speaker 1: your cottage to pass the night. Why do you wish
• 40:29
  Speaker 1: to see Oz, he asked, I want him to send
• 40:32
  Speaker 1: me back to Kansas. And the scarecrow wants him to
• 40:35
  Speaker 1: put a few brains into his head, she replied. The
• 40:38
  Speaker 1: tin Woodman appeared to think deeply for a moment, then
• 40:42
  Speaker 1: he said, do you suppose Oz could give me a heart? Why?
• 40:47
  Speaker 1: I guess so. Dorothy answered, it would be as easy
• 40:50
  Speaker 1: as to give the scarecrow brains. True, the tin Woodman returned,
• 40:56
  Speaker 1: so if you will allow me to join your party,
• 40:59
  Speaker 1: I will also go to the Emerald City and asked
• 41:01
  Speaker 1: Oz to help me. Come along, said the scarecrow heartily,
• 41:05
  Speaker 1: and Dorothy added that she would be pleased to have
• 41:08
  Speaker 1: his company. So the tin Woodman shouldered his axe and
• 41:12
  Speaker 1: they all passed through the forest until they came to
• 41:14
  Speaker 1: the road that was paved with yellow brick. The tin
• 41:17
  Speaker 1: Woodman had asked Dorothy to put the oil can in
• 41:20
  Speaker 1: her basket, for he said, if I should get caught
• 41:24
  Speaker 1: in the rain and rust again, would need the oil
• 41:27
  Speaker 1: can badly. It was a bit of good luck to
• 41:30
  Speaker 1: have their new comrade join the party, for soon after
• 41:33
  Speaker 1: they had begun their journey again, they came to a
• 41:35
  Speaker 1: place where the trees and branches grew so thick over
• 41:38
  Speaker 1: the road that the travelers could not pass. But the
• 41:41
  Speaker 1: tin woodman set to work with his axe and chopped
• 41:44
  Speaker 1: so well that soon he cleared a passage for the
• 41:46
  Speaker 1: entire party. Dorothy was thinking so earnestly as they walked
• 41:50
  Speaker 1: along that she did not notice when the scarecrow stumbled
• 41:53
  Speaker 1: into a hole and rolled over to the side of
• 41:55
  Speaker 1: the road. Indeed, he was obliged to call to her
• 41:59
  Speaker 1: to help him up again. Why didn't you walk around
• 42:02
  Speaker 1: the hole, asked the tin woodman. I don't know enough,
• 42:06
  Speaker 1: replied the scarecrow cheerfully. My head is stuffed with straw,
• 42:10
  Speaker 1: you know, and that is why I am going to
• 42:12
  Speaker 1: Oz to ask him for some brains. Oh, I see,
• 42:16
  Speaker 1: said the tin woodman. But after all, brains are not
• 42:21
  Speaker 1: the best things in the world. Have you any inquired
• 42:25
  Speaker 1: the scarecrow. No, my head is quite empty, answered the woodman.
• 42:31
  Speaker 1: But once I had brains and a heart also, so
• 42:34
  Speaker 1: having tried them both, I should much rather have a heart.
• 42:38
  Speaker 1: And why is that? Asked the scarecrow. I will tell
• 42:42
  Speaker 1: you my story, and then you will know. So. While
• 42:45
  Speaker 1: they were walking through the forest, the tin woodman told
• 42:48
  Speaker 1: the following story. I was born the son of a
• 42:51
  Speaker 1: woodman who chopped down trees in the forest and sold
• 42:54
  Speaker 1: the wood for a living. When I grew up, I
• 42:57
  Speaker 1: too became a wood chopper, and after my father died,
• 43:00
  Speaker 1: I took care of my old mother as long as
• 43:02
  Speaker 1: she lived. Then I made up my mind that instead
• 43:05
  Speaker 1: of living alone, I would marry so that I might
• 43:07
  Speaker 1: not become lonely. There was one of the munchkin girls
• 43:11
  Speaker 1: who was so beautiful that I soon grew to love
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  Speaker 1: her with all my heart. She, on her part, promised
• 43:17
  Speaker 1: to marry me as soon as I could earn enough
• 43:19
  Speaker 1: money to build a better house for her. So I
• 43:22
  Speaker 1: set to work harder than ever. But the girl lived
• 43:25
  Speaker 1: with an old woman who did not want her to
• 43:27
  Speaker 1: marry anyone, for she was so lazy. She wished the
• 43:29
  Speaker 1: girl to remain with her and do the cooking and
• 43:32
  Speaker 1: the housework. So the old woman went to the wicked
• 43:35
  Speaker 1: witch of the East and promised her two sheep and
• 43:38
  Speaker 1: a cow if she would prevent the marriage. Thereupon, the
• 43:41
  Speaker 1: wicked which enchanted my axe, and when I was chopping
• 43:44
  Speaker 1: away at my best one day, for I was anxious
• 43:47
  Speaker 1: to get the new house and my wife as soon
• 43:49
  Speaker 1: as possible, the axe slipped all at once and cut
• 43:51
  Speaker 1: off my left leg. This at first seemed a great misfortune,
• 43:56
  Speaker 1: for I knew a one legged man could not do
• 43:58
  Speaker 1: very well as a wood chopper. So I went to
• 44:01
  Speaker 1: a tinsmith and had him make me a new leg
• 44:03
  Speaker 1: out of tin. The leg worked very well once I
• 44:07
  Speaker 1: was used to it, but my action angered the wicked
• 44:10
  Speaker 1: Witch of the East, for she had promised the old
• 44:12
  Speaker 1: woman I should not marry the pretty munchkin girl. When
• 44:16
  Speaker 1: I began chopping again, my axe slipped and cut off
• 44:19
  Speaker 1: my right leg. Again, I went to the tinsmith, and
• 44:23
  Speaker 1: again he made me a leg out of tin. After this,
• 44:26
  Speaker 1: the enchanted axe cut off my arms one after the other,
• 44:30
  Speaker 1: but nothing daunted, I had them replaced with tin ones.
• 44:34
  Speaker 1: The wicked witch then made the axe slip and cut
• 44:36
  Speaker 1: off my head, and at first I thought that was
• 44:39
  Speaker 1: the end of me. But the tinsmith happened to come along,
• 44:42
  Speaker 1: and he made me a new head out of tin.
• 44:45
  Speaker 1: I thought I had beaten the wicked witch then, and
• 44:48
  Speaker 1: I worked harder than ever, But I little knew how
• 44:50
  Speaker 1: cruel my enemy could be. She thought of a new
• 44:53
  Speaker 1: way to kill my love for the beautiful munchkin maiden,
• 44:56
  Speaker 1: and made my axe slip again, so that it cut
• 44:59
  Speaker 1: right through my boxy, splitting me into two halves once more.
• 45:03
  Speaker 1: The tinsmith came to my help and made me a
• 45:05
  Speaker 1: body of tin, fastening my tin arms and legs and
• 45:08
  Speaker 1: head to it by means of joints, so that I
• 45:11
  Speaker 1: could move around as well as ever. But alas I
• 45:15
  Speaker 1: had now no heart, so that I lost all my
• 45:18
  Speaker 1: love for the munchkin girl, and did not care whether
• 45:20
  Speaker 1: I married her or not. I suppose she is still
• 45:24
  Speaker 1: living with the old woman, waiting for me to come
• 45:26
  Speaker 1: after her. My body shone so brightly in the sun
• 45:30
  Speaker 1: that I felt very proud of it, and it did
• 45:32
  Speaker 1: not matter now if my axe slipped, for it could
• 45:34
  Speaker 1: not cut me. There was only one danger that my
• 45:38
  Speaker 1: joints would rust. But I kept an oil can in
• 45:41
  Speaker 1: my cottage and took care to oil myself whenever I
• 45:43
  Speaker 1: needed it. However, there came a day when I forgot
• 45:47
  Speaker 1: to do this, and being caught in a rainstorm. Before
• 45:50
  Speaker 1: I thought of the danger, my joints had rusted, and
• 45:52
  Speaker 1: I was left to stand in the woods until you
• 45:54
  Speaker 1: came to help me. It was a terrible thing to undergo,
• 45:58
  Speaker 1: but during the year I stood there, I had time
• 46:00
  Speaker 1: to think that the greatest loss I had known was
• 46:02
  Speaker 1: the loss of my heart. While I was in love,
• 46:05
  Speaker 1: I was the happiest man on earth. But no one
• 46:08
  Speaker 1: can love who has not a heart. And so I
• 46:10
  Speaker 1: am resolved to ask Oz to give me one. If
• 46:14
  Speaker 1: he does, I will go back to the Munchkin Maiden
• 46:16
  Speaker 1: and marry her. Both Dorothy and the Scarecrow had been
• 46:20
  Speaker 1: greatly interested in the story of the tin Woodman, and
• 46:23
  Speaker 1: now they knew why he was so anxious to get
• 46:25
  Speaker 1: a new heart. All the same, said the Scarecrow, I
• 46:29
  Speaker 1: shall ask for brains instead of a heart, for a
• 46:32
  Speaker 1: fool would not know what to do with a heart
• 46:34
  Speaker 1: if he had one. I shall take the heart return
• 46:37
  Speaker 1: the tin Woodman, for brains do not make one happy,
• 46:41
  Speaker 1: and happiness is the best thing in the world. Dorothy
• 46:44
  Speaker 1: did not say anything, for she was puzzled to know
• 46:47
  Speaker 1: which of her two friends was right, and she decided
• 46:50
  Speaker 1: if she could only get back to Kansas and Aunt
• 46:52
  Speaker 1: em it did not matter, so much, whether the woodman
• 46:54
  Speaker 1: had no brains and the scarecrow no heart, or each
• 46:57
  Speaker 1: got what he wanted. What were worried her most was
• 47:00
  Speaker 1: that the bread was nearly gone, and another meal for herself,
• 47:04
  Speaker 1: and Toto would empty the basket to be sure. Neither
• 47:07
  Speaker 1: the woodman nor the scarecrow ever ate anything. But she
• 47:11
  Speaker 1: was not made of tin nor straw, and could not
• 47:13
  Speaker 1: live unless she was fed. Chapter six, The Cowardly Lion.
• 47:18
  Speaker 1: All this time, Dorothy and her companions had been walking
• 47:20
  Speaker 1: through the thick woods. The road was still paved with
• 47:24
  Speaker 1: yellow brick, but these were much covered by dried branches
• 47:27
  Speaker 1: and dead leaves from the trees, and the walking was
• 47:30
  Speaker 1: not at all good. There were few birds in this
• 47:33
  Speaker 1: part of the forest, for birds love the open country
• 47:36
  Speaker 1: where there is plenty of sunshine. But now and then
• 47:40
  Speaker 1: there came a deep growl from some wild animal hidden
• 47:42
  Speaker 1: among the trees. These sounds made the little girl's heart
• 47:46
  Speaker 1: beat fast, for she did not know what made them.
• 47:49
  Speaker 1: But Toto knew, and he walked close to Dorothy's side
• 47:52
  Speaker 1: and did not even bark in return. How long will
• 47:56
  Speaker 1: it be, the child asked of the tin woodman, before
• 47:59
  Speaker 1: we are out of the form I cannot tell, was
• 48:02
  Speaker 1: the answer, for I have never been to the Emerald city,
• 48:06
  Speaker 1: but my father went there once when I was a boy,
• 48:09
  Speaker 1: and he said it was a long journey through a
• 48:11
  Speaker 1: dangerous country, although nearer to the city where os dwells,
• 48:14
  Speaker 1: the country is beautiful. But I am not afraid, so
• 48:18
  Speaker 1: long as I have my oil can and nothing can
• 48:20
  Speaker 1: hurt the scarecrow. While you bear upon your forehead the
• 48:23
  Speaker 1: mark of the good Witch's kiss, and that will protect
• 48:26
  Speaker 1: you from harm. But Toto, said the girl anxiously, What
• 48:30
  Speaker 1: will protect him? We must protect him ourselves if he
• 48:34
  Speaker 1: is in danger, replied the tin woodman. Just as he spoke,
• 48:38
  Speaker 1: there came from the forest a terrible roar, and the
• 48:41
  Speaker 1: next moment a great lion bounded into the road. With
• 48:45
  Speaker 1: one blow of his paw, he sent the scarecrow spinning
• 48:47
  Speaker 1: over and over to the edge of the road, and
• 48:50
  Speaker 1: then he struck at the tin woodman with his sharp claws,
• 48:54
  Speaker 1: But to the lion's surprise, he could make no impression
• 48:57
  Speaker 1: on the tin Although the woodman fell over in the
• 48:59
  Speaker 1: road and lay still, Little Toto, now that he had
• 49:03
  Speaker 1: an enemy to face, ran barking toward the lion, and
• 49:06
  Speaker 1: the great beast had opened his mouth to bite the dog,
• 49:09
  Speaker 1: when Dorothy, fearing Toto would be killed and heedless of danger,
• 49:13
  Speaker 1: rushed forward and slapped the lion upon his nose as
• 49:16
  Speaker 1: hard as she could, while she cried out, don't you
• 49:19
  Speaker 1: dare to bite Toto. You ought to be ashamed of yourself,
• 49:23
  Speaker 1: a big beast like you to bite a poor little dog.
• 49:27
  Speaker 1: I didn't bite him, said the lion, as he rubbed
• 49:30
  Speaker 1: his nose with his paw where Dorothy had hid it. No,
• 49:34
  Speaker 1: but you try to, she retorted. You are nothing but
• 49:37
  Speaker 1: a big coward. I know it, said the lion, hanging
• 49:41
  Speaker 1: his head in shame. I've always known it. But how
• 49:46
  Speaker 1: can I help it? I don't know. I'm sure to
• 49:50
  Speaker 1: think of your striking a stuffed man like the poor scarecrow.
• 49:54
  Speaker 1: Is he stuffed? Asked the lion in surprise, as he
• 49:57
  Speaker 1: watched her pick up the scarecrow and set him upon
• 49:59
  Speaker 1: his head feet while she patted him into shape again.
• 50:03
  Speaker 1: Of course he's stuffed, replied Dorothy, who was still angry.
• 50:08
  Speaker 1: That's why he went over so easily, remarked the lion.
• 50:12
  Speaker 1: It astonished me to see him whirl around. So is
• 50:15
  Speaker 1: the other one stuffed? Also? No, said Dorothy. He's made
• 50:19
  Speaker 1: of tin, and she helped the woodman up again. That's
• 50:24
  Speaker 1: why he nearly blunted my claws, said the lion. When
• 50:28
  Speaker 1: they scratched against the tin, It made a cold shiver
• 50:30
  Speaker 1: run down my back. What is that little animal you
• 50:33
  Speaker 1: are so tender of? He is my dog, Toto, answered Dorothy.
• 50:39
  Speaker 1: Is he made of tin or stuffed, asked the lion. Neither.
• 50:44
  Speaker 1: He's a a a meat dog, said the girl. Oh,
• 50:49
  Speaker 1: he's a curious animal, and seems remarkably small, now that
• 50:53
  Speaker 1: I look at him. No one would think of biting
• 50:56
  Speaker 1: such a little thing, except a coward like me, continued
• 50:59
  Speaker 1: the lion sadly. What makes you a coward, asked Dorothy,
• 51:03
  Speaker 1: looking at the great beast in wonder, for he was
• 51:06
  Speaker 1: as big as a small horse. It's a mystery, replied
• 51:10
  Speaker 1: the lion. I suppose I was born that way. All
• 51:14
  Speaker 1: the other animals in the forest naturally expect me to
• 51:17
  Speaker 1: be brave, for the lion is everywhere thought to be
• 51:20
  Speaker 1: the king of beasts. I learned that if I roared
• 51:24
  Speaker 1: very loudly, every living thing was frightened and got out
• 51:26
  Speaker 1: of my way. Whenever I've met a man, I've been
• 51:29
  Speaker 1: awfully scared, but I just roared at him, and he
• 51:32
  Speaker 1: has always run away as fast as he could go.
• 51:35
  Speaker 1: If the elephants and the tigers and the bears had
• 51:38
  Speaker 1: ever tried to fight me, I should have run myself.
• 51:41
  Speaker 1: I'm such a coward. But just as soon as they
• 51:43
  Speaker 1: hear me roar, they all try to get away from me,
• 51:45
  Speaker 1: and of course I let them go. But that isn't right.
• 51:50
  Speaker 1: The king of beasts shouldn't be a coward, said the scarecrow.
• 51:54
  Speaker 1: I know it, returned the lion, wiping a tear from
• 51:57
  Speaker 1: his eye with the tip of his tail. It is
• 52:00
  Speaker 1: my great sorrow and makes my life very unhappy. But
• 52:04
  Speaker 1: whenever there is danger, my heart begins to beat fast.
• 52:08
  Speaker 1: Perhaps you have heart disease, said the tin woodman. It
• 52:12
  Speaker 1: may be, said the lion. If you have continued the
• 52:16
  Speaker 1: tin woodman, you ought to be glad for it proves
• 52:19
  Speaker 1: you have a heart. For my part, I have no heart,
• 52:23
  Speaker 1: so I cannot have heart disease. Perhaps, said the lion thoughtfully,
• 52:28
  Speaker 1: if I had no heart, I should not be a coward.
• 52:31
  Speaker 1: Have you brains, asked the scarecrow. I suppose so. I've
• 52:36
  Speaker 1: never looked to see, replied the lion. I am going
• 52:40
  Speaker 1: to the Great Oz to ask him to give me
• 52:42
  Speaker 1: some remark the scarecrow. For my head is stuffed with straw,
• 52:46
  Speaker 1: and I am going to ask him to give me
• 52:48
  Speaker 1: a heart, said the woodman. And I am going to
• 52:51
  Speaker 1: ask him to send Toto and me back to Kansas,
• 52:54
  Speaker 1: added Dorothy. Do you think Oz could give me courage,
• 52:59
  Speaker 1: ask the cowardly lion, just as easily as he could
• 53:02
  Speaker 1: give me brains, said the scarecrow. Or give me a heart,
• 53:07
  Speaker 1: said the tin woodman. Or send me back to Kansas,
• 53:10
  Speaker 1: said Dorothy. Then, if you don't mind, I'll go with you,
• 53:15
  Speaker 1: said the lion, For my life is simply unbearable without
• 53:18
  Speaker 1: a bit of courage. You will be very welcome, answered Dorothy,
• 53:22
  Speaker 1: for you will help to keep away the other wild beasts.
• 53:26
  Speaker 1: It seems to me they must be more cowardly than
• 53:28
  Speaker 1: you are, if they allow you to scare them so easily.
• 53:32
  Speaker 1: They really are, said the lion. But that doesn't make
• 53:35
  Speaker 1: me any braver, And as long as I know myself
• 53:37
  Speaker 1: to be a coward, I shall be unhappy. So once
• 53:41
  Speaker 1: more the little company set off upon the journey, the
• 53:43
  Speaker 1: lion walking with stately strides at Dorothy's side. Toto did
• 53:48
  Speaker 1: not approve of this new comrade at first, for he
• 53:50
  Speaker 1: could not forget how nearly he had been crushed between
• 53:53
  Speaker 1: the lion's great jaws. But after a time he became
• 53:57
  Speaker 1: more at ease, and presently Toto and the cowardly lion
• 54:00
  Speaker 1: had grown to be good friends. During the rest of
• 54:04
  Speaker 1: that day, there was no other adventure to mar the
• 54:06
  Speaker 1: peace of their journey. Once. Indeed, the tin Woodman stepped
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  Speaker 1: upon a beetle that was crawling along the road and
• 54:13
  Speaker 1: killed the poor little thing. This made the tin Woodman
• 54:17
  Speaker 1: very unhappy, for he was always careful not to hurt
• 54:20
  Speaker 1: any living creature, and as he walked along, he wept
• 54:23
  Speaker 1: several tears of sorrow and regret. These tears ran slowly
• 54:27
  Speaker 1: down his face and over the hinges of his jaw,
• 54:30
  Speaker 1: and there they rusted. When Dorothy presently asked him a question,
• 54:34
  Speaker 1: the tin Woodman could not open his mouth, for his
• 54:37
  Speaker 1: jaws were tightly rusted together. He became greatly frightened at
• 54:41
  Speaker 1: this and made many motions to Dorothy to relieve him,
• 54:44
  Speaker 1: but she could not understand. The lion was also puzzled
• 54:48
  Speaker 1: to know what was wrong, But the scarecrow seized the
• 54:52
  Speaker 1: oil can from Dorothy's basket and oiled the woodman's jaws
• 54:55
  Speaker 1: so that after a few moments he could talk as
• 54:57
  Speaker 1: well as before. This will serve me a lesson, said
• 55:01
  Speaker 1: he to look where I step, for if I should
• 55:04
  Speaker 1: kill another bug or beetle, I should surely cry again,
• 55:07
  Speaker 1: and crying rusts my jaws so that I cannot speak. Thereafter,
• 55:11
  Speaker 1: he walked very carefully with his eyes on the road,
• 55:14
  Speaker 1: and when he saw a tiny ant toiling by, he
• 55:17
  Speaker 1: would step over it so as not to harm it.
• 55:20
  Speaker 1: The tin woodman knew very well he had no heart,
• 55:23
  Speaker 1: and therefore he took great care never to be cruel
• 55:26
  Speaker 1: or unkind to anything. You people with hearts, he said,
• 55:30
  Speaker 1: have something to guide you and need never do wrong.
• 55:33
  Speaker 1: But I have no heart, and so I must be
• 55:35
  Speaker 1: very careful. Whenas gives me a heart, of course I
• 55:39
  Speaker 1: needn't mind so much. Chapter seven, The Journey to the
• 55:42
  Speaker 1: Great Oz. They were obliged to camp out that night
• 55:45
  Speaker 1: under a large tree in the forest, for there were
• 55:47
  Speaker 1: no houses near. The tree made a good thick covering
• 55:51
  Speaker 1: to protect them from the dew, and the tin woodman
• 55:54
  Speaker 1: chopped a great pile of wood with his axe, and
• 55:57
  Speaker 1: Dorothy built a splendid fire that warned her and made
• 55:59
  Speaker 1: her feel less lonely. She and Toto ate the last
• 56:03
  Speaker 1: of their bread, and now she did not know what
• 56:05
  Speaker 1: they would do for breakfast. If you wish, said the lion,
• 56:09
  Speaker 1: I will go into the forest and kill a deer
• 56:11
  Speaker 1: for you. You can roast it by the fire, since
• 56:15
  Speaker 1: your tastes are so peculiar that you prefer cooked food,
• 56:18
  Speaker 1: and then you will have a very good breakfast. Don't please,
• 56:22
  Speaker 1: don't beg the tin woodman. I should certainly weep if
• 56:27
  Speaker 1: you killed a poor deer, and then my jaws would
• 56:29
  Speaker 1: rust again. But the lion went away into the forest
• 56:33
  Speaker 1: and found his own supper, and no one ever knew
• 56:35
  Speaker 1: what it was for he didn't mention it. And the
• 56:38
  Speaker 1: scarecrow found a tree full of nuts and filled Dorothy's
• 56:41
  Speaker 1: basket with them so that she would not be hungry
• 56:44
  Speaker 1: for a long time. She thought this was very kind
• 56:47
  Speaker 1: and thoughtful of the scarecrow, but she laughed heartily at
• 56:50
  Speaker 1: the awkward way in which the poor creature picked up
• 56:53
  Speaker 1: the nuts. His padded hands were so clumsy and the
• 56:57
  Speaker 1: nuts were so small, that he dropped almost as many
• 56:59
  Speaker 1: as he put in the basket. But the scarecrow did
• 57:03
  Speaker 1: not mind how long it took him to fill the basket,
• 57:05
  Speaker 1: for it enabled him to keep away from the fire,
• 57:08
  Speaker 1: as he feared a spark might get into his straw
• 57:10
  Speaker 1: and burn him up, so he kept a good distance
• 57:14
  Speaker 1: away from the flames and only came near to cover
• 57:16
  Speaker 1: Dorothy with dry leaves when she lay down to sleep.
• 57:20
  Speaker 1: These kept her very snug and warm, and she slept
• 57:23
  Speaker 1: soundly until morning. When it was daylight, the girl bathed
• 57:27
  Speaker 1: her face in a little rippling brook, and soon after
• 57:30
  Speaker 1: they all started toward the Emerald city. This was to
• 57:33
  Speaker 1: be an eventful day for the travelers. They had hardly
• 57:37
  Speaker 1: been walking an hour when they saw before them a
• 57:39
  Speaker 1: great ditch that crossed the road and divided the forest
• 57:42
  Speaker 1: as far as they could see on either side. It
• 57:45
  Speaker 1: was a very wide ditch, and when they crept up
• 57:48
  Speaker 1: to the edge and looked into it, they could see
• 57:49
  Speaker 1: it was also very deep, and there were many big
• 57:52
  Speaker 1: jagged rocks at the bottom. The sides were so steep
• 57:56
  Speaker 1: that none of them could climb down, and for a
• 57:58
  Speaker 1: moment it seemed that their journey must end. What shall
• 58:02
  Speaker 1: we do? Asked Dorothy, despairingly. I haven't the faintest idea,
• 58:07
  Speaker 1: said the tin woodman, And the lion shook his shaggy
• 58:09
  Speaker 1: mane and looked thoughtful. But the scarecrow said, we cannot fly,
• 58:14
  Speaker 1: that is certain. Neither can we climb down into this
• 58:18
  Speaker 1: great ditch. Therefore, if we cannot jump over it, we
• 58:22
  Speaker 1: must stop where we are. I think I could jump
• 58:25
  Speaker 1: over it, said the cowardly lion, after measuring the distance
• 58:29
  Speaker 1: carefully in his mind. Then we are all right, answered
• 58:33
  Speaker 1: the scarecrow, for you can carry us all over on
• 58:35
  Speaker 1: your back, one at a time. Well, I'll try it,
• 58:39
  Speaker 1: said the lion, who will go first? I will, declared
• 58:44
  Speaker 1: the scarecrow. For if you found that you could not
• 58:46
  Speaker 1: jump over the gulf, Dorothy would be killed, or the
• 58:49
  Speaker 1: tin woodman badly dented on the rocks below. But if
• 58:53
  Speaker 1: I am on your back, it will not matter so much,
• 58:56
  Speaker 1: for the fall would not hurt me at all. I
• 58:59
  Speaker 1: am terrible afraid of falling myself, said the cowardly lion,
• 59:03
  Speaker 1: But I suppose there is nothing to do but try it.
• 59:07
  Speaker 1: So get on my back and we will make the attempt.
• 59:10
  Speaker 1: The scarecrow sat upon the lion's back, and the big
• 59:13
  Speaker 1: beast walked to the edge of the gulf and crouched down.
• 59:16
  Speaker 1: Why don't you run and jump, asked the scarecrow, Because
• 59:20
  Speaker 1: that isn't the way we lions do these things, he replied. Then,
• 59:25
  Speaker 1: giving a great spring, he shot through the air and
• 59:27
  Speaker 1: landed safely on the other side. They were all greatly
• 59:31
  Speaker 1: pleased to see how easily he did it, and after
• 59:34
  Speaker 1: the scarecrow had got down from his back, the lion
• 59:36
  Speaker 1: sprang across the ditch again. Dorothy thought she would go next,
• 59:41
  Speaker 1: so she took Toto in her arms and climbed on
• 59:43
  Speaker 1: the lion's back, holding tightly to his mane with one hand.
• 59:47
  Speaker 1: The next moment it seemed as if she were flying
• 59:50
  Speaker 1: through the air, and then before she had time to
• 59:53
  Speaker 1: think about it, she was safe on the other side.
• 59:56
  Speaker 1: The lion went back a third time and got the
• 59:58
  Speaker 1: tin woodman, and then they all sat down for a
• 1:00:01
  Speaker 1: few moments to give the beast a chance to rest,
• 1:00:04
  Speaker 1: for his great leaps had made his breath short, and
• 1:00:06
  Speaker 1: he panted like a big dog that has been running
• 1:00:08
  Speaker 1: too long. They found the forest very thick on this side,
• 1:00:12
  Speaker 1: and it looked dark and gloomy. After the lion had rested,
• 1:00:16
  Speaker 1: they started along the road of yellow brick, silently, wondering,
• 1:00:20
  Speaker 1: each in his own mind if ever they would come
• 1:00:22
  Speaker 1: to the end of the woods and reach the bright
• 1:00:24
  Speaker 1: sunshine again. To add to their discomfort, they soon heard
• 1:00:28
  Speaker 1: strange noises in the depths of the forest, and the
• 1:00:31
  Speaker 1: lion whispered to them that it was in this part
• 1:00:33
  Speaker 1: of the country that the Calidas lived. What are the Kalidas,
• 1:00:37
  Speaker 1: asked the girl. They are monstrous beasts, with bodies like
• 1:00:41
  Speaker 1: bears and heads like tigers, replied the lion, and with
• 1:00:44
  Speaker 1: claws so long and sharp that they could tear me
• 1:00:47
  Speaker 1: in two as easily as I could kill Toto. I'm
• 1:00:51
  Speaker 1: terribly afraid of the Calidas. I'm not surprised that you
• 1:00:54
  Speaker 1: are returned, Dorothy. They must be dreadful beasts. The lion
• 1:01:00
  Speaker 1: was about to reply, when suddenly they came to another
• 1:01:03
  Speaker 1: gulf across the road. But this one was so broad
• 1:01:06
  Speaker 1: and deep that the lion knew at once he could
• 1:01:09
  Speaker 1: not leap across it. So they sat down to consider
• 1:01:12
  Speaker 1: what they should do, and after serious thought, the scarecrow said,
• 1:01:16
  Speaker 1: here is a great tree standing close to the ditch.
• 1:01:20
  Speaker 1: If the tin woodman can chop it, down so that
• 1:01:22
  Speaker 1: it will fall to the other side. We can walk
• 1:01:25
  Speaker 1: across it easily. That is a first rate idea, said
• 1:01:29
  Speaker 1: the lion. One would almost suspect you had brains in
• 1:01:32
  Speaker 1: your head instead of straw. The woodman set to work
• 1:01:36
  Speaker 1: at once, and so sharp was his axe that the
• 1:01:39
  Speaker 1: tree was soon chopped nearly through. Then the lion put
• 1:01:43
  Speaker 1: his strong front legs against the tree and pushed with
• 1:01:45
  Speaker 1: all his might, and slowly the big tree tipped and
• 1:01:48
  Speaker 1: fell with a crash across the ditch, with its top
• 1:01:51
  Speaker 1: branches on the other side. They had just started to
• 1:01:54
  Speaker 1: cross this queer bridge when a sharp growl made them
• 1:01:57
  Speaker 1: all look up, and to their horror they saw running
• 1:01:59
  Speaker 1: towards them two great beasts with bodies like bears and
• 1:02:02
  Speaker 1: heads like tigers. They are the Kalidas, said the cowardly lion,
• 1:02:07
  Speaker 1: beginning to tremble, quick cried the scarecrow. Let us cross over.
• 1:02:14
  Speaker 1: So Dorothy went first, holding Toto in her arms. The
• 1:02:17
  Speaker 1: tin woodman followed, and the scarecrow came next. The lion,
• 1:02:22
  Speaker 1: although he was certainly afraid, turned to face the Kalidas,
• 1:02:25
  Speaker 1: and then he gave so loud and terrible a roar
• 1:02:28
  Speaker 1: that Dorothy screamed, and the scarecrow fell over backward, while
• 1:02:32
  Speaker 1: even the fierce beasts stopped short and looked at him
• 1:02:35
  Speaker 1: in surprise. But seeing they were bigger than the lion,
• 1:02:39
  Speaker 1: and remembering that there were two of them and only
• 1:02:41
  Speaker 1: one of him, the caladas again rushed forward, and the
• 1:02:44
  Speaker 1: lion crossed over the tree and turned to see what
• 1:02:47
  Speaker 1: they would do next. Without stopping an instant, the fierce
• 1:02:51
  Speaker 1: beasts also began to cross the tree, and the lion
• 1:02:54
  Speaker 1: said to Dorothy, we are lost, for they will surely
• 1:02:57
  Speaker 1: tear us to pieces with their sharp claws. But stand
• 1:03:01
  Speaker 1: close behind me, and I will fight them as long
• 1:03:03
  Speaker 1: as I am alive. Wait a minute, called the scarecrow.
• 1:03:08
  Speaker 1: He had been thinking what was best to be done,
• 1:03:11
  Speaker 1: and now he asked the woodman to chop away the
• 1:03:13
  Speaker 1: end of the tree that rested on their side of
• 1:03:15
  Speaker 1: the ditch. The tin woodman began to use his axe
• 1:03:18
  Speaker 1: at once, and just as the two caliders were nearly across,
• 1:03:23
  Speaker 1: the tree fell with a crash into the gulf, carrying
• 1:03:25
  Speaker 1: the ugly, snarling brutes with it, and both were dashed
• 1:03:28
  Speaker 1: to pieces on the sharp rocks at the bottom. Well,
• 1:03:32
  Speaker 1: said the cowardly lion, drawing a long breath of relief,
• 1:03:35
  Speaker 1: I see we are going to live a little while longer,
• 1:03:38
  Speaker 1: and I am glad of it, for it must be
• 1:03:40
  Speaker 1: a very uncomfortable thing not to be alive. Those creatures
• 1:03:44
  Speaker 1: frighten me so badly that my heart is beating. Yet, ah,
• 1:03:48
  Speaker 1: said the tin woodman, sadly. I wish I had a
• 1:03:51
  Speaker 1: heart to beat. This adventure made the travelers more anxious
• 1:03:55
  Speaker 1: than ever to get out of the forest, and they
• 1:03:57
  Speaker 1: walked so fast that Dorothy became tired and had to
• 1:04:00
  Speaker 1: ride on the lion's back. To their great joy, The
• 1:04:03
  Speaker 1: trees became thinner the farther they advanced, and in the
• 1:04:06
  Speaker 1: afternoon they suddenly came upon a broad river flowing swiftly.
• 1:04:10
  Speaker 1: Just before them. On the other side of the water,
• 1:04:13
  Speaker 1: they could see the road of yellow brick running through
• 1:04:15
  Speaker 1: a beautiful country, with green meadows dotted with bright flowers,
• 1:04:19
  Speaker 1: and all the road bordered with trees hanging full of
• 1:04:21
  Speaker 1: delicious fruits. They were greatly pleased to see this delightful
• 1:04:26
  Speaker 1: country before them. How shall we cross the river, asked Dorothy.
• 1:04:31
  Speaker 1: That is easily done, replied the scarecrow. The tin woodman
• 1:04:35
  Speaker 1: must build us a raft so we can float to
• 1:04:38
  Speaker 1: the other side. So the woodman took his axe and
• 1:04:41
  Speaker 1: began to chop down small trees to make a raft.
• 1:04:44
  Speaker 1: And while he was busy at this, the scarecrow found
• 1:04:46
  Speaker 1: on the river bank a tree full of fine fruit.
• 1:04:50
  Speaker 1: This pleased Dorothy, who had eaten nothing but nuts all day,
• 1:04:53
  Speaker 1: and she made a hearty meal of the ripe fruit.
• 1:04:56
  Speaker 1: But it takes time to make a raft, even when
• 1:04:59
  Speaker 1: one is as in dust trees and untiring as the
• 1:05:01
  Speaker 1: tin woodman. And when night came the work was not done.
• 1:05:05
  Speaker 1: So they found a cozy place under the trees, where
• 1:05:07
  Speaker 1: they slept well until the morning, and Dorothy dreamed of
• 1:05:10
  Speaker 1: the Emerald city and of the good wizard Oz, who
• 1:05:13
  Speaker 1: would soon send her back to her own home again.
• 1:05:17
  Speaker 1: Chapter eight, The Deadly Poppy Field. Our little party of
• 1:05:19
  Speaker 1: travelers awakened the next morning, refreshed and full of hope,
• 1:05:23
  Speaker 1: and Dorothy breakfasted like a princess, off peaches and plums
• 1:05:26
  Speaker 1: from the trees. Beside the river. Behind them was the
• 1:05:29
  Speaker 1: dark forest they had passed safely through, although they had
• 1:05:33
  Speaker 1: suffered many discouragements. But before them was a lovely, sunny
• 1:05:36
  Speaker 1: country that seemed to beckon them. On to the Emerald
• 1:05:39
  Speaker 1: city to be sure. The broad river now cut them
• 1:05:43
  Speaker 1: off from this beautiful land. But the raft was nearly done,
• 1:05:47
  Speaker 1: and after the tin woodman had cut a few more
• 1:05:49
  Speaker 1: logs and fastened them together with wooden pins, they were
• 1:05:52
  Speaker 1: ready to start. Dorothy sat down in the middle of
• 1:05:56
  Speaker 1: the raft and held Toto in her arms. When the
• 1:05:59
  Speaker 1: cow towardly lion stepped upon the raft, it tipped badly,
• 1:06:02
  Speaker 1: for he was big and heavy. But the scarecrow and
• 1:06:05
  Speaker 1: the tin woodman stood upon the other end to steady it,
• 1:06:08
  Speaker 1: and they had long poles in their hands to push
• 1:06:10
  Speaker 1: the raft through the water. They got along quite well
• 1:06:14
  Speaker 1: at first, but when they reached the middle of the river,
• 1:06:16
  Speaker 1: the swift current swept the raft down stream farther and
• 1:06:19
  Speaker 1: farther away from the road of Yellow Brick, and the
• 1:06:23
  Speaker 1: water grew so deep that the long poles would not
• 1:06:25
  Speaker 1: touch the bottom. This is bad, said the tin woodman,
• 1:06:30
  Speaker 1: for if we cannot get to the land, we shall
• 1:06:32
  Speaker 1: be carried into the country of the wicked Witch of
• 1:06:34
  Speaker 1: the West, and she will enchant us and make us
• 1:06:36
  Speaker 1: her slaves. And then I should get no brains, said
• 1:06:40
  Speaker 1: the scarecrow, and I should get no courage said the
• 1:06:44
  Speaker 1: cowardly lion. And I should get no heart, said the
• 1:06:47
  Speaker 1: tin woodman, And I should never get back to Kansas,
• 1:06:51
  Speaker 1: said Dorothy. We must certainly get to the Emerald City
• 1:06:55
  Speaker 1: if we can. The scarecrow continued, and he pushed so
• 1:06:58
  Speaker 1: hard on his long pole that it stuck fast in
• 1:07:01
  Speaker 1: the mud at the bottom of the river. Then before
• 1:07:04
  Speaker 1: he could pull it out again or let go, the
• 1:07:07
  Speaker 1: raft was swept away, and the poor scarecrow was left
• 1:07:10
  Speaker 1: clinging to the pole in the middle of the river.
• 1:07:13
  Speaker 1: Good Bye, he called after them, and they were very
• 1:07:16
  Speaker 1: sorry to leave him. Indeed, the tin woodman began to cry,
• 1:07:21
  Speaker 1: but fortunately remembered that he might rust, and so dried
• 1:07:24
  Speaker 1: his tears on Dorothy's apron. Of course, this was a
• 1:07:27
  Speaker 1: bad thing for the scarecrow. I am now worse off
• 1:07:31
  Speaker 1: than when I first met Dorothy, he thought. Then I
• 1:07:35
  Speaker 1: was stuck on a pole in a cornfield where I
• 1:07:37
  Speaker 1: could make believes scare the crows at any rate. But
• 1:07:41
  Speaker 1: surely there is no use for a scarecrow stuck on
• 1:07:43
  Speaker 1: a pole in the middle of a river. I am
• 1:07:46
  Speaker 1: afraid I shall never have any brains. After all, down
• 1:07:50
  Speaker 1: the stream the raft floated, and the poor scarecrow was
• 1:07:53
  Speaker 1: left far behind. Then the lion said something must be
• 1:07:58
  Speaker 1: done to save us. I think I can swim to
• 1:08:01
  Speaker 1: the shore and pull the raft after me, if you
• 1:08:03
  Speaker 1: will only hold fast to the tip of my tail.
• 1:08:06
  Speaker 1: So he sprang into the water, and the tin woodman
• 1:08:09
  Speaker 1: caught fast hold of his tail. Then the lion began
• 1:08:13
  Speaker 1: to swim with all his might toward the shore. It
• 1:08:16
  Speaker 1: was hard work, although he was so big, But by
• 1:08:19
  Speaker 1: and by they were drawn out of the current, and
• 1:08:21
  Speaker 1: then Dorothy took the tin woodman's long pole and helped
• 1:08:24
  Speaker 1: push the raft to the land. They were all tired
• 1:08:28
  Speaker 1: out when they reached the shore at last, and stepped
• 1:08:30
  Speaker 1: off upon the pretty green grass. And they also knew
• 1:08:33
  Speaker 1: that the stream had carried them a long way past
• 1:08:35
  Speaker 1: the road of yellow brick that led to the Emerald city.
• 1:08:39
  Speaker 1: What shall we do now, asked the tin woodman, as
• 1:08:42
  Speaker 1: the lion lay down on the grass to let the
• 1:08:44
  Speaker 1: sun dry him. We must get back to the road
• 1:08:47
  Speaker 1: in some way, said Dorothy. The best plan will be
• 1:08:51
  Speaker 1: to walk along the river bank until we come to
• 1:08:53
  Speaker 1: the road again, remarked the lion. So when they were rested,
• 1:08:58
  Speaker 1: Dorothy picked up her basket and they start it along
• 1:09:00
  Speaker 1: the grassy bank to the road from which the river
• 1:09:03
  Speaker 1: had carried them. It was a lovely country, with plenty
• 1:09:06
  Speaker 1: of flowers and fruit trees and sunshine to cheer them,
• 1:09:10
  Speaker 1: and had they not felt so sorry for the poor scarecrow,
• 1:09:13
  Speaker 1: they could have been very happy. They walked along as
• 1:09:16
  Speaker 1: fast as they could, Dorothy only stopping once to pick
• 1:09:19
  Speaker 1: a beautiful flower, and after a time the tin woodman
• 1:09:22
  Speaker 1: cried out. Look. Then they all looked at the river
• 1:09:26
  Speaker 1: and saw the scarecrow perched upon his pole in the
• 1:09:28
  Speaker 1: middle of the water, looking very lonely and sad. What
• 1:09:32
  Speaker 1: can we do to save him? Asked Dorothy. The lion
• 1:09:36
  Speaker 1: and the woodman both shook their heads, for they did
• 1:09:39
  Speaker 1: not know. So they sat down upon the bank and
• 1:09:42
  Speaker 1: gazed wistfully at the scarecrow until a stork flew by, who,
• 1:09:46
  Speaker 1: upon seeing them, stopped to rest at the water's edge.
• 1:09:50
  Speaker 1: Who are you and where are you going, asked the stork.
• 1:09:54
  Speaker 1: I am Dorothy, answered the girl. And these are my friends,
• 1:09:57
  Speaker 1: the tin Woodman and the cowardly Lion, and we are
• 1:10:00
  Speaker 1: going to the Emerald City. This isn't the road, said
• 1:10:04
  Speaker 1: the stork, as she twisted her long neck and looked
• 1:10:07
  Speaker 1: sharply at the queer party. I know it, returned Dorothy,
• 1:10:11
  Speaker 1: But we have lost the scarecrow and are wondering how
• 1:10:13
  Speaker 1: we shall get him again. Where is he asked the
• 1:10:17
  Speaker 1: stork over there in the river, answered the little girl.
• 1:10:21
  Speaker 1: If he wasn't so big and heavy, I would get
• 1:10:24
  Speaker 1: him for you, remarked the stork. He isn't heavy a bit,
• 1:10:28
  Speaker 1: said Dorothy eagerly, for he is stuffed with straw. And
• 1:10:31
  Speaker 1: if you will bring him back to us, we shall
• 1:10:33
  Speaker 1: thank you ever and ever so much. Well, I'll try,
• 1:10:37
  Speaker 1: said the stork, but if I find he is too
• 1:10:39
  Speaker 1: heavy to carry, I shall have to drop him in
• 1:10:41
  Speaker 1: the river again. So the big bird flew into the
• 1:10:45
  Speaker 1: air and over the water till she came to where
• 1:10:47
  Speaker 1: the scarecrow was perched upon his pole. Then the stork,
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  Speaker 1: with her great claws, grabbed the scarecrow by the arm
• 1:10:53
  Speaker 1: and carried him up into the air and back to
• 1:10:56
  Speaker 1: the bank where Dorothy and the lion, and the tin
• 1:10:58
  Speaker 1: woodman and Toto were. When the scarecrow found himself among
• 1:11:03
  Speaker 1: his friends again, he was so happy that he hugged
• 1:11:06
  Speaker 1: them all, even the lion in Toto, And as they
• 1:11:08
  Speaker 1: walked along, he sang, told Dorito. At every step he
• 1:11:12
  Speaker 1: felt so gay. I was afraid I should have to
• 1:11:15
  Speaker 1: stay in the river forever, he said. But the kind
• 1:11:18
  Speaker 1: stork saved me, and if I ever get any brains,
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  Speaker 1: I shall find the stork again and do her some
• 1:11:23
  Speaker 1: kindness in return. That's all right, said the stork, who
• 1:11:27
  Speaker 1: was flying along beside them. I always like to help
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  Speaker 1: anyone in trouble, but I must go now, for my
• 1:11:34
  Speaker 1: babies are waiting in the nest for me. I hope
• 1:11:37
  Speaker 1: you will find the Emerald city and that OZ will
• 1:11:39
  Speaker 1: help you. Thank you, replied Dorothy, and then the kind
• 1:11:44
  Speaker 1: stork flew into the air and was soon out of sight.
• 1:11:47
  Speaker 1: They walked along, listening to the singing of the brightly
• 1:11:50
  Speaker 1: colored birds and looking at the lovely flowers, which now
• 1:11:53
  Speaker 1: became so thick that the ground was carpeted with them.
• 1:11:57
  Speaker 1: There were big yellow and white, and blue and purple blossoms,
• 1:12:00
  Speaker 1: besides great clusters of scarlet poppies, which were so brilliant
• 1:12:04
  Speaker 1: in color they almost dazzled Dorothy's eyes. Aren't they beautiful?
• 1:12:09
  Speaker 1: The girl asked, as she breathed in the spicy scent
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  Speaker 1: of the bright flowers. I suppose so, answered the scarecrow.
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  Speaker 1: When I have brains, I shall probably like them better.
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  Speaker 1: If I only had a heart, I should love them,
• 1:12:23
  Speaker 1: added the tin woodman. I always did like flowers, said
• 1:12:27
  Speaker 1: the lion. They seem so helpless and frail, But there
• 1:12:32
  Speaker 1: are none in the forest so bright as these. They
• 1:12:35
  Speaker 1: now came upon more and more of the big scarlet poppies,
• 1:12:38
  Speaker 1: and fewer and fewer of the other flowers, and soon
• 1:12:41
  Speaker 1: they found themselves in the midst of a great meadow
• 1:12:44
  Speaker 1: of poppies. Now it is well known that when there
• 1:12:47
  Speaker 1: are many of these flowers together, their odor is so
• 1:12:50
  Speaker 1: powerful that any one who breathes it falls asleep. And
• 1:12:52
  Speaker 1: if the sleeper is not carried away from the scent
• 1:12:55
  Speaker 1: of the flowers, he sleeps on and on forever. But
• 1:12:59
  Speaker 1: Dorothy did not know this, nor could she get away
• 1:13:02
  Speaker 1: from the bright red flowers that were everywhere about. So
• 1:13:05
  Speaker 1: presently her eyes grew heavy, and she felt she must
• 1:13:07
  Speaker 1: sit down to rest and to sleep. But the tin
• 1:13:10
  Speaker 1: woodman would not let her do this. We must hurry
• 1:13:14
  Speaker 1: and get back to the road of yellow brick before dark,
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  Speaker 1: he said, and the scarecrow agreed with him. So they
• 1:13:21
  Speaker 1: kept walking until Dorothy could stand no longer. Her eyes
• 1:13:25
  Speaker 1: closed in spite of herself, and she forgot where she
• 1:13:28
  Speaker 1: was and fell among the poppies, fast asleep. What shall
• 1:13:32
  Speaker 1: we do, asked the tin woodman. If we leave her here,
• 1:13:35
  Speaker 1: she will die, said the lion. The smell of the
• 1:13:39
  Speaker 1: flowers is killing us. All I myself can scarcely keep
• 1:13:43
  Speaker 1: my eyes open, and the dog is asleep already. It
• 1:13:47
  Speaker 1: was true Toto had fallen down beside his little mistress,
• 1:13:51
  Speaker 1: but the scarecrow and the tin woodman, not being made
• 1:13:54
  Speaker 1: of flesh, were not troubled by the scent of the flowers.
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  Speaker 1: Run fast, said the skinarecrow to the lion, and get
• 1:14:01
  Speaker 1: out of this deadly flower bed as soon as you can.
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  Speaker 1: We will bring the little girl with us. But if
• 1:14:07
  Speaker 1: you should fall asleep, you are too big to be carried.
• 1:14:10
  Speaker 1: So the lion aroused himself and bounded forward as fast
• 1:14:13
  Speaker 1: as he could go. In a moment he was out
• 1:14:16
  Speaker 1: of sight. Let us make a chair with our hands
• 1:14:19
  Speaker 1: and carry her, said the scarecrow. So they picked up
• 1:14:23
  Speaker 1: Toto and put the dog in Dorothy's lap. And then
• 1:14:26
  Speaker 1: they made a chair with their hands for the seat
• 1:14:28
  Speaker 1: and their arms for the arms, and carried the sleeping
• 1:14:31
  Speaker 1: girl between them through the flowers. On and on they walked,
• 1:14:35
  Speaker 1: and it seemed that the great carpet of deadly flowers
• 1:14:38
  Speaker 1: that surrounded them would never end. They followed the bend
• 1:14:41
  Speaker 1: of the river, and at last came upon their friend,
• 1:14:43
  Speaker 1: the lion, lying fast asleep among the poppies. The flowers
• 1:14:48
  Speaker 1: had been too strong for the huge beast, and he
• 1:14:50
  Speaker 1: had given up at last, and fallen only a short
• 1:14:53
  Speaker 1: distance from the end of the poppy bed, where the
• 1:14:55
  Speaker 1: sweet grass spread in beautiful green fields before them. We
• 1:14:59
  Speaker 1: can do nothing for him, said the tin woodman, sadly,
• 1:15:03
  Speaker 1: for he is much too heavy to lift. We must
• 1:15:06
  Speaker 1: leave him here to sleep on forever, and perhaps he
• 1:15:09
  Speaker 1: will dream that he has found courage at last. I'm sorry,
• 1:15:13
  Speaker 1: said the scarecrow. The lion was a very good comrade
• 1:15:17
  Speaker 1: for one so cowardly. But let us go on. They
• 1:15:22
  Speaker 1: carried the sleeping girl to a pretty spot beside the river,
• 1:15:25
  Speaker 1: far enough from the poppy field to prevent her breathing
• 1:15:27
  Speaker 1: any more of the poison of the flowers, And here
• 1:15:30
  Speaker 1: they laid her gently on the soft grass and waited
• 1:15:32
  Speaker 1: for the fresh breeze to waken her. Chapter nine, The
• 1:15:36
  Speaker 1: queen of the field mice. We cannot be far from
• 1:15:39
  Speaker 1: the road of yellow brick, now, remarked the scarecrow as
• 1:15:42
  Speaker 1: he stood beside the girl, for we have come nearly
• 1:15:45
  Speaker 1: as far as the river carried us away. The tin
• 1:15:48
  Speaker 1: woodman was about to reply when he heard a low growl,
• 1:15:51
  Speaker 1: and turning his head, which worked beautifully on hinges, he
• 1:15:55
  Speaker 1: saw a strange beast come bounding over the grass toward them.
• 1:15:59
  Speaker 1: It was, in indeed, a great yellow wild cat, and
• 1:16:02
  Speaker 1: the woodman thought it must be chasing something, for its
• 1:16:05
  Speaker 1: ears were lying close to its head, and its mouth
• 1:16:07
  Speaker 1: was wide open, showing two rows of ugly teeth, while
• 1:16:10
  Speaker 1: its red eyes glowed like balls of fire. As it
• 1:16:14
  Speaker 1: came nearer, the tin woodman saw that running before the
• 1:16:17
  Speaker 1: beast was a little gray field mouse, and although he
• 1:16:20
  Speaker 1: had no heart, he knew it was wrong for the
• 1:16:22
  Speaker 1: wild cat to try to kill such a pretty harmless creature.
• 1:16:26
  Speaker 1: So the woodman raised his axe, and as the wild
• 1:16:29
  Speaker 1: cat ran by, he gave it a quick blow that
• 1:16:31
  Speaker 1: cut the beast's head clean off from its body, and
• 1:16:33
  Speaker 1: it rolled over at his feet in two pieces. The
• 1:16:37
  Speaker 1: field mouse, now that it was freed from its enemy,
• 1:16:40
  Speaker 1: stopped short, and coming slowly up to the woodman, it said,
• 1:16:43
  Speaker 1: in a squeaky little voice, Oh, thank you, thank you
• 1:16:47
  Speaker 1: ever so much for saving my life. Don't speak of it.
• 1:16:51
  Speaker 1: I beg of you, replied the woodman. I have no heart,
• 1:16:55
  Speaker 1: you know, so I am careful to help all those
• 1:16:57
  Speaker 1: who may need a friend, even if it happened to
• 1:17:00
  Speaker 1: be only a mouse. Only a mouse, cried the little
• 1:17:04
  Speaker 1: animal indignantly. Why I am a queen, the queen of
• 1:17:08
  Speaker 1: all the field mice. Oh indeed, said the woodman, making
• 1:17:13
  Speaker 1: a bow. Therefore, you have done a great deed, as
• 1:17:17
  Speaker 1: well as a brave one, in saving my life, added
• 1:17:20
  Speaker 1: the queen. At that moment, several mice were seen running
• 1:17:23
  Speaker 1: up as fast as their little legs could carry them,
• 1:17:26
  Speaker 1: And when they saw their queen, they exclaimed, oh, your majesty,
• 1:17:30
  Speaker 1: we thought you would be killed. How did you manage
• 1:17:33
  Speaker 1: to escape the great wild cat? They all bowed so
• 1:17:37
  Speaker 1: low to the little queen that they almost stood upon
• 1:17:39
  Speaker 1: their heads. This funny tin man, she answered, killed the
• 1:17:43
  Speaker 1: wild cat and saved my life. So hereafter you must
• 1:17:47
  Speaker 1: all serve him and obey his slightest wish. We will,
• 1:17:52
  Speaker 1: cried all the mice in a shrill chorus, and then
• 1:17:55
  Speaker 1: they scampered in all directions. For Toto had awakened from
• 1:17:59
  Speaker 1: his sleep, and seeing all these mice around him, he
• 1:18:02
  Speaker 1: gave one bark of delight and jumped right into the
• 1:18:04
  Speaker 1: middle of the group. Toto had always loved to chase
• 1:18:07
  Speaker 1: mice when he lived in Kansas, and he saw no
• 1:18:10
  Speaker 1: harm in it. But the tin woodman caught the dog
• 1:18:13
  Speaker 1: in his arms and held him tight while he called
• 1:18:16
  Speaker 1: to the mice, come back, come back, Toto shall not
• 1:18:21
  Speaker 1: hurt you. At this the queen of the mice stuck
• 1:18:24
  Speaker 1: her head out from underneath a clump of grass and asked,
• 1:18:26
  Speaker 1: in a timid voice, are you sure he will not
• 1:18:29
  Speaker 1: bite us? I will not let him, said the woodman,
• 1:18:33
  Speaker 1: So do not be afraid. One by one the mice
• 1:18:36
  Speaker 1: came creeping back, and Toto did not bark again, although
• 1:18:39
  Speaker 1: he tried to get out of the woodman's arms and
• 1:18:42
  Speaker 1: would have bitten him had he not known very well
• 1:18:44
  Speaker 1: he was made of tin. Finally, one of the biggest
• 1:18:47
  Speaker 1: mice spoke, is there anything we can do? It, asked
• 1:18:51
  Speaker 1: to repay you for saving the life of our queen.
• 1:18:55
  Speaker 1: Nothing that I know of, answered the woodman. But the scarecrow,
• 1:18:58
  Speaker 1: who had been trying to think but could not because
• 1:19:01
  Speaker 1: his head was stuffed with straw, said quickly, Oh, yes,
• 1:19:05
  Speaker 1: you can save our friend, the cowardly lion, who is
• 1:19:08
  Speaker 1: asleep in the poppy bed. A lion, cried the little queen.
• 1:19:13
  Speaker 1: Why he would eat us all up? Oh no, declared
• 1:19:18
  Speaker 1: the scarecrow. This lion is a coward, really, asked the mouse.
• 1:19:24
  Speaker 1: He says so himself, answered the scarecrow, And he would
• 1:19:27
  Speaker 1: never hurt any one who is our friend. If you
• 1:19:30
  Speaker 1: will help us to save him, I promise that he
• 1:19:32
  Speaker 1: shall treat you all with kindness. Very well, said the queen.
• 1:19:36
  Speaker 1: We trust you, But what shall we do. Are there
• 1:19:40
  Speaker 1: many of these mice which call you queen and are
• 1:19:43
  Speaker 1: willing to obey you? Oh? Yes, there are thousands, she replied.
• 1:19:49
  Speaker 1: Then send for them all to come here as soon
• 1:19:51
  Speaker 1: as possible, and let each one bring a long piece
• 1:19:53
  Speaker 1: of string. The queen turned to the mice that attended
• 1:19:57
  Speaker 1: her and told them to go at once and get
• 1:19:59
  Speaker 1: all her people. As soon as they heard her orders,
• 1:20:02
  Speaker 1: they ran away in every direction as fast as possible. Now,
• 1:20:07
  Speaker 1: said the scarecrow to the tin woodman, you must go
• 1:20:10
  Speaker 1: to those trees by the river side and make a
• 1:20:12
  Speaker 1: truck that will carry the lion. So the woodman went
• 1:20:15
  Speaker 1: at once to the trees and began to work, And
• 1:20:18
  Speaker 1: he soon made a truck out of the limbs of trees,
• 1:20:21
  Speaker 1: from which he chopped away all the leaves and branches.
• 1:20:24
  Speaker 1: He fastened it together with wooden pegs, and made the
• 1:20:27
  Speaker 1: four wheels out of short pieces of a big tree trunk.
• 1:20:31
  Speaker 1: So fast and so well did he work that by
• 1:20:33
  Speaker 1: the time the mice began to arrive, the truck was
• 1:20:36
  Speaker 1: all ready for them. They came from all directions, and
• 1:20:40
  Speaker 1: there were thousands of them, big mice and little mice,
• 1:20:42
  Speaker 1: and middle sized mice, and each one brought a piece
• 1:20:45
  Speaker 1: of string in his mouth. It was about this time
• 1:20:49
  Speaker 1: that Dorothy woke from her long sleep and opened her eyes.
• 1:20:53
  Speaker 1: She was greatly astonished to find herself lying upon the grass,
• 1:20:56
  Speaker 1: with thousands of mice standing around and looking at her timidly.
• 1:21:00
  Speaker 1: But the scarecrow told her about everything, and turning to
• 1:21:03
  Speaker 1: the dignified little mouse, he said, permit me to introduce
• 1:21:07
  Speaker 1: to you, her majesty the Queen. Dorothy nodded gravely, and
• 1:21:11
  Speaker 1: the queen made a curtsey, after which she became quite
• 1:21:14
  Speaker 1: friendly with the little girl. The scarecrow and the woodman
• 1:21:18
  Speaker 1: now began to fasten the mice to the truck using
• 1:21:21
  Speaker 1: the strings they had brought. One end of a string
• 1:21:24
  Speaker 1: was tied around the neck of each mouse, and the
• 1:21:26
  Speaker 1: other end to the truck. Of course, the truck was
• 1:21:30
  Speaker 1: a thousand times bigger than any of the mice who
• 1:21:32
  Speaker 1: were to drive, but when all the mice had been harnessed,
• 1:21:35
  Speaker 1: they were able to pull it quite easily. Even the
• 1:21:38
  Speaker 1: scarecrow and the tin woodman could sit on it, and
• 1:21:41
  Speaker 1: were drawn swiftly by their queer little horses to the
• 1:21:44
  Speaker 1: place where the lion lay asleep. After a great deal
• 1:21:47
  Speaker 1: of hard work, for the lion was heavy, they managed
• 1:21:50
  Speaker 1: to get him up on the truck. Then the queen
• 1:21:53
  Speaker 1: hurriedly gave her people the order to start, for she
• 1:21:56
  Speaker 1: feared if the mice stayed among the poppies too long,
• 1:21:58
  Speaker 1: they also would fall asad. At first, the little creatures,
• 1:22:03
  Speaker 1: many though they were, could hardly stir the heavily loaded truck.
• 1:22:06
  Speaker 1: But the woodman and the scarecrow both pushed from behind,
• 1:22:09
  Speaker 1: and they got along better. Soon they rolled the lion
• 1:22:13
  Speaker 1: out of the poppy bed to the green fields, where
• 1:22:15
  Speaker 1: he could breathe the sweet fresh air again instead of
• 1:22:18
  Speaker 1: the poisonous scent of the flowers. Dorothy came to meet
• 1:22:22
  Speaker 1: them and thanked the little mice warmly for saving her
• 1:22:24
  Speaker 1: companion from death. She had grown so fond of the
• 1:22:28
  Speaker 1: big lion, she was glad he had been rescued. Then
• 1:22:32
  Speaker 1: the mice were unharnessed from the truck and scampered away
• 1:22:34
  Speaker 1: through the grass to their homes. The queen of the
• 1:22:38
  Speaker 1: mice was the last to leave. If ever you need
• 1:22:41
  Speaker 1: us again, she said, come out into the field and call,
• 1:22:44
  Speaker 1: and we shall hear you and come to your assistance. Goodbye,
• 1:22:49
  Speaker 1: good bye, they all answered, and away the queen ran,
• 1:22:52
  Speaker 1: while Dorothy held Toto tightly lest he should run after
• 1:22:55
  Speaker 1: her and frighten her. After this, they sat down beside
• 1:22:59
  Speaker 1: the lion until he should awaken, and the scarecrow brought
• 1:23:02
  Speaker 1: Dorothy some fruit from a tree near by, which she
• 1:23:05
  Speaker 1: ate for her dinner. Chapter ten, The guardian of the
• 1:23:08
  Speaker 1: gated was some time before the cowardly lion awakened, for
• 1:23:11
  Speaker 1: he had lain among the poppies a long while, breathing
• 1:23:14
  Speaker 1: in their deadly fragrance. But when he did open his
• 1:23:17
  Speaker 1: eyes and roll off the truck. He was very glad
• 1:23:19
  Speaker 1: to find himself still alive. I ran as fast as
• 1:23:23
  Speaker 1: I could, he said, sitting down and yawning, But the
• 1:23:26
  Speaker 1: flowers were too strong for me. How did you get
• 1:23:29
  Speaker 1: me out? Then they told him of the field mice
• 1:23:33
  Speaker 1: and how they had generously saved him from death. And
• 1:23:35
  Speaker 1: the cowardly lion laughed and said, I have always thought
• 1:23:39
  Speaker 1: myself very big and terrible. Yet such little things as
• 1:23:42
  Speaker 1: flowers came near to killing me, and such small animals
• 1:23:45
  Speaker 1: as mice have saved my life. How strange it all is,
• 1:23:50
  Speaker 1: but comrades. What shall we do? Now? We must journey
• 1:23:54
  Speaker 1: on until we find the road of yellow Brick again,
• 1:23:57
  Speaker 1: said Dorothy, and then we can keep on to the Emeralds.
• 1:24:01
  Speaker 1: So the lion, being fully refreshed and feeling quite himself again,
• 1:24:05
  Speaker 1: they all started upon the journey, greatly enjoying the walk
• 1:24:09
  Speaker 1: through the soft, fresh grass, And it was not long
• 1:24:12
  Speaker 1: before they reached the road of yellow Brick and turned
• 1:24:14
  Speaker 1: again toward the Emerald city, where the great us dwelt.
• 1:24:18
  Speaker 1: The road was smooth and well paved now, and the
• 1:24:21
  Speaker 1: country about was beautiful, so that the travelers rejoiced in
• 1:24:24
  Speaker 1: leaving the forest far behind, and with it the many
• 1:24:27
  Speaker 1: dangers they had met in its gloomy shades. Once more
• 1:24:31
  Speaker 1: they could see fences built beside the road, but these
• 1:24:33
  Speaker 1: were painted green, and when they came to a small
• 1:24:36
  Speaker 1: house in which a farmer evidently lived, that also was
• 1:24:39
  Speaker 1: painted green. They passed by several of these houses during
• 1:24:43
  Speaker 1: the afternoon, and sometimes people came to the doors and
• 1:24:46
  Speaker 1: looked at them as if they would like to ask questions,
• 1:24:49
  Speaker 1: But no one came near them nor spoke to them,
• 1:24:51
  Speaker 1: because of the great lion, of which they were very
• 1:24:54
  Speaker 1: much afraid. The people were all dressed in clothing of
• 1:24:58
  Speaker 1: a lovely emerald green color, and wore peaked hats like
• 1:25:01
  Speaker 1: those of the Munchkins. This must be the land of Oz,
• 1:25:05
  Speaker 1: said Dorothy, And we are surely getting near the Emerald city. Yes,
• 1:25:09
  Speaker 1: answered the scarecrow. Everything is green here, while in the
• 1:25:13
  Speaker 1: country of the Munchkins, blue was the favorite color. But
• 1:25:17
  Speaker 1: the people do not seem to be as friendly as
• 1:25:19
  Speaker 1: the Munchkins. And I'm afraid we shall be unable to
• 1:25:22
  Speaker 1: find a place to pass the night. I should like
• 1:25:25
  Speaker 1: something to eat besides fruit, said the girl. And I'm
• 1:25:28
  Speaker 1: sure Toto is nearly starved. Let us stop at the
• 1:25:31
  Speaker 1: next house and talk to the people. So when they
• 1:25:35
  Speaker 1: came to a good sized farmhouse, Dorothy walked boldly up
• 1:25:39
  Speaker 1: to the door and knocked. A woman opened it just
• 1:25:42
  Speaker 1: far enough to look out and said, what do you want, child,
• 1:25:46
  Speaker 1: And why is that great lion with you? We wish
• 1:25:49
  Speaker 1: to pass the night with you if you will allow us.
• 1:25:52
  Speaker 1: Answer Dorothy, and the lion is my friend and comrade,
• 1:25:55
  Speaker 1: and would not hurt you for the world. Is he tame?
• 1:25:59
  Speaker 1: Asked the woman, opening the door a little wider. Oh, yes,
• 1:26:03
  Speaker 1: said the girl. And he is a great coward too.
• 1:26:07
  Speaker 1: He will be more afraid of you than you are
• 1:26:09
  Speaker 1: of him. Well, said the woman, after thinking it over
• 1:26:13
  Speaker 1: and taking another peep at the lion. If that is
• 1:26:15
  Speaker 1: the case, you may come in and I will give
• 1:26:17
  Speaker 1: you some supper in a place to sleep. So they
• 1:26:20
  Speaker 1: all entered the house, where there were besides the woman,
• 1:26:24
  Speaker 1: two children and a man. The man had hurt his
• 1:26:27
  Speaker 1: leg and was lying on the couch in a corner.
• 1:26:31
  Speaker 1: They seemed greatly surprised to see so strange a company,
• 1:26:34
  Speaker 1: and while the woman was busy laying the table, the
• 1:26:36
  Speaker 1: man asked, where are you all going to? The Emerald city,
• 1:26:40
  Speaker 1: said Dorothy to see the Great Oz. Oh, indeed, exclaimed
• 1:26:45
  Speaker 1: the man. Are you sure that Oz will see you?
• 1:26:49
  Speaker 1: Why not, she replied? Why? It is said that he
• 1:26:53
  Speaker 1: never lets any one come into his presence. I have
• 1:26:57
  Speaker 1: been to the Emerald City many times, and it is
• 1:26:59
  Speaker 1: a beautiful and wonderful place. But I have never been
• 1:27:02
  Speaker 1: permitted to see the Great Oz, Nor do I know
• 1:27:05
  Speaker 1: of any living person who has seen him. Does he
• 1:27:08
  Speaker 1: never go out, ask the scarecrow. Never. He sits day
• 1:27:13
  Speaker 1: after day in the great throne room of his palace,
• 1:27:15
  Speaker 1: and even those who wait upon him do not see
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  Speaker 1: him face to face. What is he like, asked the girl.
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  Speaker 1: That is hard to tell, said the man, thoughtfully. You see,
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  Speaker 1: Oz is a great wizard and can take on any
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  Speaker 1: form he wishes, so that some say he looks like
• 1:27:33
  Speaker 1: a bird, and some say he looks like an elephant,
• 1:27:36
  Speaker 1: and some say he looks like a cat. To others,
• 1:27:39
  Speaker 1: he appears as a beautiful fairy, or a brownie, or
• 1:27:42
  Speaker 1: in any other form that pleases him. But who the
• 1:27:46
  Speaker 1: real Oz is when he is in his own form,
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  Speaker 1: no living person can tell. That is very strange, said Dorothy.
• 1:27:53
  Speaker 1: But we must try in some way to see him
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  Speaker 1: or we shall have made our journey for nothing. Why
• 1:28:00
  Speaker 1: do you wish to see the terrible Oz, asked the man.
• 1:28:03
  Speaker 1: I want him to give me some brains, said the
• 1:28:06
  Speaker 1: scarecrow eagerly. Oh OZ could do that easily enough, declared
• 1:28:11
  Speaker 1: the man. He has more brains than he needs. And
• 1:28:15
  Speaker 1: I want him to give me a heart, said the
• 1:28:17
  Speaker 1: tin woodman. That will not trouble him, continued the man.
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  Speaker 1: For Oz has a large collection of hearts of all
• 1:28:24
  Speaker 1: sizes and shapes. And I want him to give me courage,
• 1:28:28
  Speaker 1: said the cowardly lion. OZ keeps a great pot of
• 1:28:32
  Speaker 1: courage in his throne room, said the man, which he
• 1:28:35
  Speaker 1: has covered with a golden plate to keep it from
• 1:28:37
  Speaker 1: running over. He will be glad to give you some.
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  Speaker 1: And I want him to send me back to Kansas,
• 1:28:43
  Speaker 1: said Dorothy. Where is Kansas, asked the man with surprise.
• 1:28:49
  Speaker 1: I don't know, replied Dorothy sorrowfully, but it is my home,
• 1:28:53
  Speaker 1: and I'm sure it's somewhere very likely. Well Oz can
• 1:28:58
  Speaker 1: do anything, so I suppose he will find Kansas for you.
• 1:29:02
  Speaker 1: But first you must get to see him, and that
• 1:29:04
  Speaker 1: will be a hard task, for the great wizard does
• 1:29:07
  Speaker 1: not like to see anyone and he usually has his
• 1:29:09
  Speaker 1: own way. But what do you want, he continued speaking
• 1:29:14
  Speaker 1: to Toto. Toto only wagged his tail for strange to
• 1:29:18
  Speaker 1: say he could not speak. The woman now called to
• 1:29:22
  Speaker 1: them that supper was ready, so they gathered around the table,
• 1:29:25
  Speaker 1: and Dorothy ate some delicious porridge and a dish of
• 1:29:28
  Speaker 1: scrambled eggs and a plate of nice white bread, and
• 1:29:31
  Speaker 1: enjoyed her meal. The lion ate some of the porridge,
• 1:29:34
  Speaker 1: but did not care for it, saying it was made
• 1:29:37
  Speaker 1: for oats, and oats were food for horses, not for lions.
• 1:29:41
  Speaker 1: The scarecrow and the tin woodman ate nothing at all.
• 1:29:45
  Speaker 1: Toto ate a little of everything and was glad to
• 1:29:47
  Speaker 1: get a good supper again. The woman now gave Dorothy
• 1:29:51
  Speaker 1: a bed to sleep in, and Toto lay down beside her,
• 1:29:54
  Speaker 1: while the lion guarded the door of her room so
• 1:29:57
  Speaker 1: she might not be disturbed. The scarecrow and the tin
• 1:30:00
  Speaker 1: woodman stood up in a corner and kept quiet all night,
• 1:30:03
  Speaker 1: although of course they could not sleep. The next morning,
• 1:30:07
  Speaker 1: as soon as the sun was up, they started on
• 1:30:10
  Speaker 1: their way and soon saw a beautiful green glow in
• 1:30:12
  Speaker 1: the sky just before them. That must be the Emerald city,
• 1:30:16
  Speaker 1: said Dorothy. As they walked on, the green glow became
• 1:30:21
  Speaker 1: brighter and brighter, and it seemed that at last they
• 1:30:23
  Speaker 1: were nearing the end of their travels. Yet it was
• 1:30:26
  Speaker 1: afternoon before they came to the great wall that surrounded
• 1:30:29
  Speaker 1: the city. It was high and thick and of a
• 1:30:32
  Speaker 1: bright green color. In front of them, and at the
• 1:30:36
  Speaker 1: end of the road of yellow brick was a big gate,
• 1:30:38
  Speaker 1: all studded with emeralds that glittered so in the sun
• 1:30:41
  Speaker 1: that even the painted eyes of the scarecrow were dazzled
• 1:30:44
  Speaker 1: by their brilliancy. There was a bell beside the gate,
• 1:30:47
  Speaker 1: and Dorothy pushed the button and heard a silvery tinkle
• 1:30:50
  Speaker 1: sound within. Then the big gate swung slowly open, and
• 1:30:55
  Speaker 1: they all passed through and found themselves in a high
• 1:30:57
  Speaker 1: arched room, the walls of which glistened with countless emeralds.
• 1:31:01
  Speaker 1: Before them stood a little man about the same size
• 1:31:04
  Speaker 1: as the munchkins. He was clothed all in green from
• 1:31:08
  Speaker 1: his head to his feet, and even his skin was
• 1:31:11
  Speaker 1: of a greenish tint. At his side was a large
• 1:31:14
  Speaker 1: green box. When he saw Dorothy and her companions, the
• 1:31:18
  Speaker 1: man asked, what do you wish in the Emerald city?
• 1:31:21
  Speaker 1: We came here to see the Great Oz, said Dorothy.
• 1:31:25
  Speaker 1: The man was so surprised at this answer that he
• 1:31:27
  Speaker 1: sat down to think it over. It has been many
• 1:31:31
  Speaker 1: years since anyone asked me to see Oz, he said,
• 1:31:34
  Speaker 1: shaking his head in perplexity. He is powerful and terrible,
• 1:31:38
  Speaker 1: and if you come on an idol or foolish errand
• 1:31:40
  Speaker 1: to bother the wise reflections of the great Wizard, he
• 1:31:43
  Speaker 1: might be angry and destroy you all in an instant.
• 1:31:47
  Speaker 1: But it is not a foolish errand nor an idle one,
• 1:31:50
  Speaker 1: replied the scarecrow. It is important, and we have been
• 1:31:54
  Speaker 1: told that Oz is a good wizard. So he is,
• 1:31:57
  Speaker 1: said the green Man, and he rules the m world
• 1:32:00
  Speaker 1: city wisely and well. But to those who are not honest,
• 1:32:04
  Speaker 1: or who approach him from curiosity, he is most terrible,
• 1:32:07
  Speaker 1: and few have ever dared ask to see his face.
• 1:32:10
  Speaker 1: I am the guardian of the gates, and since you
• 1:32:13
  Speaker 1: demand to see the Great Oz, I must take you
• 1:32:15
  Speaker 1: to his palace. But first you must put on the spectacles. Why,
• 1:32:21
  Speaker 1: ask Dorothy, Because if you did not wear spectacles, the
• 1:32:24
  Speaker 1: brightness and glory of the Emerald City would blind you.
• 1:32:28
  Speaker 1: Even those who live in the city must wear spectacles
• 1:32:31
  Speaker 1: night and day. They are all locked on for Oz
• 1:32:34
  Speaker 1: so ordered it when the city was first built, and
• 1:32:37
  Speaker 1: I have the only key that will unlock them. He
• 1:32:40
  Speaker 1: opened the big box, and Dorothy saw that it was
• 1:32:43
  Speaker 1: filled with spectacles of every size and shape. All of
• 1:32:47
  Speaker 1: them had green glasses in them. The Guardian of the
• 1:32:50
  Speaker 1: gates found a pair that would just fit Dorothy and
• 1:32:53
  Speaker 1: put them over her eyes. There were two golden bands
• 1:32:56
  Speaker 1: fastened to them that passed around the back of her head,
• 1:32:59
  Speaker 1: where they were locked together by a little key that
• 1:33:01
  Speaker 1: was at the end of a chain the Guardian of
• 1:33:03
  Speaker 1: the gates wore around his neck. When they were on,
• 1:33:07
  Speaker 1: Dorothy could not take them off had she wished, But
• 1:33:10
  Speaker 1: of course she did not wish to be blinded by
• 1:33:12
  Speaker 1: the glare of the Emerald City, so she said nothing.
• 1:33:15
  Speaker 1: Then the green Man fitted spectacles for the Scarecrow, and
• 1:33:18
  Speaker 1: the tin Woodman, and the Lion, and even on little Toto,
• 1:33:22
  Speaker 1: and all were locked fast with the key. Then the
• 1:33:25
  Speaker 1: Guardian of the gates put on his own glasses and
• 1:33:28
  Speaker 1: told them he was ready to show them to the palace.
• 1:33:31
  Speaker 1: Taking a big golden key from a peg on the wall,
• 1:33:34
  Speaker 1: he opened another gate, and they all followed him through
• 1:33:37
  Speaker 1: the portal into the streets of the Emerald City, Chapter eleven,
• 1:33:41
  Speaker 1: The Wonderful City of Oz. Even with eyes protected by
• 1:33:43
  Speaker 1: the green spectacles, Dorothy and her friends were at first
• 1:33:47
  Speaker 1: dazzled by the brilliancy of the wonderful city. The streets
• 1:33:50
  Speaker 1: were lined with beautiful houses, all built of green marble,
• 1:33:54
  Speaker 1: and studded everywhere with sparkling emeralds. They walked over a
• 1:33:58
  Speaker 1: pavement of the same green marble, and where the blocks
• 1:34:01
  Speaker 1: were joined together were rows of emeralds, set closely and
• 1:34:04
  Speaker 1: glittering in the brightness of the sun. The window panes
• 1:34:08
  Speaker 1: were of green glass. Even the sky above the city
• 1:34:11
  Speaker 1: had a green tint, and the rays of the sun
• 1:34:13
  Speaker 1: were green. There were many people, men, women, and children
• 1:34:18
  Speaker 1: walking about, and these were all dressed in green clothes
• 1:34:21
  Speaker 1: and had greenish skins. They looked at Dorothy and her
• 1:34:25
  Speaker 1: strangely assorted company with wondering eyes, and the children all
• 1:34:28
  Speaker 1: ran away and hid behind their mothers when they saw
• 1:34:31
  Speaker 1: the lion, but no one spoke to them. Many shops
• 1:34:35
  Speaker 1: stood in the street, and Dorothy saw that everything in
• 1:34:37
  Speaker 1: them was green. Green candy and green popcorn were offered
• 1:34:42
  Speaker 1: for sale, as well as green shoes, green hats, and
• 1:34:45
  Speaker 1: green clothes of all sorts. At one place, a man
• 1:34:49
  Speaker 1: was selling green lemonade, and when the children bought it,
• 1:34:52
  Speaker 1: Dorothy could see that they paid for it with green pennies.
• 1:34:56
  Speaker 1: There seemed to be no horses nor animals of any kind.
• 1:34:59
  Speaker 1: The men cared married things around in little green carts,
• 1:35:02
  Speaker 1: which they pushed before them. Every one seemed happy and
• 1:35:05
  Speaker 1: contented and prosperous. The Guardian of the gates led them
• 1:35:10
  Speaker 1: through the streets until they came to a big building
• 1:35:13
  Speaker 1: exactly in the middle of the city, which was the
• 1:35:15
  Speaker 1: palace of Oz, the great Wizard. There was a soldier
• 1:35:19
  Speaker 1: before the door, dressed in a green uniform and wearing
• 1:35:22
  Speaker 1: a long green beard. Here are strangers, said the guardian
• 1:35:26
  Speaker 1: of the gates to him, and they demand to see
• 1:35:28
  Speaker 1: the Great Oz. Step inside, answer the soldier, and I
• 1:35:32
  Speaker 1: will carry your message to him. So they passed through
• 1:35:36
  Speaker 1: the palace gates and were led into a big room
• 1:35:38
  Speaker 1: with a green carpet and lovely green furniture set with emeralds.
• 1:35:42
  Speaker 1: The soldier made them all wipe their feet upon a
• 1:35:45
  Speaker 1: green mat before entering this room, and when they were seated,
• 1:35:48
  Speaker 1: he said politely, please make yourselves comfortable while I go
• 1:35:51
  Speaker 1: to the door of the throne room and tell us
• 1:35:53
  Speaker 1: you are here. They had to wait a long time
• 1:35:56
  Speaker 1: before the soldier returned. When at last he came back,
• 1:36:00
  Speaker 1: Dorothy asked, have you seen oz Oh? No, returned the soldier.
• 1:36:06
  Speaker 1: I have never seen him, but I spoke to him
• 1:36:09
  Speaker 1: as he sat behind his screen and gave him your message.
• 1:36:13
  Speaker 1: He said, he will grant you an audience if you
• 1:36:15
  Speaker 1: so desire, but each one of you must enter his
• 1:36:18
  Speaker 1: presence alone, and he will admit but one each day. Therefore,
• 1:36:22
  Speaker 1: as you must remain in the palace for several days,
• 1:36:25
  Speaker 1: I will have you shown to rooms where you may
• 1:36:27
  Speaker 1: rest in comfort after your journey. Thank you, replied the girl.
• 1:36:32
  Speaker 1: That is very kind of oz The soldier now blew
• 1:36:35
  Speaker 1: upon a green whistle, and at once a young girl
• 1:36:38
  Speaker 1: dressed in a pretty green silk gown entered the room.
• 1:36:42
  Speaker 1: She had lovely green hair and green eyes, and she
• 1:36:45
  Speaker 1: bowed low before Dorothy as she said, follow me, and
• 1:36:48
  Speaker 1: I will show you your room. So Dorothy said good
• 1:36:51
  Speaker 1: bye to all her friends except Toto, and taking the
• 1:36:54
  Speaker 1: dog in her arms, followed the green girl through seven
• 1:36:57
  Speaker 1: passages and up three flights of stairs till they came
• 1:37:00
  Speaker 1: to a room at the front of the palace. It
• 1:37:03
  Speaker 1: was the sweetest little room in the world, with a soft,
• 1:37:06
  Speaker 1: comfortable bed that had sheets of green silk and a
• 1:37:09
  Speaker 1: green velvet counterpane. There was a tiny fountain in the
• 1:37:12
  Speaker 1: middle of the room that shot a spray of green
• 1:37:15
  Speaker 1: perfume into the air to fall back into a beautifully
• 1:37:18
  Speaker 1: carved green marble basin. Beautiful green flowers stood in the windows,
• 1:37:23
  Speaker 1: and there was a shelf with a row of little
• 1:37:25
  Speaker 1: green books. When Dorothy had time to open these books,
• 1:37:29
  Speaker 1: she found them full of queer green pictures that made
• 1:37:31
  Speaker 1: her laugh, they were so funny. In a wardrobe were
• 1:37:35
  Speaker 1: many green dresses made of silk and satin and velvet,
• 1:37:38
  Speaker 1: and all of them fitted Dorothy. Exactly. Make yourself perfectly
• 1:37:43
  Speaker 1: at home, said the green girl, And if you wish
• 1:37:45
  Speaker 1: for anything, ring the bell Oz will send for you
• 1:37:48
  Speaker 1: tomorrow morning. She left Dorothy alone and went back to
• 1:37:52
  Speaker 1: the others. These she also led to rooms, and each
• 1:37:56
  Speaker 1: one of them found himself lodged in a very pleasant
• 1:37:59
  Speaker 1: part of the palace. Of course, this politeness was wasted
• 1:38:03
  Speaker 1: on the scarecrow, for when he found himself alone in
• 1:38:05
  Speaker 1: his room, he stood stupidly in one spot just within
• 1:38:08
  Speaker 1: the doorway to wait till morning. It would not rest
• 1:38:12
  Speaker 1: him to lie down, and he could not close his eyes,
• 1:38:15
  Speaker 1: so he remained all night staring at a little spider
• 1:38:18
  Speaker 1: which was weaving its web in a corner of the room,
• 1:38:20
  Speaker 1: just as if it were not one of the most
• 1:38:22
  Speaker 1: wonderful rooms in the world. The tin woodman lay down
• 1:38:26
  Speaker 1: on his bed from force of habit, for he remembered
• 1:38:28
  Speaker 1: when he was made of flesh, but not being able
• 1:38:31
  Speaker 1: to sleep, he passed the night moving his joints up
• 1:38:33
  Speaker 1: and down to make sure they kept in good working order.
• 1:38:37
  Speaker 1: The lion would have preferred a bed of dried leaves
• 1:38:39
  Speaker 1: in the forest, and did not like being shut up
• 1:38:41
  Speaker 1: in a room, but he had too much sense to
• 1:38:44
  Speaker 1: let this worry him, so he sprang upon the bed
• 1:38:46
  Speaker 1: and rolled himself up like a cat, and purred himself
• 1:38:49
  Speaker 1: asleep in a minute. The next morning, after breakfast, the
• 1:38:53
  Speaker 1: green Maiden came to fetch Dorothy, and she dressed her
• 1:38:56
  Speaker 1: in one of the prettiest gowns made of green brocaded satin.
• 1:39:00
  Speaker 1: Dorothy put on a green silk apron and tied a
• 1:39:03
  Speaker 1: green ribbon around Toto's neck, and they started for the
• 1:39:06
  Speaker 1: throne room of the Great Oz. First they came to
• 1:39:09
  Speaker 1: a great hall, in which were many ladies and gentlemen
• 1:39:12
  Speaker 1: of the court, all dressed in rich costumes. These people
• 1:39:16
  Speaker 1: had nothing to do but talk to each other, but
• 1:39:19
  Speaker 1: they always came to wait outside the throne room every morning,
• 1:39:22
  Speaker 1: although they were never permitted to see Oz. As Dorothy entered,
• 1:39:26
  Speaker 1: they looked at her curiously, and one of them whispered,
• 1:39:29
  Speaker 1: are you really going to look upon the face of
• 1:39:31
  Speaker 1: Oz the Terrible? Of course, answered the girl, if he
• 1:39:35
  Speaker 1: will see me. Oh, he will see you, said the
• 1:39:38
  Speaker 1: soldier who had taken her message to the wizard, although
• 1:39:41
  Speaker 1: he does not like to have people ask to see him. Indeed,
• 1:39:45
  Speaker 1: at first he was angry and said, I should send
• 1:39:47
  Speaker 1: you back where you came from. Then he asked me
• 1:39:50
  Speaker 1: what you looked like, and when I mentioned your silver shoes,
• 1:39:53
  Speaker 1: he was very much interested. At last I told him
• 1:39:56
  Speaker 1: about the mark upon your forehead, and he decided he
• 1:39:59
  Speaker 1: would ad it due to his presence. Just then a
• 1:40:02
  Speaker 1: bell rang, and the Green Girl said to Dorothy, that
• 1:40:05
  Speaker 1: is the signal. You must go into the throne room alone.
• 1:40:10
  Speaker 1: She opened the little door and Dorothy walked boldly through
• 1:40:13
  Speaker 1: and found herself in a wonderful place. It was a big,
• 1:40:17
  Speaker 1: round room with a high arched roof, and the walls
• 1:40:20
  Speaker 1: and ceiling and floor were covered with large emeralds. Set
• 1:40:23
  Speaker 1: closely together. In the center of the roof was a
• 1:40:26
  Speaker 1: great light, as bright as the sun, which made the
• 1:40:29
  Speaker 1: emerald sparkle in a wonderful manner. But what interested Dorothy
• 1:40:34
  Speaker 1: most was the big throne of green marble that stood
• 1:40:36
  Speaker 1: in the middle of the room. It was shaped like
• 1:40:39
  Speaker 1: a chair and sparkled with gems, as did everything else.
• 1:40:43
  Speaker 1: In the center of the chair was an enormous head,
• 1:40:46
  Speaker 1: without a body to support it, or any arms or
• 1:40:49
  Speaker 1: legs whatever. There was no hair upon this head, but
• 1:40:52
  Speaker 1: it had eyes and a nose and mouth, and was
• 1:40:55
  Speaker 1: much bigger than the head of the biggest giant. As
• 1:40:58
  Speaker 1: Dorothy gazed upon them in wonder and fear, the eyes
• 1:41:01
  Speaker 1: turned slowly and looked at her sharply and steadily. Then
• 1:41:06
  Speaker 1: the mouth moved, and Dorothy heard a voice say, I
• 1:41:09
  Speaker 1: am Oz the great and terrible. Who are you and
• 1:41:13
  Speaker 1: why do you seek me? It was not such an
• 1:41:15
  Speaker 1: awful voice as she had expected to come from the
• 1:41:18
  Speaker 1: big head, so she took courage and answered, I am
• 1:41:21
  Speaker 1: Dorothy the small and meek. I have come to you
• 1:41:24
  Speaker 1: for help. The eyes looked at her thoughtfully for a
• 1:41:28
  Speaker 1: full minute, then said the voice, where did you get
• 1:41:31
  Speaker 1: the silver shoes? I got them from the wicked witch
• 1:41:35
  Speaker 1: of the East when my house fell on her and
• 1:41:37
  Speaker 1: killed her. She replied, where did you get the mark
• 1:41:40
  Speaker 1: upon your forehead? Continued the voice. That is where the
• 1:41:44
  Speaker 1: good Witch of the North kissed me when she bade
• 1:41:46
  Speaker 1: me good bye and sent me to you, said the
• 1:41:48
  Speaker 1: girl again. The eyes looked at her sharply, and they
• 1:41:52
  Speaker 1: saw she was telling the truth. Then Oz asked, what
• 1:41:56
  Speaker 1: do you wish me to do? Send me back to Kansas,
• 1:42:00
  Speaker 1: where my aunt Em and uncle Henry are. She answered earnestly,
• 1:42:04
  Speaker 1: I don't like your country, although it is so beautiful,
• 1:42:08
  Speaker 1: and I am sure Aunt Em will be dreadfully worried
• 1:42:10
  Speaker 1: over my being away so long. The eyes winked three times,
• 1:42:15
  Speaker 1: and then they turned up to the ceiling and down
• 1:42:17
  Speaker 1: to the floor, and rolled around so queerly that they
• 1:42:19
  Speaker 1: seemed to see every part of the room. And at
• 1:42:22
  Speaker 1: last they looked at Dorothy again. Why should I do
• 1:42:26
  Speaker 1: this for you, asked Oz, because you are strong and
• 1:42:30
  Speaker 1: I am weak, because you are a great wizard and
• 1:42:32
  Speaker 1: I am only a little girl. But you were strong
• 1:42:35
  Speaker 1: enough to kill the wicked witch of the East, said Oz.
• 1:42:38
  Speaker 1: That just happened, returned Dorothy, simply, I could not help it, well,
• 1:42:43
  Speaker 1: said the head. I will give you my answer. You
• 1:42:47
  Speaker 1: have no right to expect me to send you back
• 1:42:49
  Speaker 1: to Kansas unless you do something for me in return.
• 1:42:53
  Speaker 1: In this country, every one must pay for everything he gets.
• 1:42:56
  Speaker 1: If you wish me to use my magic power to
• 1:42:59
  Speaker 1: send you home again, and you must do something for
• 1:43:01
  Speaker 1: me first, help me, and I will help you. What
• 1:43:05
  Speaker 1: must I do, asked the girl, kill the wicked witch
• 1:43:08
  Speaker 1: of the west, answered Oz, But I cannot, exclaimed Dorothy,
• 1:43:12
  Speaker 1: greatly surprised. You killed the witch of the East, and
• 1:43:16
  Speaker 1: you wear the silver shoes which bear a powerful charm.
• 1:43:20
  Speaker 1: There is now but one wicked witch left in all
• 1:43:22
  Speaker 1: this land, and when you can tell me she is dead,
• 1:43:25
  Speaker 1: I will send you back to Kansas. But not before
• 1:43:29
  Speaker 1: the little girl began to weep. She was so much disappointed,
• 1:43:32
  Speaker 1: and the eyes winked again and looked upon her anxiously,
• 1:43:36
  Speaker 1: as if the great Oz felt that she could help
• 1:43:38
  Speaker 1: him if she would I never killed anything willingly, she sobbed,
• 1:43:43
  Speaker 1: even if I wanted to. How could I kill the
• 1:43:45
  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 again, remember that the witch is wicked,
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  Speaker 1: tremendously wicked, and ought to be killed. Now go and
• 1:44:07
  Speaker 1: do not ask to see me again until you have
• 1:44:10
  Speaker 1: done your task. Sorrowfully, Dorothy left the throne room and
• 1:44:14
  Speaker 1: went back where the Lion and the scarecrow and the
• 1:44:16
  Speaker 1: tin woodman were waiting to hear what us had said
• 1:44:18
  Speaker 1: to her. There is no hope for me, she said sadly,
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  Speaker 1: for Oz will not send me home until I have
• 1:44:25
  Speaker 1: killed the wicked witch of the West, and that I
• 1:44:27
  Speaker 1: can never do. Her friends were sorry, but could do
• 1:44:30
  Speaker 1: nothing to help her. So Dorothy went to her own
• 1:44:33
  Speaker 1: room and lay down on the bed and cried herself
• 1:44:35
  Speaker 1: to sleep. The next morning, the soldier with the green
• 1:44:38
  Speaker 1: whiskers came to the scarecrow and said, come with me,
• 1:44:42
  Speaker 1: for Oz has sent for you. So the scarecrow followed
• 1:44:46
  Speaker 1: him and was admitted into the Great Throne room, where
• 1:44:48
  Speaker 1: he saw, sitting in the emerald throne a most lovely lady.
• 1:44:53
  Speaker 1: She was dressed in green silk gauze, and wore upon
• 1:44:56
  Speaker 1: her flowing green locks a crown of jewels. Growing from
• 1:44:59
  Speaker 1: her sh shoulders were wings gorgeous in color, and so
• 1:45:02
  Speaker 1: light that they fluttered if the slightest breath of air
• 1:45:05
  Speaker 1: reached them. When the scarecrow had bowed as prettily as
• 1:45:09
  Speaker 1: his straw stuffing would let him before this beautiful creature,
• 1:45:13
  Speaker 1: she looked upon him sweetly and said, I am Oz,
• 1:45:16
  Speaker 1: the Great and terrible. Who are you? And why do
• 1:45:19
  Speaker 1: you seek me? Now? The scarecrow, who had expected to
• 1:45:23
  Speaker 1: see the great head Dorothy had told him of, was
• 1:45:26
  Speaker 1: much astonished, but he answered her bravely. I am only
• 1:45:30
  Speaker 1: a scarecrow stuffed with straw. Therefore I have no brains,
• 1:45:35
  Speaker 1: and I come to you praying that you will put
• 1:45:37
  Speaker 1: brains in my head instead of straw, so that I
• 1:45:39
  Speaker 1: may become as much a man as any other in
• 1:45:41
  Speaker 1: your dominions. Why should I do this for you, asked
• 1:45:45
  Speaker 1: the lady, because you are wise and powerful, and no
• 1:45:49
  Speaker 1: one else can help me, answered the scarecrow, I never
• 1:45:53
  Speaker 1: grant favors without some return, said Oz. But this much
• 1:45:56
  Speaker 1: I will promise. If you will kill for me the
• 1:45:59
  Speaker 1: wicked witch of the West, I will bestow upon you
• 1:46:02
  Speaker 1: a great many brains, and such good brains that you
• 1:46:05
  Speaker 1: will be the wisest man in all the land of Oz.
• 1:46:08
  Speaker 1: I thought you asked Dorothy to kill the witch, said
• 1:46:11
  Speaker 1: the scarecrow, in surprise. So I did. I don't care
• 1:46:16
  Speaker 1: who kills her, but until she is dead, I will
• 1:46:19
  Speaker 1: not grant your wish. Now go and do not seek
• 1:46:23
  Speaker 1: me again until you have earned the brains you so
• 1:46:25
  Speaker 1: greatly desire. The Scarecrow went sorrowfully back to his friends
• 1:46:30
  Speaker 1: and told them what Oz had said, And Dorothy was
• 1:46:32
  Speaker 1: surprised to find that the great wizard was not ahead
• 1:46:35
  Speaker 1: as she had seen him, but a lovely lady. All
• 1:46:39
  Speaker 1: the same, said the scarecrow, She needs a heart as
• 1:46:42
  Speaker 1: much as the tin Woodman. On the next morning, the
• 1:46:45
  Speaker 1: soldier with the green whiskers came to the tin Woodman
• 1:46:48
  Speaker 1: and said, Oz has sent for you. Follow me. So
• 1:46:52
  Speaker 1: the tin Woodman followed him and came to the Great
• 1:46:55
  Speaker 1: Throne room. He did not know whether he would find
• 1:46:58
  Speaker 1: Oz a lovely lady or an head, but he hoped
• 1:47:01
  Speaker 1: it would be the lovely lady, for he said to himself,
• 1:47:05
  Speaker 1: if it is the head, I am sure I shall
• 1:47:07
  Speaker 1: not be given a heart, since a head has no
• 1:47:09
  Speaker 1: heart of its own, and therefore cannot feel for me.
• 1:47:13
  Speaker 1: But if it is the lovely lady, I shall beg
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  Speaker 1: hard for a heart, for all ladies are themselves said
• 1:47:18
  Speaker 1: to be kindly hearted. But when the Woodman entered the
• 1:47:21
  Speaker 1: great throne room, he saw neither the head nor the lady,
• 1:47:24
  Speaker 1: for Oz had taken the shape of a most terrible beast.
• 1:47:28
  Speaker 1: It was nearly as big as an elephant, and the
• 1:47:30
  Speaker 1: green throne seemed hardly strong enough to hold its weight.
• 1:47:34
  Speaker 1: The beast had a head like that of a rhinoceros,
• 1:47:37
  Speaker 1: only there were five eyes in its face. There were
• 1:47:41
  Speaker 1: five long arms growing out of its body, and it
• 1:47:43
  Speaker 1: also had five long, slim legs. Thick, wooly hair covered
• 1:47:49
  Speaker 1: every part of it, and a more dreadful looking monster
• 1:47:51
  Speaker 1: could not be imagined. It was fortunate the tin Woodman
• 1:47:55
  Speaker 1: had no heart at that moment, for it would have
• 1:47:57
  Speaker 1: beat loud and fast from terror. But being only tin,
• 1:48:02
  Speaker 1: the woodman was not at all afraid, although he was
• 1:48:04
  Speaker 1: much disappointed, I am Oz, the Great and Terrible, spoke
• 1:48:09
  Speaker 1: the beast, in a voice that was one great roar.
• 1:48:12
  Speaker 1: Who are you and why do you seek me? I
• 1:48:15
  Speaker 1: am a woodman and maid of Tin. Therefore I have
• 1:48:19
  Speaker 1: no heart and cannot love. I pray you to give
• 1:48:23
  Speaker 1: me a heart that I may be as other men are.
• 1:48:26
  Speaker 1: Why should I do this, demanded the beast, Because I
• 1:48:30
  Speaker 1: ask it, and you alone can grant my request, answered
• 1:48:33
  Speaker 1: the woodman. Oz gave a low growl at this, but
• 1:48:37
  Speaker 1: said gruffly, if you indeed desire a heart, you must
• 1:48:40
  Speaker 1: earn it. How asked the woodman help Dorothy to kill
• 1:48:45
  Speaker 1: the wicked witch of the west, replied the beast, when
• 1:48:49
  Speaker 1: the witch is dead, come to me, and I will
• 1:48:51
  Speaker 1: then give you the biggest and kindest and most loving
• 1:48:54
  Speaker 1: heart in all the land of Oz. So the Tin
• 1:48:57
  Speaker 1: woodman was forced to return sorrowfully to to his friends
• 1:49:00
  Speaker 1: and tell them of the terrible beast he had seen.
• 1:49:04
  Speaker 1: They all wondered greatly at the many forms the great
• 1:49:06
  Speaker 1: wizard could take upon himself, and the lion said, if
• 1:49:09
  Speaker 1: he is a beast, when I go to see him,
• 1:49:11
  Speaker 1: I shall roar my loudest and so frighten him that
• 1:49:14
  Speaker 1: he will grant all I ask. And if he is
• 1:49:17
  Speaker 1: the lovely Lady, I shall pretend to spring upon her
• 1:49:20
  Speaker 1: and so compel her to do my bidding. And if
• 1:49:23
  Speaker 1: he is the Great Head, he will be at my mercy,
• 1:49:26
  Speaker 1: for I will roll this head all about the room
• 1:49:28
  Speaker 1: until he promises to give us what we desire. So
• 1:49:32
  Speaker 1: be of good cheer, my friends, for all will yet
• 1:49:35
  Speaker 1: be well. The next morning, the soldier with the green
• 1:49:38
  Speaker 1: whiskers led the lion to the Great Throne room and
• 1:49:40
  Speaker 1: bade him enter the presence of Oz. The lion at
• 1:49:44
  Speaker 1: once passed through the door, and, glancing around, saw to
• 1:49:47
  Speaker 1: his surprise that before the throne was a ball of
• 1:49:50
  Speaker 1: fire so fierce and glowing he could scarcely bear to
• 1:49:53
  Speaker 1: gaze upon it. His first thought was that Oz had
• 1:49:57
  Speaker 1: by accident caught on fire and was burning up. But
• 1:50:00
  Speaker 1: when he tried to go nearer, the heat was so
• 1:50:02
  Speaker 1: intense that it singed his whiskers, and he crept back, tremblingly,
• 1:50:06
  Speaker 1: to a spot nearer the door. Then a low, quiet
• 1:50:09
  Speaker 1: voice came from the ball of fire, and these were
• 1:50:12
  Speaker 1: the words it spoke. I am Oz the Great and terrible.
• 1:50:16
  Speaker 1: Who are you? And why do you seek me? And
• 1:50:19
  Speaker 1: the lion answered, I am a cowardly lion, afraid of everything.
• 1:50:24
  Speaker 1: I came to you to beg that you give me courage,
• 1:50:27
  Speaker 1: so that in reality I may become the king of beasts,
• 1:50:29
  Speaker 1: as men call me. Why should I give you courage,
• 1:50:33
  Speaker 1: demanded Oz, Because of all wizards, you are the greatest
• 1:50:37
  Speaker 1: and alone have power to grant my request, answered the lion.
• 1:50:41
  Speaker 1: The ball of fire burned fiercely for a time, and
• 1:50:44
  Speaker 1: the voice said, bring me proof that the Wicked Witch
• 1:50:47
  Speaker 1: is dead, and that moment I will give you courage.
• 1:50:51
  Speaker 1: But as long as the witch lives, you must remain
• 1:50:53
  Speaker 1: a coward. The lion was angry at this speech, but
• 1:50:57
  Speaker 1: could say nothing in reply, and while he stood silently
• 1:51:00
  Speaker 1: gazing at the ball of fire, it became so furiously
• 1:51:03
  Speaker 1: hot that he turned tail and rushed from the room.
• 1:51:06
  Speaker 1: He was glad to find his friends waiting for him,
• 1:51:09
  Speaker 1: and told them of his terrible interview with the wizard.
• 1:51:12
  Speaker 1: What shall we do now, asked Dorothy. Sadly, there is
• 1:51:16
  Speaker 1: only one thing we can do, return the lion, and
• 1:51:19
  Speaker 1: that is to go to the land of the Winkies,
• 1:51:22
  Speaker 1: seek out the wicked Witch and destroy her. But suppose
• 1:51:25
  Speaker 1: we cannot said the girl. Then I shall never have courage,
• 1:51:30
  Speaker 1: declared the lion. And I shall never have brains, added
• 1:51:34
  Speaker 1: the scarecrow. And I shall never have a heart, spoke
• 1:51:37
  Speaker 1: the tin woodman. And I shall never see Aunt Em
• 1:51:41
  Speaker 1: and Uncle Henry, said Dorothy, beginning to cry. Be careful,
• 1:51:46
  Speaker 1: cried the green girl. The tears will fall on your
• 1:51:49
  Speaker 1: green silk gown and spot it. So Dorothy dried her
• 1:51:53
  Speaker 1: eyes and said, I suppose we must try it, but
• 1:51:56
  Speaker 1: I am sure. I do not want to kill anybody,
• 1:51:58
  Speaker 1: even to see Auntim again. I will go with you,
• 1:52:02
  Speaker 1: but I'm too much of a coward to kill the witch,
• 1:52:04
  Speaker 1: said the lion. I will go, too, declared the scarecrow.
• 1:52:09
  Speaker 1: But I shall not be of much help to you.
• 1:52:11
  Speaker 1: I am such a fool. I haven't the heart to
• 1:52:14
  Speaker 1: harm even a witch, remarked the tin woodman. But if
• 1:52:17
  Speaker 1: you go, I certainly shall go with you. Therefore it
• 1:52:20
  Speaker 1: was decided to start upon their journey the next morning,
• 1:52:23
  Speaker 1: and the woodman sharpened his axe on a green grindstone
• 1:52:26
  Speaker 1: and had all his joints properly oiled. The scarecrow stuffed
• 1:52:30
  Speaker 1: himself with fresh straw, and Dorothy put new paint on
• 1:52:33
  Speaker 1: his eyes, that he might see better. The green girl,
• 1:52:37
  Speaker 1: who was very kind to them, filled Dorothy's basket with
• 1:52:40
  Speaker 1: good things to eat, and fastened a little bell around
• 1:52:43
  Speaker 1: Toto's neck with a green ribbon. They went to bed
• 1:52:46
  Speaker 1: quite early and slept soundly until daylight, when they were
• 1:52:49
  Speaker 1: awakened by the crowing of a green cock that lived
• 1:52:52
  Speaker 1: in the back yard of the palace, and the cackling
• 1:52:54
  Speaker 1: of a hen that had laid a green egg. Chapter twelve,
• 1:52:58
  Speaker 1: The Search for the Wicked which the soldier with the
• 1:53:00
  Speaker 1: green whiskers led them through the streets of the Emerald
• 1:53:03
  Speaker 1: City until they reached the room where the Guardian of
• 1:53:05
  Speaker 1: the Gates lived. This officer unlocked their spectacles to put
• 1:53:10
  Speaker 1: them back in his great box, and then he politely
• 1:53:12
  Speaker 1: opened the gate for our friends. Which road leads to
• 1:53:16
  Speaker 1: the wicked Witch of the west, asked Dorothy. There is
• 1:53:20
  Speaker 1: no road, answered the Guardian of the gates. No one
• 1:53:23
  Speaker 1: ever wishes to go that way. How then are we
• 1:53:27
  Speaker 1: to find her, inquired the girl. That will be easy,
• 1:53:31
  Speaker 1: replied the man, For when she knows you are in
• 1:53:34
  Speaker 1: a country of the winkies, she will find you and
• 1:53:36
  Speaker 1: make you all her slaves. Perhaps not, said the scarecrow,
• 1:53:41
  Speaker 1: for we mean to destroy her. Oh that is different,
• 1:53:44
  Speaker 1: said the Guardian of the gates. No one has ever
• 1:53:48
  Speaker 1: destroyed her before, so I naturally thought she would make
• 1:53:51
  Speaker 1: slaves of you, as she has of the rest. But
• 1:53:54
  Speaker 1: take care, for she is wicked and fierce and may
• 1:53:57
  Speaker 1: not allow you to destroy her. Keep to the west
• 1:54:01
  Speaker 1: where the sun sets, and you cannot fail to find her.
• 1:54:05
  Speaker 1: They thanked him and bade him good bye, and turned
• 1:54:07
  Speaker 1: toward the west, walking over fields of soft grass, dotted
• 1:54:11
  Speaker 1: here and there with daisies and buttercups. Dorothy still wore
• 1:54:15
  Speaker 1: the pretty silk dress she had put on in the palace,
• 1:54:18
  Speaker 1: but now to her surprise, she found it was no
• 1:54:20
  Speaker 1: longer green, but pure white. The ribbon around Toto's neck
• 1:54:25
  Speaker 1: had also lost its green color and was as white
• 1:54:27
  Speaker 1: as Dorothy's dress. The Emerald City was soon left far behind.
• 1:54:33
  Speaker 1: As they advanced, the ground became rougher and hillier, for
• 1:54:36
  Speaker 1: there were no farms nor houses in this country of
• 1:54:39
  Speaker 1: the west, and the ground was entilled. In the afternoon,
• 1:54:43
  Speaker 1: the sun shone hot in their faces, for there were
• 1:54:45
  Speaker 1: no trees to offer them shade, so that before night
• 1:54:48
  Speaker 1: Dorothy and Toto and the lion were tired and lay
• 1:54:51
  Speaker 1: down upon the grass and fell asleep, with the woodman
• 1:54:54
  Speaker 1: and the scarecrow keeping watch. Now, the wicked Witch of
• 1:54:58
  Speaker 1: the West had but one eye, yet that was as
• 1:55:00
  Speaker 1: powerful as a telescope, and could see everywhere. So as
• 1:55:05
  Speaker 1: she sat in the door of her castle, she happened
• 1:55:07
  Speaker 1: to look around and saw Dorothy lying asleep with her
• 1:55:10
  Speaker 1: friends all about her. They were a long distance off,
• 1:55:14
  Speaker 1: but the wicked Witch was angry to find them in
• 1:55:17
  Speaker 1: her country, so she blew upon a silver whistle that
• 1:55:19
  Speaker 1: hung around her neck. At once there came running to
• 1:55:23
  Speaker 1: her from all directions a pack of great wolves. They
• 1:55:27
  Speaker 1: had long legs and fierce eyes and sharp teeth. Go
• 1:55:30
  Speaker 1: to those people, said the witch, and tear them to pieces.
• 1:55:35
  Speaker 1: Are you not going to make them your slaves, asked
• 1:55:37
  Speaker 1: the leader of the wolves. No, she answered, One is
• 1:55:41
  Speaker 1: of tin and one of straw, one is a girl,
• 1:55:44
  Speaker 1: and another a lion. None of them is fit to work,
• 1:55:47
  Speaker 1: so you may tear them into small pieces. Very well,
• 1:55:51
  Speaker 1: said the wolf, and he dashed away at full speed,
• 1:55:54
  Speaker 1: followed by the others. It was lucky the scarecrow and
• 1:55:58
  Speaker 1: the woodman were wide awake and heard the wolves coming
• 1:56:02
  Speaker 1: this is my fight, said the woodman, so get behind
• 1:56:05
  Speaker 1: me and I will meet them as they come. He
• 1:56:07
  Speaker 1: seized his axe, which he had made very sharp, and
• 1:56:10
  Speaker 1: as the leader of the wolves came on, the tin
• 1:56:12
  Speaker 1: Woodman swung his arm and chopped the wolf's head from
• 1:56:15
  Speaker 1: its body, so that it immediately died. As soon as
• 1:56:18
  Speaker 1: he could raise his axe, another wolf came up, and
• 1:56:21
  Speaker 1: he also fell under the sharp edge of the tin
• 1:56:23
  Speaker 1: Woodman's weapon. There were forty wolves, and forty times a
• 1:56:27
  Speaker 1: wolf was killed, so that at last they all lay
• 1:56:30
  Speaker 1: dead in a heap before the woodman. Then he put
• 1:56:33
  Speaker 1: down his axe and sat beside the scarecrow, who said
• 1:56:37
  Speaker 1: it was a good fight. Friend. They waited until Dorothy
• 1:56:41
  Speaker 1: awoke the next morning. The little girl was quite frightened
• 1:56:45
  Speaker 1: when she saw the great pile of shaggy wolves, but
• 1:56:47
  Speaker 1: the tin Woodman told her all. She thanked him for
• 1:56:51
  Speaker 1: saving them, and sat down to breakfast, after which they
• 1:56:54
  Speaker 1: started again upon their journey. Now this same morning, the
• 1:56:58
  Speaker 1: wicked which came to the door of her cap vestle
• 1:57:00
  Speaker 1: and looked out with her one eye that could see
• 1:57:02
  Speaker 1: far off. She saw all her wolves lying dead, and
• 1:57:06
  Speaker 1: the strangers still traveling through her country. This made her
• 1:57:10
  Speaker 1: angrier than before, and she blew her silver whistle twice straightway.
• 1:57:15
  Speaker 1: A great flock of wild crows came flying toward her,
• 1:57:18
  Speaker 1: enough to darken the sky, and the wicked witch said
• 1:57:22
  Speaker 1: to the king crow, fly at once to the strangers,
• 1:57:25
  Speaker 1: peck out their eyes, and tear them to pieces. The
• 1:57:28
  Speaker 1: wild crows flew in one great flock toward Dorothy and
• 1:57:31
  Speaker 1: her companions. When the little girl saw them coming, she
• 1:57:35
  Speaker 1: was afraid, but the scarecrow said, this is my battle,
• 1:57:40
  Speaker 1: so lie down beside me, and you will not be harmed.
• 1:57:43
  Speaker 1: So they all lay upon the ground except the scarecrow,
• 1:57:46
  Speaker 1: and he stood up and stretched out his arms. And
• 1:57:49
  Speaker 1: when the crows saw him, they were frightened, as these
• 1:57:52
  Speaker 1: birds always are by scarecrows, and did not dare to
• 1:57:55
  Speaker 1: come any nearer. But the king crow said, it is
• 1:57:59
  Speaker 1: only a stuffed man. I will peck his eyes out.
• 1:58:03
  Speaker 1: The king crow flew at the scarecrow, who caught it
• 1:58:06
  Speaker 1: by the head and twisted its neck until it died.
• 1:58:09
  Speaker 1: And then another crow flew at him, and the scarecrow
• 1:58:12
  Speaker 1: twisted its neck also. There were forty crows, and forty
• 1:58:16
  Speaker 1: times the scarecrow twisted a neck until at last all
• 1:58:19
  Speaker 1: were lying dead beside him. Then he called to his
• 1:58:23
  Speaker 1: companions to rise, and again they went upon their journey.
• 1:58:27
  Speaker 1: When the wicked witch looked out again and saw all
• 1:58:30
  Speaker 1: her crows lying in a heap, she got into a
• 1:58:32
  Speaker 1: terrible rage and blew three times upon her silver whistle.
• 1:58:37
  Speaker 1: Forthwith there was heard a great buzzing in the air,
• 1:58:40
  Speaker 1: and a swarm of black bees came flying toward her.
• 1:58:43
  Speaker 1: Go to the strangers and sting them to death, commanded
• 1:58:47
  Speaker 1: the witch. And the bees turned and flew rapidly until
• 1:58:50
  Speaker 1: they came to where Dorothy and her friends were walking.
• 1:58:53
  Speaker 1: But the Woodman had seen them coming, and the scarecrow
• 1:58:56
  Speaker 1: had decided what to do. Take out my straw and
• 1:59:00
  Speaker 1: scatter it over the little girl and the dog and
• 1:59:02
  Speaker 1: the lion, he said to the woodman, and the bees
• 1:59:04
  Speaker 1: cannot sting them. This the woodman did, and as Dorothy
• 1:59:09
  Speaker 1: lay close beside the lion and held Toto in her arms,
• 1:59:12
  Speaker 1: the straw covered them entirely. The bees came and found
• 1:59:16
  Speaker 1: no one but the woodman to sting, so they flew
• 1:59:18
  Speaker 1: at him and broke off all their stings against the tin,
• 1:59:21
  Speaker 1: without hurting the woodman at all. And as bees cannot
• 1:59:25
  Speaker 1: live when their stings are broken. That was the end
• 1:59:27
  Speaker 1: of the black bees, and they lay scattered thick about
• 1:59:30
  Speaker 1: the woodman, like little heaps of fine coal. Then Dorothy
• 1:59:34
  Speaker 1: and the lion got up, and the girl helped the
• 1:59:36
  Speaker 1: tin woodman put the straw back into the scarecrow again
• 1:59:40
  Speaker 1: until he was as good as ever. So they started
• 1:59:43
  Speaker 1: upon their journey once more. The wicked Which was so
• 1:59:47
  Speaker 1: angry when she saw her black bees in little heaps
• 1:59:50
  Speaker 1: like fine coal, that she stamped her foot and tore
• 1:59:52
  Speaker 1: her hair and gnashed her teeth. And then she called
• 1:59:55
  Speaker 1: a dozen of her slaves, who were the winkies, and
• 1:59:58
  Speaker 1: gave them sharp spears, telling them to go to the
• 2:00:01
  Speaker 1: strangers and destroy them. The winkies were not a brave people,
• 2:00:05
  Speaker 1: but they had to do as they were told, so
• 2:00:08
  Speaker 1: they marched away until they came near to Dorothy. Then
• 2:00:12
  Speaker 1: the lion gave a great roar and sprang towards them,
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  Speaker 1: and the poor winkies were so frightened that they ran
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  Speaker 1: back as fast as they could. When they returned to
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  Speaker 1: the castle, the wicked Which beat them well with a
• 2:00:23
  Speaker 1: strap and sent them back to their work, after which
• 2:00:26
  Speaker 1: she sat down to think what she should do next.
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  Speaker 1: She could not understand how all her plans to destroy
• 2:00:32
  Speaker 1: these strangers had failed. But she was a powerful witch
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  Speaker 1: as well as a wicked one, and she soon made
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  Speaker 1: up her mind how to act. There was in her
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  Speaker 1: cupboard a golden cap with a circle of diamonds and
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  Speaker 1: rubies running round it. This golden cap had a charm.
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  Speaker 1: Whoever owned it could call three times upon the winged monkeys,
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  Speaker 1: who would obey any order they were given. But no
• 2:00:55
  Speaker 1: person could command these strange creatures more than three times.
• 2:01:00
  Speaker 1: Twice already, the wicked witch had used the charm of
• 2:01:02
  Speaker 1: the cap. Once was when she had made the winkies
• 2:01:05
  Speaker 1: her slaves and set herself to rule over their country.
• 2:01:09
  Speaker 1: The winged monkeys had helped her do this. The second
• 2:01:13
  Speaker 1: time was when she had fought against the Great Us
• 2:01:15
  Speaker 1: himself and driven him out of the land of the West.
• 2:01:19
  Speaker 1: The winged monkeys had also helped her in doing this.
• 2:01:22
  Speaker 1: Only once more could she use this golden cap, for
• 2:01:25
  Speaker 1: which reason she did not like to do so until
• 2:01:28
  Speaker 1: all her other powers were exhausted. But now that her
• 2:01:31
  Speaker 1: fierce wolves, and her wild crows and her stinging bees
• 2:01:34
  Speaker 1: were gone, and her slaves had been scared away by
• 2:01:37
  Speaker 1: the cowardly lion. She saw there was only one way
• 2:01:40
  Speaker 1: left to destroy Dorothy and her friends. So the wicked
• 2:01:44
  Speaker 1: Witch took the golden cap from her cupboard and placed
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  Speaker 1: it upon her head. Then she stood upon her left
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  Speaker 1: foot and said slowly e p p e pepi e caccu.
• 2:01:55
  Speaker 1: Next she stood upon her right foot and said hillo
• 2:01:59
  Speaker 1: hollo hell. After this she stood upon both feet and
• 2:02:03
  Speaker 1: cried in a loud voice, SiZ zee y sah zee
• 2:02:07
  Speaker 1: y zick. Now the charm began to work. The sky
• 2:02:11
  Speaker 1: was darkened, and a low rumbling sound was heard in
• 2:02:14
  Speaker 1: the air. There was a rushing of many wings, a
• 2:02:18
  Speaker 1: great chattering and laughing, and the sun came out of
• 2:02:21
  Speaker 1: the dark sky to show the wicked Witch surrounded by
• 2:02:23
  Speaker 1: a crowd of monkeys, each with a pair of immense
• 2:02:26
  Speaker 1: and powerful wings on his shoulders. One much bigger than
• 2:02:30
  Speaker 1: the others, seemed to be their leader. He flew close
• 2:02:34
  Speaker 1: to the witch and said, you have called us for
• 2:02:36
  Speaker 1: the third and last time. What do you command? Go
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  Speaker 1: to the strangers who are within my land and destroy
• 2:02:43
  Speaker 1: them all except the lion, said the wicked Witch. Bring
• 2:02:47
  Speaker 1: that beast to me, for I have a mind to
• 2:02:49
  Speaker 1: harness him like a horse and make him work. Your
• 2:02:52
  Speaker 1: commands shall be obeyed, said the leader. Then, with a
• 2:02:56
  Speaker 1: great deal of chattering and noise, the winged monkeys flew
• 2:02:59
  Speaker 1: away to the place where Dorothy and her friends were walking.
• 2:03:03
  Speaker 1: Some of the monkeys seized the tin woodman and carried
• 2:03:06
  Speaker 1: him through the air until they were over a country
• 2:03:08
  Speaker 1: thickly covered with sharp rocks. Here they dropped the poor woodman,
• 2:03:13
  Speaker 1: who fell a great distance to the rocks, where he
• 2:03:15
  Speaker 1: lay so battered and dented that he could neither move
• 2:03:18
  Speaker 1: nor groan. Others of the monkeys caught the scarecrow, and
• 2:03:22
  Speaker 1: with their long fingers, pulled all of the straw out
• 2:03:24
  Speaker 1: of his clothes and head. They made his hat and
• 2:03:28
  Speaker 1: boots and clothes into a small bundle and threw it
• 2:03:31
  Speaker 1: into the top branches of a tall tree. The remaining
• 2:03:34
  Speaker 1: monkeys threw pieces of stout rope around the lion and
• 2:03:37
  Speaker 1: wound many coils about his body and head and legs
• 2:03:40
  Speaker 1: until he was unable to bite or scratch or struggle
• 2:03:43
  Speaker 1: in any way. Then they lifted him up and flew
• 2:03:46
  Speaker 1: away with him to the witch's castle, where he was
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  Speaker 1: placed in a small yard with a high iron fence
• 2:03:51
  Speaker 1: around it, so that he could not escape. But Dorothy
• 2:03:55
  Speaker 1: they did not harm at all. She stood with Toto
• 2:03:59
  Speaker 1: in her arms, watching the sad fate of her comrades,
• 2:04:01
  Speaker 1: and thinking it would soon be her turn. The leader
• 2:04:05
  Speaker 1: of the winged monkeys flew up to her, his long,
• 2:04:08
  Speaker 1: hairy arms stretched out and his ugly face grinning terribly.
• 2:04:11
  Speaker 1: But he saw the mark of the good Witch's kiss
• 2:04:13
  Speaker 1: upon her forehead and stopped short, motioning the others not
• 2:04:16
  Speaker 1: to touch her. We dare not harm this little girl,
• 2:04:20
  Speaker 1: he said to them, for she is protected by the
• 2:04:23
  Speaker 1: power of good, and that is greater than the power
• 2:04:25
  Speaker 1: of evil. All we can do is to carry her
• 2:04:28
  Speaker 1: to the castle of the wicked Witch and leave her there.
• 2:04:32
  Speaker 1: So carefully and gently they lifted Dorothy in their arms
• 2:04:35
  Speaker 1: and carried her swiftly through the air until they came
• 2:04:38
  Speaker 1: to the castle, where they set her down upon the
• 2:04:40
  Speaker 1: front doorstep. Then the leader said to the Witch, we
• 2:04:44
  Speaker 1: have obeyed you as far as we were able. The
• 2:04:47
  Speaker 1: tin woodman and the scarecrow are destroyed, and the lion
• 2:04:50
  Speaker 1: is tied up in your yard. The little girl we
• 2:04:53
  Speaker 1: dare not harm, nor the dog she carries in her arms.
• 2:04:58
  Speaker 1: Your power over our band is now, and you will
• 2:05:01
  Speaker 1: never see us again. Then all the winged monkeys, with
• 2:05:05
  Speaker 1: much laughing and chattering and noise, flew into the air
• 2:05:08
  Speaker 1: and were soon out of sight. The wicked Witch was
• 2:05:11
  Speaker 1: both surprised and worried when she saw the mark on
• 2:05:13
  Speaker 1: Dorothy's forehead, for she knew well that neither the winged
• 2:05:17
  Speaker 1: monkeys nor she herself dare hurt the girl in any way.
• 2:05:21
  Speaker 1: She looked down at Dorothy's feet, and, seeing the silver shoes,
• 2:05:25
  Speaker 1: began to tremble with fear, for she knew what a
• 2:05:28
  Speaker 1: powerful charm belonged to them. At first, the witch was
• 2:05:31
  Speaker 1: tempted to run away from Dorothy, but she happened to
• 2:05:34
  Speaker 1: look into the child's eyes and saw how simple the
• 2:05:37
  Speaker 1: soul behind them was, and that the little girl did
• 2:05:39
  Speaker 1: not know of the wonderful power the silver shoes gave her.
• 2:05:43
  Speaker 1: So the wicked Witch laughed to herself and thought, I
• 2:05:46
  Speaker 1: can still make her my slave, for she does not
• 2:05:49
  Speaker 1: know how to use her power. Then she said to
• 2:05:52
  Speaker 1: Dorothy harshly and severely, come with me and see that
• 2:05:56
  Speaker 1: you mind everything I tell you, for if you do not,
• 2:05:58
  Speaker 1: I will make an end of you as I did
• 2:06:00
  Speaker 1: of the tin woodman and the scarecrow. Dorothy followed her
• 2:06:04
  Speaker 1: through many of the beautiful rooms in her castle until
• 2:06:07
  Speaker 1: they came to the kitchen, where the witch bade her
• 2:06:09
  Speaker 1: clean the pots and kettles, and sweep the floor, and
• 2:06:12
  Speaker 1: keep the fire fed with wood. Dorothy went to work meekly,
• 2:06:16
  Speaker 1: with her mind made up to work as hard as
• 2:06:18
  Speaker 1: she could, for she was glad the wicked which had
• 2:06:20
  Speaker 1: decided not to kill her. With Dorothy hard at work,
• 2:06:25
  Speaker 1: the witch thought she would go into the courtyard and
• 2:06:27
  Speaker 1: harness the cowardly lion like a horse. It would amuse her.
• 2:06:30
  Speaker 1: She was sure to make him draw her chariot whenever
• 2:06:33
  Speaker 1: she wished to go to drive. But as she opened
• 2:06:36
  Speaker 1: the gate, the lion gave a loud roar and bounded
• 2:06:39
  Speaker 1: at her so fiercely that the witch was afraid and
• 2:06:41
  Speaker 1: ran out and shut the gate again. If I cannot
• 2:06:45
  Speaker 1: harness you, said the witch to the lion, speaking through
• 2:06:48
  Speaker 1: the bars of the gate, I can starve you. You shall
• 2:06:51
  Speaker 1: have nothing to eat until you do as I wish.
• 2:06:55
  Speaker 1: So after that she took no food to the imprisoned lion,
• 2:06:58
  Speaker 1: But every day she came to the gate at noon
• 2:07:00
  Speaker 1: and asked are you ready to be harnessed like a horse,
• 2:07:03
  Speaker 1: And the lion would answer no, If you come in
• 2:07:07
  Speaker 1: this yard, I will bite you. The reason the lion
• 2:07:10
  Speaker 1: did not have to do as the witch wished was
• 2:07:13
  Speaker 1: that every night, while the woman was asleep, Dorothy carried
• 2:07:16
  Speaker 1: him food from the cupboard. After he had eaten, he
• 2:07:19
  Speaker 1: would lie down on his bed of straw, and Dorothy
• 2:07:22
  Speaker 1: would lie beside him and put her head on his soft,
• 2:07:24
  Speaker 1: shaggy mane while they talked of their troubles and tried
• 2:07:27
  Speaker 1: to plan some way to escape. But they could find
• 2:07:31
  Speaker 1: no way to get out of the castle, for it
• 2:07:33
  Speaker 1: was constantly guarded by the yellow Winkies, who were the
• 2:07:36
  Speaker 1: slaves of the wicked witch and too afraid of her
• 2:07:38
  Speaker 1: not to do as she told them. The girl had
• 2:07:41
  Speaker 1: to work hard during the day, and often the witch
• 2:07:44
  Speaker 1: threatened to beat her with the same old umbrella she
• 2:07:46
  Speaker 1: always carried in her hand, but in truth she did
• 2:07:50
  Speaker 1: not dare to strike Dorothy because of the mark upon
• 2:07:53
  Speaker 1: her forehead. The child did not know this and was
• 2:07:57
  Speaker 1: full of fear for herself and Toto. Once the witch
• 2:08:01
  Speaker 1: struck Toto a blow with her umbrella, and the brave
• 2:08:04
  Speaker 1: little dog flew at her and bit her leg in return.
• 2:08:07
  Speaker 1: The witch did not bleed where she was bitten, for
• 2:08:10
  Speaker 1: she was so wicked that the blood in her had
• 2:08:12
  Speaker 1: dried up many years before. Dorothy's life became very sad
• 2:08:17
  Speaker 1: as she grew to understand that it would be harder
• 2:08:19
  Speaker 1: than ever to get back to Kansas and aunt him again.
• 2:08:22
  Speaker 1: Sometimes she would cry bitterly for hours, with Toto sitting
• 2:08:26
  Speaker 1: at her feet and looking into her face, whining dismally
• 2:08:29
  Speaker 1: to show how sorry he was for his little mistress.
• 2:08:33
  Speaker 1: Toto did not really care whether he was in Kansas
• 2:08:35
  Speaker 1: or the Land of Us so long as Dorothy was
• 2:08:38
  Speaker 1: with him, But he knew the little girl was unhappy,
• 2:08:41
  Speaker 1: and that made him unhappy too. Now the wicked witch
• 2:08:44
  Speaker 1: had a great longing to have for her own the
• 2:08:46
  Speaker 1: silver shoes which the girl always wore. Her bees, and
• 2:08:50
  Speaker 1: her crows and her wolves were lying in heaps and
• 2:08:53
  Speaker 1: drying up, and she had used up all the power
• 2:08:55
  Speaker 1: of the golden cap. But if she could only get
• 2:08:57
  Speaker 1: hold of the silver shoes, they would give her more
• 2:09:01
  Speaker 1: power than all the other things she had lost. She
• 2:09:04
  Speaker 1: watched Dorothy carefully to see if she ever took off
• 2:09:07
  Speaker 1: her shoes, thinking she might steal them. But the child
• 2:09:11
  Speaker 1: was so proud of her pretty shoes that she never
• 2:09:13
  Speaker 1: took them off except at night and when she took
• 2:09:15
  Speaker 1: her bath. The witch was too much afraid of the
• 2:09:19
  Speaker 1: dark to dare go in Dorothy's room at night to
• 2:09:21
  Speaker 1: take the shoes, and her dread of water was greater
• 2:09:24
  Speaker 1: than her fear of the dark, so she never came
• 2:09:26
  Speaker 1: near when Dorothy was bathing. Indeed, the old witch never
• 2:09:30
  Speaker 1: touched water, nor ever let water touch her in any way.
• 2:09:34
  Speaker 1: But the wicked creature was very cunning, and she finally
• 2:09:37
  Speaker 1: thought of a trick that would give her what she wanted.
• 2:09:41
  Speaker 1: She placed a bar of iron in the middle of
• 2:09:43
  Speaker 1: the kitchen floor, and then, by her magic arts, made
• 2:09:46
  Speaker 1: the iron invisible to human eyes, so that when Dorothy
• 2:09:50
  Speaker 1: walked across the floor, she stumbled over the bar, not
• 2:09:53
  Speaker 1: being able to see it, and fell at full length.
• 2:09:56
  Speaker 1: She was not much hurt, but in her fall one
• 2:09:59
  Speaker 1: of the silver shoes came off, and before she could
• 2:10:01
  Speaker 1: reach it, the witch had snatched it away and put
• 2:10:04
  Speaker 1: it on her own skinny foot. The wicked woman was
• 2:10:07
  Speaker 1: greatly pleased with the success of her trick, for as
• 2:10:10
  Speaker 1: long as she had one of the shoes. She owned
• 2:10:12
  Speaker 1: half the power of their charm, and Dorothy could not
• 2:10:15
  Speaker 1: use it against her, even had she known how to
• 2:10:17
  Speaker 1: do so. The little girl, seeing she had lost one
• 2:10:20
  Speaker 1: of her pretty shoes, grew angry and said to the witch,
• 2:10:24
  Speaker 1: give me back my shoe. I will not, retorted the witch,
• 2:10:28
  Speaker 1: for it is now my shoe and not yours. You
• 2:10:32
  Speaker 1: are a wicked creature, cried Dorothy. You have no right
• 2:10:36
  Speaker 1: to take my shoe from me. I shall keep it
• 2:10:39
  Speaker 1: just the same, said the witch, laughing at her, And
• 2:10:42
  Speaker 1: some day I shall get the other one from you too.
• 2:10:46
  Speaker 1: This made Dorothy so very angry that she picked up
• 2:10:48
  Speaker 1: the bucket of water that stood near and dashed it
• 2:10:51
  Speaker 1: over the witch, wetting her from head to foot. Instantly,
• 2:10:54
  Speaker 1: the wicked woman gave a loud cry of fear, and then,
• 2:10:58
  Speaker 1: as Dorothy looked at her in wonder, the witch began
• 2:11:00
  Speaker 1: to shrink and fall away. See what you have done,
• 2:11:04
  Speaker 1: she screamed. In a minute, I shall melt away. I'm
• 2:11:09
  Speaker 1: very sorry, indeed, said Dorothy, who was truly frightened to
• 2:11:13
  Speaker 1: see the witch actually melting away like brown sugar before
• 2:11:16
  Speaker 1: her very eyes. Didn't you know water would be the
• 2:11:19
  Speaker 1: end of me? Asked the witch in a wailing, despairing voice.
• 2:11:24
  Speaker 1: Of course, not answered Dorothy, how should I well? In
• 2:11:29
  Speaker 1: a few minutes, I shall be all melted, and you
• 2:11:31
  Speaker 1: will have the castle to yourself. I have been wicked
• 2:11:34
  Speaker 1: in my day, but I never thought a little girl
• 2:11:37
  Speaker 1: like you would ever be able to melt me and
• 2:11:39
  Speaker 1: end my wicked deeds. Look out, here I go. With
• 2:11:44
  Speaker 1: these words, the witch fell down in a brown, melted,
• 2:11:47
  Speaker 1: shapeless mass, and began to spread over the clean boards
• 2:11:50
  Speaker 1: of the kitchen floor. Seeing that she had really melted
• 2:11:53
  Speaker 1: away to nothing, Dorothy drew another bucket of water and
• 2:11:56
  Speaker 1: threw it over the mess. She then swept it all out.
• 2:12:01
  Speaker 1: After picking out the silver shoe, which was all that
• 2:12:04
  Speaker 1: was left of the old woman, she cleaned and dried
• 2:12:06
  Speaker 1: it with a cloth and put it on her foot again. Then,
• 2:12:10
  Speaker 1: being at last free to do as she chose, she
• 2:12:13
  Speaker 1: ran out to the courtyard to tell the lion that
• 2:12:15
  Speaker 1: the wicked Witch of the West had come to an end,
• 2:12:18
  Speaker 1: and that they were no longer prisoners in a Strange Land,
• 2:12:21
  Speaker 1: Chapter thirteen, The Rescue. The cowardly lion was much pleased
• 2:12:25
  Speaker 1: to hear that the wicked witch had been melted by
• 2:12:27
  Speaker 1: a bucket of water, and Dorothy at once unlocked the
• 2:12:29
  Speaker 1: gate of his prison and set him free. They went
• 2:12:33
  Speaker 1: in together to the castle, where Dorothy's first act was
• 2:12:36
  Speaker 1: to call all the winkies together and tell them that
• 2:12:38
  Speaker 1: they were no longer slaves. There was great rejoicing among
• 2:12:42
  Speaker 1: the yellow Winkies, for they had been made to work
• 2:12:44
  Speaker 1: hard during many years for the wicked Witch, who had
• 2:12:47
  Speaker 1: always treated them with great cruelty. They kept this day
• 2:12:51
  Speaker 1: as a holiday then and ever after, and spent the
• 2:12:54
  Speaker 1: time in feasting and dancing. If our friends, the Scarecrow
• 2:12:59
  Speaker 1: and the tin Woodman were only with us, said the Lion,
• 2:13:02
  Speaker 1: I should be quite happy. Don't you suppose we could
• 2:13:05
  Speaker 1: rescue them, asked the girl anxiously. We can try, answered
• 2:13:10
  Speaker 1: the lion. So they called the yellow Winkies and asked
• 2:13:13
  Speaker 1: them if they would help to rescue their friends, and
• 2:13:16
  Speaker 1: the Winkie said that they would be delighted to do
• 2:13:18
  Speaker 1: all in their power for Dorothy, who had set them
• 2:13:20
  Speaker 1: free from bondage. So she chose a number of the
• 2:13:23
  Speaker 1: winkies who looked as if they knew the most, and
• 2:13:26
  Speaker 1: they all started away. They traveled that day and part
• 2:13:29
  Speaker 1: of the next until they came to the rocky plain
• 2:13:32
  Speaker 1: where the tin woodman lay, all battered and bent. His
• 2:13:36
  Speaker 1: axe was near him, but the blade was rusted and
• 2:13:38
  Speaker 1: the handle broken off short. The Winkies lifted him tenderly
• 2:13:42
  Speaker 1: in their arms and carried him back to the Yellow
• 2:13:45
  Speaker 1: Castle again, Dorothy shedding a few tears by the way
• 2:13:48
  Speaker 1: at the sad plight of her old friend and the lion,
• 2:13:51
  Speaker 1: looking sober and sorry. When they reached the castle, Dorothy
• 2:13:55
  Speaker 1: said to the Winkies, are any of your people tinsmiths? Oh, yes,
• 2:14:01
  Speaker 1: some of us are very good tinsmiths, they told her.
• 2:14:05
  Speaker 1: Then bring them to me, she said, And when the
• 2:14:08
  Speaker 1: tinsmiths came, bringing with them all their tools and baskets,
• 2:14:11
  Speaker 1: she inquired, can you straighten out those dents in the
• 2:14:14
  Speaker 1: tin woodman and bend him back into shape again, and
• 2:14:17
  Speaker 1: solder him together where he is broken? The tinsmiths looked
• 2:14:21
  Speaker 1: the woodman over carefully, and then answered that they thought
• 2:14:24
  Speaker 1: they could mend him so he would be as good
• 2:14:25
  Speaker 1: as ever. So they set to work in one of
• 2:14:28
  Speaker 1: the big yellow rooms of the castle and worked for
• 2:14:31
  Speaker 1: three days and four nights, hammering and twisting and bending,
• 2:14:34
  Speaker 1: and soldering and polishing. And pounding at the legs and
• 2:14:37
  Speaker 1: body in head of the tin Woodman, until at last
• 2:14:39
  Speaker 1: he was straightened out into his old form, and his
• 2:14:42
  Speaker 1: joints worked as well as ever. To be sure, there
• 2:14:45
  Speaker 1: were several patches on him, but the tinsmiths did a
• 2:14:48
  Speaker 1: good job, and as the Woodman was not a vain man,
• 2:14:51
  Speaker 1: he did not mind the patches at all. When at
• 2:14:55
  Speaker 1: last he walked into Dorothy's room and thanked her for
• 2:14:57
  Speaker 1: rescuing him, he was so pleased that he wept tears
• 2:15:00
  Speaker 1: of joy, and Dorothy had to wipe every tear carefully
• 2:15:03
  Speaker 1: from his face with her apron so his joints would
• 2:15:06
  Speaker 1: not be rusted. At the same time, her own tears
• 2:15:10
  Speaker 1: fell thick and fast at the joy of meeting her
• 2:15:12
  Speaker 1: old friend again, and these tears did not need to
• 2:15:15
  Speaker 1: be wiped away. As for the lion, he wiped his
• 2:15:18
  Speaker 1: eyes so often with the tip of his tail that
• 2:15:21
  Speaker 1: it became quite wet, and he was obliged to go
• 2:15:23
  Speaker 1: out into the courtyard and hold it in the sun
• 2:15:25
  Speaker 1: till it dried. If we only had the scarecrow with
• 2:15:29
  Speaker 1: us again, said the tin Woodman, when Dorothy had finished
• 2:15:32
  Speaker 1: telling him everything that had happened, I should be quite happy.
• 2:15:36
  Speaker 1: We must try to find him, said the girl. So
• 2:15:39
  Speaker 1: she called the Winkies to help her, and they walked
• 2:15:42
  Speaker 1: all that day and part of the next, until they
• 2:15:44
  Speaker 1: came to the tall tree in the branches of which
• 2:15:46
  Speaker 1: the winged monkeys had tossed the scarecrow's clothes. It was
• 2:15:50
  Speaker 1: a very tall tree, and the trunk was so smooth
• 2:15:53
  Speaker 1: that no one could climb it. But the woodman said,
• 2:15:56
  Speaker 1: at once, I'll chop it down, and then we can
• 2:15:58
  Speaker 1: get the scarecrow's clothes. Now, while the tinsmiths had been
• 2:16:02
  Speaker 1: at work mending the woodman himself, another of the Winkies,
• 2:16:05
  Speaker 1: who was a goldsmith, had made an axe handle of
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  Speaker 1: solid gold and fitted it to the woodman's axe instead
• 2:16:11
  Speaker 1: of the old broken handle. Others polished the blade until
• 2:16:15
  Speaker 1: all the rust was removed and it glistened like burnished silver.
• 2:16:19
  Speaker 1: As soon as he had spoken, the tin woodman began
• 2:16:22
  Speaker 1: to chop, and in a short time the tree fell
• 2:16:24
  Speaker 1: over with a crash, whereupon the scarecrow's clothes fell out
• 2:16:28
  Speaker 1: of the branches and rolled off on the ground. Dorothy
• 2:16:31
  Speaker 1: picked them up and had the Winkies carry them back
• 2:16:34
  Speaker 1: to the castle, where they were stuffed with nice clean straw,
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  Speaker 1: and behold here was the Scarecrow, as good as ever,
• 2:16:42
  Speaker 1: thanking them over and over again for saving him. Now
• 2:16:45
  Speaker 1: that they were reunited, Dorothy and her friend spent a
• 2:16:48
  Speaker 1: few happy days at the Yellow Castle, where they found
• 2:16:51
  Speaker 1: everything they needed to make them comfortable. But one day
• 2:16:55
  Speaker 1: the girl thought of Aunt em and said, we must
• 2:16:57
  Speaker 1: go back to Oz and claim his promise. Yes, said
• 2:17:02
  Speaker 1: the Woodman, at last, I shall get my heart, and
• 2:17:05
  Speaker 1: I shall get my brains, added the scarecrow joyfully. And
• 2:17:09
  Speaker 1: I shall get my courage, said the lion thoughtfully. And
• 2:17:13
  Speaker 1: I shall get back to Kansas, cried Dorothy, clapping her hands. Oh,
• 2:17:18
  Speaker 1: let us start for the Emerald City tomorrow. This they
• 2:17:22
  Speaker 1: decided to do. The Next day, they called the Winkies
• 2:17:25
  Speaker 1: together and bade them goodbye. The Winkies were sorry to
• 2:17:29
  Speaker 1: have them go, and they had grown so fond of
• 2:17:32
  Speaker 1: the tin Woodman that they begged him to stay and
• 2:17:34
  Speaker 1: rule over them and the Yellow land of the West.
• 2:17:37
  Speaker 1: Finding they were determined to go, the Winkies gave Toto
• 2:17:40
  Speaker 1: and the Lion each a golden collar, and to Dorothy
• 2:17:43
  Speaker 1: they presented a beautiful bracelet studded with diamonds, and to
• 2:17:47
  Speaker 1: the scarecrow they gave a gold headed walking stick to
• 2:17:50
  Speaker 1: keep him from stumbling. And to the tin woodman they
• 2:17:52
  Speaker 1: offered a silver oil can inlaid with gold and set
• 2:17:56
  Speaker 1: with precious jewels. Every one of the travelers made the
• 2:18:00
  Speaker 1: Winkies a pretty speech in return, and all shook hands
• 2:18:03
  Speaker 1: with them until their arms ached. Dorothy went to the
• 2:18:07
  Speaker 1: Witch's cupboard to fill her basket with food for the journey,
• 2:18:10
  Speaker 1: and there she saw the golden cap. She tried it
• 2:18:13
  Speaker 1: on her own head and found that it fitted her exactly.
• 2:18:17
  Speaker 1: She did not know anything about the charm of the
• 2:18:19
  Speaker 1: golden cap, but she saw that it was pretty, so
• 2:18:22
  Speaker 1: she made up her mind to wear it and carry
• 2:18:24
  Speaker 1: her sunbonnet in the basket. Then, being prepared for the journey,
• 2:18:28
  Speaker 1: they all started for the Emerald City, and the Winkies
• 2:18:31
  Speaker 1: gave them three cheers and many good wishes to carry
• 2:18:34
  Speaker 1: with them. Chapter fourteen, The Winged Monkeys. You will remember
• 2:18:38
  Speaker 1: there was no road, not even a pathway, between the
• 2:18:41
  Speaker 1: castle of the Wicked Witch and the Emerald City. When
• 2:18:45
  Speaker 1: the four travelers went in search of the witch. She
• 2:18:47
  Speaker 1: had seen them coming, and so sent the winged monkeys
• 2:18:50
  Speaker 1: to bring them to her. It was much harder to
• 2:18:53
  Speaker 1: find their way back through the big fields of buttercups
• 2:18:55
  Speaker 1: and yellow daisies than it was being carried. They knew,
• 2:18:59
  Speaker 1: of course, they must go straight east, toward the rising sun,
• 2:19:03
  Speaker 1: and they started off in the right way. But at noon,
• 2:19:07
  Speaker 1: when the sun was over their heads, they did not
• 2:19:09
  Speaker 1: know which was east and which was west, and that
• 2:19:12
  Speaker 1: was the reason they were lost in the great fields.
• 2:19:15
  Speaker 1: They kept on walking, however, and at night the moon
• 2:19:18
  Speaker 1: came out and shone brightly. So they lay down among
• 2:19:22
  Speaker 1: the sweet smelling yellow flowers and slept soundly until morning,
• 2:19:25
  Speaker 1: all but the scarecrow and the tin Woodman. The next morning,
• 2:19:29
  Speaker 1: the sun was behind a cloud, but they started on
• 2:19:32
  Speaker 1: as if they were quite sure which way they were going.
• 2:19:36
  Speaker 1: If we walk far enough, said Dorothy, I am sure
• 2:19:39
  Speaker 1: we shall sometime come to some place. But day by
• 2:19:42
  Speaker 1: day passed away, and they still saw nothing before them
• 2:19:46
  Speaker 1: but the scarlet fields. The scarecrow began to grumble a bit.
• 2:19:51
  Speaker 1: We have surely lost our way, he said, and unless
• 2:19:54
  Speaker 1: we find it again in time to reach the Emerald City,
• 2:19:57
  Speaker 1: I shall never get my brains nor my heart, declared
• 2:20:01
  Speaker 1: the tin woodman. It seems to me. I can scarcely
• 2:20:04
  Speaker 1: wait till I get to Oz. And you must admit,
• 2:20:07
  Speaker 1: this is a very long journey, you see, said the
• 2:20:10
  Speaker 1: cowardly lion with a whimper. I haven't the courage to
• 2:20:13
  Speaker 1: keep tramping forever without getting anywhere at all. Then Dorothy
• 2:20:18
  Speaker 1: lost heart. She sat down on the grass and looked
• 2:20:22
  Speaker 1: at her companions, and they sat down and looked at her.
• 2:20:25
  Speaker 1: And Toto found that for the first time in his life,
• 2:20:27
  Speaker 1: he was too tired to chase a butterfly that flew
• 2:20:30
  Speaker 1: past his head. So he put out his tongue and panted,
• 2:20:34
  Speaker 1: and looked at Dorothy as if to ask what they
• 2:20:36
  Speaker 1: should do next. Suppose we call the field mice, she suggested,
• 2:20:41
  Speaker 1: they could probably tell us the way to the Emerald City.
• 2:20:45
  Speaker 1: To be sure, they could cried the scarecrow. Why didn't
• 2:20:49
  Speaker 1: we think of that before? Dorothy blew the little whistle
• 2:20:52
  Speaker 1: she had always carried about her neck since the Queen
• 2:20:55
  Speaker 1: of the mice had given it to her. In a
• 2:20:58
  Speaker 1: few minutes, they heard the pattering of tiny feet, and
• 2:21:01
  Speaker 1: many of the small gray mice came running up to her.
• 2:21:04
  Speaker 1: Among them was the Queen herself, who asked in her
• 2:21:07
  Speaker 1: squeaky little voice. What can I do for my friends?
• 2:21:11
  Speaker 1: We have lost our way, said Dorothy. Can you tell
• 2:21:15
  Speaker 1: us where the Emerald city is? Certainly? Answered the queen,
• 2:21:19
  Speaker 1: But it is a great way off, for you have
• 2:21:21
  Speaker 1: had it at your backs all this time. Then she
• 2:21:24
  Speaker 1: noticed Dorothy's golden cap and said, why don't you use
• 2:21:28
  Speaker 1: the charm of the cap and call the winged monkeys
• 2:21:30
  Speaker 1: to you. They will carry you to the city of
• 2:21:33
  Speaker 1: Oz in less than an hour. I didn't know there
• 2:21:36
  Speaker 1: was a charm, answered Dorothy, in surprise. What is it?
• 2:21:41
  Speaker 1: It is written inside the golden cap, replied the Queen
• 2:21:44
  Speaker 1: of the mice. But if you are going to call
• 2:21:47
  Speaker 1: the winged monkeys, we must run away, for they are
• 2:21:50
  Speaker 1: full of mischief and think it great fun to plague us.
• 2:21:53
  Speaker 1: Won't they hurt me, asked the girl anxiously. Oh no,
• 2:21:59
  Speaker 1: they must obey the wearer of the cap. Goodbye, and
• 2:22:02
  Speaker 1: she scampered out of sight, with all the mice hurrying
• 2:22:05
  Speaker 1: after her. Dorothy looked inside the golden cap and saw
• 2:22:09
  Speaker 1: some words written upon the lining. These she thought must
• 2:22:13
  Speaker 1: be the charm, so she read the directions carefully and
• 2:22:16
  Speaker 1: put the cap upon her head. E P P E
• 2:22:19
  Speaker 1: pepi E caccu, she said, standing on her left foot.
• 2:22:25
  Speaker 1: What did you say, asked the scarecrow, who did not
• 2:22:28
  Speaker 1: know what she was doing. Hill Loo ho lo hell lo.
• 2:22:33
  Speaker 1: Dorothy went on, standing, this time on her right foot. Hello,
• 2:22:38
  Speaker 1: replied the tin woodman. Calmly, ziz zeewy zaziewi zick, said Dorothy,
• 2:22:44
  Speaker 1: who was now standing on both feet. This ended the
• 2:22:48
  Speaker 1: saying of the charm, and they heard a great chattering
• 2:22:50
  Speaker 1: and flapping of wings as the band of winged monkeys
• 2:22:53
  Speaker 1: flew up to them. The king bowed low before Dorothy
• 2:22:57
  Speaker 1: and asked, what is your command? We wish to go
• 2:23:01
  Speaker 1: to the Emerald city, said the child, and we have
• 2:23:03
  Speaker 1: lost our way. We will carry you, replied the king.
• 2:23:08
  Speaker 1: And no sooner had he spoken than two of the
• 2:23:10
  Speaker 1: monkeys caught Dorothy in their arms and flew away with her.
• 2:23:14
  Speaker 1: Others took the scarecrow and the woodman and the lion,
• 2:23:17
  Speaker 1: and one little monkey seized Toto and flew after them,
• 2:23:20
  Speaker 1: although the dog tried hard to bite him. The scarecrow
• 2:23:24
  Speaker 1: and the tin Woodman were rather frightened at first, for
• 2:23:27
  Speaker 1: they remembered how badly the winged monkeys had treated them before.
• 2:23:30
  Speaker 1: But they saw that no harm was intended, so they
• 2:23:33
  Speaker 1: rode through the air quite cheerfully and had a fine
• 2:23:36
  Speaker 1: time looking at the pretty gardens and woods far below them.
• 2:23:40
  Speaker 1: Dorothy found herself riding easily between two of the biggest monkeys,
• 2:23:44
  Speaker 1: one of them the king himself. They had made a
• 2:23:47
  Speaker 1: chair of their hands and were careful not to hurt her.
• 2:23:51
  Speaker 1: Why do you have to obey the charm of the
• 2:23:52
  Speaker 1: golden cap, she asked. That is a long story, answered
• 2:23:57
  Speaker 1: the King with a winged laugh. But as we have
• 2:23:59
  Speaker 1: a long journey before us, I will pass the time
• 2:24:02
  Speaker 1: by telling you about it. If you wish, I shall
• 2:24:06
  Speaker 1: be glad to hear it, she replied. Once began the leader,
• 2:24:10
  Speaker 1: we were a free people, living happily in the great forest,
• 2:24:14
  Speaker 1: flying from tree to tree, eating nuts and fruit, and
• 2:24:17
  Speaker 1: doing just as we pleased, without calling anybody master. Perhaps
• 2:24:21
  Speaker 1: some of us were rather too full of mischief at times,
• 2:24:24
  Speaker 1: flying down to pull the tails of the animals that
• 2:24:27
  Speaker 1: had no wings, chasing birds, and throwing nuts at the
• 2:24:30
  Speaker 1: people who walked in the forest. But we were careless
• 2:24:34
  Speaker 1: and happy and full of fun, and enjoyed every minute
• 2:24:37
  Speaker 1: of the day. This was many years ago, long before
• 2:24:41
  Speaker 1: Oz came out of the clouds to rule over this land.
• 2:24:44
  Speaker 1: There lived here then away at the north, a beautiful
• 2:24:47
  Speaker 1: princess who was also a powerful sorceress. All her magic
• 2:24:52
  Speaker 1: was used to help the people, and she was never
• 2:24:54
  Speaker 1: known to hurt anyone who was good. Her name was Gaelette,
• 2:24:58
  Speaker 1: and she lived in a handsome alice built from great
• 2:25:01
  Speaker 1: blocks of ruby. Everyone loved her, but her greatest sorrow
• 2:25:05
  Speaker 1: was that she could find no one to love in return,
• 2:25:08
  Speaker 1: since all the men were much too stupid and ugly
• 2:25:10
  Speaker 1: to mate with one so beautiful and wise. At last, however,
• 2:25:15
  Speaker 1: she found a boy who was handsome and manly and
• 2:25:18
  Speaker 1: wise beyond his years. Gayoleet made up her mind that
• 2:25:22
  Speaker 1: when he grew to be a man, she would make
• 2:25:23
  Speaker 1: him her husband. So she took him to her ruby
• 2:25:26
  Speaker 1: palace and used all her magic powers to make him
• 2:25:28
  Speaker 1: as strong and good and lovely as any woman could wish.
• 2:25:32
  Speaker 1: When he grew to manhood, Kolala, as he was called,
• 2:25:36
  Speaker 1: was said to be the best and wisest man in
• 2:25:38
  Speaker 1: all the land, while his manly beauty was so great
• 2:25:41
  Speaker 1: that Gayolette loved him dearly and hastened to make everything
• 2:25:44
  Speaker 1: ready for the wedding. My grandfather was at that time,
• 2:25:48
  Speaker 1: the king of the winged monkeys which lived in the
• 2:25:50
  Speaker 1: forest near Gaillette's palace, and the old fellow loved a
• 2:25:53
  Speaker 1: joke better than a good dinner. One day, just before
• 2:25:57
  Speaker 1: the wedding, my grandfather was flying out with his band
• 2:26:00
  Speaker 1: when he saw Kolala walking beside the river. He was
• 2:26:04
  Speaker 1: dressed in a rich costume of pink silk and purple velvet,
• 2:26:07
  Speaker 1: and my grandfather thought he would see what he could do.
• 2:26:10
  Speaker 1: At his word, the band flew down and seized Kolala,
• 2:26:13
  Speaker 1: carried him in their arms until they were over the
• 2:26:15
  Speaker 1: middle of the river, and then dropped him into the water.
• 2:26:19
  Speaker 1: Swim out, my fine fellow, cried my grandfather, and see
• 2:26:23
  Speaker 1: if the water has spotted your clothes. Kolala was much
• 2:26:27
  Speaker 1: too wise not to swim, and he was not in
• 2:26:29
  Speaker 1: the least spoiled by all his good fortune. He laughed
• 2:26:33
  Speaker 1: when he came to the top of the water and
• 2:26:35
  Speaker 1: swam into shore. But when Gaillet came running out to him,
• 2:26:39
  Speaker 1: she found his silks and velvet all ruined by the river.
• 2:26:43
  Speaker 1: The princess was angry, and she knew, of course who
• 2:26:46
  Speaker 1: did it. She had all the winged monkeys brought before
• 2:26:50
  Speaker 1: her and she said at first that their wings should
• 2:26:52
  Speaker 1: be tied, and they should be treated as they had
• 2:26:54
  Speaker 1: treated Kolala, and dropped in the river. But my grandfather
• 2:26:59
  Speaker 1: pleaded hard, for he knew the monkeys would drown in
• 2:27:01
  Speaker 1: the river with their wings tied, and Kolala said a
• 2:27:04
  Speaker 1: kind word for them also, so that Gaillett finally spared them,
• 2:27:08
  Speaker 1: on condition that the winged monkeys should ever after do
• 2:27:11
  Speaker 1: three times the bidding of the owner of the Golden Cap.
• 2:27:14
  Speaker 1: This cap had been made for a wedding present to Kolala,
• 2:27:17
  Speaker 1: and it is said to have cost the princess half
• 2:27:19
  Speaker 1: her kingdom. Of course, my grandfather and all the other
• 2:27:23
  Speaker 1: monkeys at once agreed to the condition. And that is
• 2:27:25
  Speaker 1: how it happens that we are three times the slaves
• 2:27:28
  Speaker 1: of the owner of the Golden Cap, whosoever he may be.
• 2:27:32
  Speaker 1: And what became of them? Asked Dorothy, who had been
• 2:27:35
  Speaker 1: greatly interested in the story. Kolala, being the first owner
• 2:27:39
  Speaker 1: of the Golden Cap, replied the monkey. He was the
• 2:27:42
  Speaker 1: first to lay his wishes upon us, as his bride
• 2:27:46
  Speaker 1: could not bear the sight of us. He called us
• 2:27:48
  Speaker 1: all to him in the forest after he had married her,
• 2:27:50
  Speaker 1: and ordered us always to keep where she could never
• 2:27:53
  Speaker 1: again set eyes on a winged monkey, which we were
• 2:27:55
  Speaker 1: glad to do, for we were all afraid of her.
• 2:27:59
  Speaker 1: This was all we ever had to do until the
• 2:28:01
  Speaker 1: golden Cap fell into the hands of the wicked witch
• 2:28:03
  Speaker 1: of the West, who made us enslave the winkies and
• 2:28:06
  Speaker 1: afterward drive us himself out of the land of the West.
• 2:28:10
  Speaker 1: Now the golden cap is yours, and three times you
• 2:28:13
  Speaker 1: have the right to lay your wishes upon us. As
• 2:28:17
  Speaker 1: the Monkey King finished his story, Dorothy looked down and
• 2:28:20
  Speaker 1: saw the green, shining walls of the Emerald City before them.
• 2:28:24
  Speaker 1: She wondered at the rapid flight of the monkeys, but
• 2:28:27
  Speaker 1: was glad the journey was over. The strange creatures set
• 2:28:31
  Speaker 1: the travelers down carefully before the gate of the city.
• 2:28:34
  Speaker 1: The king bowed low to Dorothy, and then flew swiftly away,
• 2:28:38
  Speaker 1: followed by all his band. That was a good ride,
• 2:28:41
  Speaker 1: said the little girl. Yes, and a quick way out
• 2:28:45
  Speaker 1: of our troubles, replied the lion, How lucky it was
• 2:28:49
  Speaker 1: you brought away that wonderful cap. Chapter fifteen, The Discovery
• 2:28:53
  Speaker 1: of Oz the Terrible. The four travelers walked up to
• 2:28:56
  Speaker 1: the great gate of Emerald City, and rang the bell.
• 2:28:59
  Speaker 1: After ringing several times, it was opened by the same
• 2:29:02
  Speaker 1: Guardian of the Gates they had met before. What are
• 2:29:07
  Speaker 1: you back again, he asked, in surprise. Do you not
• 2:29:11
  Speaker 1: see us, answered the scarecrow, But I thought you had
• 2:29:15
  Speaker 1: gone to visit the wicked Witch of the West. We
• 2:29:18
  Speaker 1: did visit her, said the scarecrow, and she let you
• 2:29:21
  Speaker 1: go again, asked the man in wonder. She could not
• 2:29:25
  Speaker 1: help it, for she is melted, explained the scarecrow. Melted. Well,
• 2:29:31
  Speaker 1: that is good news, indeed, said the man who melted her.
• 2:29:37
  Speaker 1: It was Dorothy, said the lion. Gravely good, gracious, exclaimed
• 2:29:42
  Speaker 1: the man, and he bowed very low indeed before her.
• 2:29:46
  Speaker 1: Then he led them into his little room and locked
• 2:29:48
  Speaker 1: the spectacles from the great box on all their eyes,
• 2:29:51
  Speaker 1: just as he had done before. Afterward, they passed on
• 2:29:55
  Speaker 1: through the gate into the Emerald City. When the people
• 2:29:58
  Speaker 1: heard from the Guardian of the Gates that Dorothy had
• 2:30:00
  Speaker 1: melted the wicked Witch of the West, they all gathered
• 2:30:03
  Speaker 1: around the travelers and followed them in a great crowd
• 2:30:06
  Speaker 1: to the Palace of Oz. The soldier with the green
• 2:30:09
  Speaker 1: whiskers was still on guard before the door, but he
• 2:30:12
  Speaker 1: let them in at once, and they were again met
• 2:30:14
  Speaker 1: by the beautiful Green Girl, who showed each of them
• 2:30:17
  Speaker 1: to their old rooms at once so they might rest
• 2:30:20
  Speaker 1: until the Great Oz was ready to receive them. The
• 2:30:23
  Speaker 1: soldier had the news carried straight to Oz that Dorothy
• 2:30:26
  Speaker 1: and the other travelers had come back again after destroying
• 2:30:29
  Speaker 1: the wicked Witch, but Oz made no reply. They thought
• 2:30:33
  Speaker 1: the great Wizard would send for them at once, but
• 2:30:35
  Speaker 1: he did not. They had no word from him the
• 2:30:39
  Speaker 1: next day, nor the next, nor the next. The waiting
• 2:30:43
  Speaker 1: was tiresome and wearing, and at last they grew vexed
• 2:30:46
  Speaker 1: that Oz should treat them in so poor a fashion
• 2:30:48
  Speaker 1: after sending them to undergo hardships and slavery. So the
• 2:30:53
  Speaker 1: Scarecrow at last asked the Green Girl to take another
• 2:30:55
  Speaker 1: message to Oz, saying if he did not let them
• 2:30:58
  Speaker 1: in to see him at once, they would call the
• 2:31:00
  Speaker 1: winged Monkeys to help them and find out whether he
• 2:31:02
  Speaker 1: kept his promises or not. When the Wizard was given
• 2:31:06
  Speaker 1: this message, he was so frightened that he sent word
• 2:31:08
  Speaker 1: for them to come to the throne room at four
• 2:31:10
  Speaker 1: minutes after nine o'clock the next morning. He had once
• 2:31:14
  Speaker 1: met the winged monkeys in the land of the West,
• 2:31:16
  Speaker 1: and he did not wish to meet them again. The
• 2:31:19
  Speaker 1: four travelers passed a sleepless night, each thinking of the
• 2:31:22
  Speaker 1: gift Oz had promised to bestow on him. Dorothy fell
• 2:31:26
  Speaker 1: asleep only once, and then she dreamed she was in Kansas,
• 2:31:30
  Speaker 1: where Aunt em was telling her how glad she was
• 2:31:32
  Speaker 1: to have her little girl at home again. Promptly, at
• 2:31:36
  Speaker 1: nine o'clock the next morning, the green whiskered soldier came
• 2:31:39
  Speaker 1: to them, and four minutes later they all went into
• 2:31:41
  Speaker 1: the throne room of the Great Oz. Of course, each
• 2:31:44
  Speaker 1: one of them expected to see the wizard in the
• 2:31:46
  Speaker 1: shape he had taken before, and all were greatly surprised
• 2:31:50
  Speaker 1: when they looked about and saw no one at all
• 2:31:52
  Speaker 1: in the room. They kept close to the door and
• 2:31:55
  Speaker 1: closer to one another, for the stillness of the empty
• 2:31:58
  Speaker 1: room was more dreadful than any of the former they
• 2:32:00
  Speaker 1: had seen us take. Presently, they heard a solemn voice
• 2:32:04
  Speaker 1: that seemed to come from somewhere near the top of
• 2:32:06
  Speaker 1: the great dome, and it said, I am Oz, the
• 2:32:09
  Speaker 1: Great and Terrible. Why do you seek me? They looked
• 2:32:13
  Speaker 1: again in every part of the room, and then, seeing
• 2:32:16
  Speaker 1: no one, Dorothy asked, where are you. I am everywhere,
• 2:32:21
  Speaker 1: answered the voice, but to the eyes of common mortals,
• 2:32:24
  Speaker 1: I am invisible. I will now seat myself upon my
• 2:32:28
  Speaker 1: throne that you may converse with me. Indeed, the voice
• 2:32:32
  Speaker 1: seemed just then to come straight from the throne itself,
• 2:32:35
  Speaker 1: so they walked toward it and stood in a row
• 2:32:37
  Speaker 1: while Dorothy said, we have come to claim our promise.
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  Speaker 1: O Oz, what promise? Asked Oz. You promise to send
• 2:32:44
  Speaker 1: me back to Kansas when the Wicked Witch was destroyed,
• 2:32:47
  Speaker 1: said the girl. And you promised to give me brains,
• 2:32:51
  Speaker 1: said the scarecrow. And you promised to give me a heart,
• 2:32:55
  Speaker 1: said the tin woodman. And you promised to give me courage,
• 2:32:59
  Speaker 1: said the Cowardly. Is the wicked which really destroyed? Asked
• 2:33:03
  Speaker 1: the voice, And Dorothy thought it trembled a little, Yes,
• 2:33:07
  Speaker 1: she answered, I melted her with a bucket of water.
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  Speaker 1: Dear me, said the voice, How sudden, Well come to
• 2:33:16
  Speaker 1: me tomorrow, for I must have time to think it over.
• 2:33:19
  Speaker 1: You've had plenty of time already, said the tin woodman angrily.
• 2:33:23
  Speaker 1: We shan't wait a day longer, said the scarecrow. You
• 2:33:27
  Speaker 1: must keep your promises to us, exclaimed Dorothy. The lion
• 2:33:32
  Speaker 1: thought it might be as well to frighten the wizard,
• 2:33:34
  Speaker 1: so he gave a large, loud roar, which was so
• 2:33:37
  Speaker 1: fierce and dreadful that Toto jumped away from him in
• 2:33:39
  Speaker 1: alarm and tipped over the screen that stood in a corner.
• 2:33:43
  Speaker 1: As it fell with a crash. They looked that way,
• 2:33:45
  Speaker 1: and the next moment all of them were filled with wonder,
• 2:33:49
  Speaker 1: for they saw standing in just the spot the screen
• 2:33:52
  Speaker 1: had hidden, a little old man with a bald head
• 2:33:55
  Speaker 1: and a wrinkled face, who seemed to be as much
• 2:33:57
  Speaker 1: surprised as they were. The tin Woodman, raising his axe,
• 2:34:02
  Speaker 1: rushed toward the little man and cried out, who are you?
• 2:34:05
  Speaker 1: I am Oz the Great and Terrible, said the little man,
• 2:34:09
  Speaker 1: in a trembling voice. But don't strike me, please don't,
• 2:34:13
  Speaker 1: and I'll do anything you want me to. Our friends
• 2:34:17
  Speaker 1: looked at him in surprise and dismay. I thought Oz
• 2:34:20
  Speaker 1: was a great head, said Dorothy. And I thought Oz
• 2:34:24
  Speaker 1: was a lovely lady, said the scarecrow. And I thought
• 2:34:28
  Speaker 1: Oz was a terrible beast, said the tin Woodman. And
• 2:34:31
  Speaker 1: I thought Oz was a ball of fire, exclaimed the lion. No,
• 2:34:36
  Speaker 1: you are all wrong, said the little man meekly. I
• 2:34:40
  Speaker 1: have been making believe, making believe, cried Dorothy. Are you
• 2:34:45
  Speaker 1: not a great wizard? Hush, my dear, he said, don't
• 2:34:50
  Speaker 1: speak so loud, or you will be overheard and I
• 2:34:53
  Speaker 1: should be ruined. I'm supposed to be a great wizard,
• 2:34:58
  Speaker 1: and aren't you, she asked, Not a bit of it,
• 2:35:01
  Speaker 1: my dear. I'm just a common man. You're more than that,
• 2:35:05
  Speaker 1: said the scarecrow in a grieved tone. You're a humbug,
• 2:35:10
  Speaker 1: exactly so, declared the little man, rubbing his hands together
• 2:35:14
  Speaker 1: as if it pleased him. I am a humbug, but
• 2:35:18
  Speaker 1: this is terrible, said the tin woodman. How shall I
• 2:35:21
  Speaker 1: ever get my heart? Or I my courage, ask the lion,
• 2:35:27
  Speaker 1: or I my brains, wailed the scarecrow, wiping the tears
• 2:35:31
  Speaker 1: from his eyes with his coat sleeve. My dear friends,
• 2:35:35
  Speaker 1: said Oz, I pray you not to speak of these
• 2:35:37
  Speaker 1: little things. Think of me and the terrible trouble I'm
• 2:35:41
  Speaker 1: in at being found out. Doesn't any one else know
• 2:35:44
  Speaker 1: you're a humbug, asked Dorothy. No one knows it but
• 2:35:48
  Speaker 1: you four and myself replied Oz, I have fooled every
• 2:35:52
  Speaker 1: one so long that I thought I should never be
• 2:35:54
  Speaker 1: found out. It was a great mistake my ever letting
• 2:35:57
  Speaker 1: you into the throne room. Usually I will not see
• 2:36:00
  Speaker 1: even my subjects, and so they believe I am something terrible.
• 2:36:05
  Speaker 1: But I don't understand, said Dorothy in bewilderment. How was
• 2:36:10
  Speaker 1: it that you appeared to me as a great head?
• 2:36:13
  Speaker 1: That was one of my tricks? Answered Oz. Step this way, please,
• 2:36:17
  Speaker 1: and I will tell you all about it. He led
• 2:36:20
  Speaker 1: the way to a small chamber in the rear of
• 2:36:22
  Speaker 1: the throne room, and they all followed him. He pointed
• 2:36:25
  Speaker 1: to one corner in which lay the great head, made
• 2:36:28
  Speaker 1: out of many thicknesses of paper and with a carefully
• 2:36:31
  Speaker 1: painted face. This I hung from the ceiling by a wire,
• 2:36:35
  Speaker 1: said Oz. I stood behind the screen and pulled a
• 2:36:38
  Speaker 1: thread to make the eyes move and the mouth open.
• 2:36:41
  Speaker 1: But how about the voice, she inquired. Oh I am
• 2:36:45
  Speaker 1: a ventriloquist, said the little man. I can throw the
• 2:36:49
  Speaker 1: sound of my voice wherever I wish, so that you
• 2:36:51
  Speaker 1: thought it was coming out of the head. Here are
• 2:36:54
  Speaker 1: the other things I used to deceive you. He showed
• 2:36:57
  Speaker 1: the scarecrow, the dress and the mask he had worn
• 2:37:00
  Speaker 1: when he seemed to be the lovely lady, and the
• 2:37:03
  Speaker 1: tin woodman saw that his terrible beast was nothing but
• 2:37:06
  Speaker 1: a lot of skins sewn together with slats to keep
• 2:37:09
  Speaker 1: their sides out. As for the ball of fire, the
• 2:37:12
  Speaker 1: false wizard had hung that also from the ceiling. It
• 2:37:16
  Speaker 1: was really a ball of cotton, but when oil was
• 2:37:18
  Speaker 1: poured upon it, the ball burned fiercely. Really, said the scarecrow.
• 2:37:23
  Speaker 1: You ought to be ashamed of yourself for being such
• 2:37:25
  Speaker 1: a humbug. I am. I certainly am, answered the little
• 2:37:30
  Speaker 1: man sorrowfully, but it was the only thing I could do.
• 2:37:34
  Speaker 1: Sit down, Please, there are plenty of chairs, and I
• 2:37:37
  Speaker 1: will tell you my story. So they sat down and
• 2:37:40
  Speaker 1: listened while he told the following tale. I was born
• 2:37:44
  Speaker 1: in Omaha. Why that isn't very far from Kansas, cried Dorothy. No,
• 2:37:50
  Speaker 1: but it's farther from here, he said, shaking his head
• 2:37:53
  Speaker 1: at her sadly. When I grew up, I became a ventriloquist,
• 2:37:57
  Speaker 1: and that that I was very well trained by a
• 2:37:59
  Speaker 1: great master. I can imitate any kind of a bird
• 2:38:03
  Speaker 1: or beast. Here, he mewed, so like a kitten that
• 2:38:06
  Speaker 1: Toto pricked up his ears and looked everywhere to see
• 2:38:09
  Speaker 1: where she was. After a time, continued oz I tired
• 2:38:13
  Speaker 1: of that and became a balloonist. What is that, asked Dorothy,
• 2:38:19
  Speaker 1: a man who goes up in a balloon on circus
• 2:38:21
  Speaker 1: day so as to draw a crowd of people together
• 2:38:24
  Speaker 1: and get them to pay to see the circus. He explained, Oh,
• 2:38:28
  Speaker 1: she said, I know. Well, one day I went up
• 2:38:32
  Speaker 1: in a balloon and the ropes got twisted so that
• 2:38:34
  Speaker 1: I couldn't come down again. It went way up above
• 2:38:37
  Speaker 1: the clouds, so far that a current of air struck
• 2:38:40
  Speaker 1: it and carried it many many miles away. For a
• 2:38:44
  Speaker 1: day and a night I traveled through the air, and
• 2:38:46
  Speaker 1: on the morning of the second day, I awoke and
• 2:38:48
  Speaker 1: found the balloon floating over a strange and beautiful country.
• 2:38:52
  Speaker 1: It came down gradually, and I was not hurt a bit,
• 2:38:56
  Speaker 1: But I found myself in the midst of a strange
• 2:38:58
  Speaker 1: people who see me come from the clouds thought I
• 2:39:01
  Speaker 1: was a great wizard. Of course, I let them think so,
• 2:39:05
  Speaker 1: because they were afraid of me, and promised to do
• 2:39:08
  Speaker 1: anything I wished them to. Just to amuse myself and
• 2:39:12
  Speaker 1: keep the good people busy. I ordered them to build
• 2:39:14
  Speaker 1: this city and my palace, and they did it all
• 2:39:17
  Speaker 1: willingly and well. Then I thought, as the country was
• 2:39:21
  Speaker 1: so green and beautiful, I would call it the Emerald City.
• 2:39:24
  Speaker 1: And to make the name fit better, I put green
• 2:39:26
  Speaker 1: spectacles on all the people, so that everything they saw
• 2:39:30
  Speaker 1: was green. But isn't everything here green, asked Dorothy. No
• 2:39:35
  Speaker 1: more than in any other city, replied Oz. But when
• 2:39:38
  Speaker 1: you wear green spectacles, why of course everything you see
• 2:39:41
  Speaker 1: looks green to you. The Emerald City was built a
• 2:39:44
  Speaker 1: great many years ago. For I was a young man
• 2:39:47
  Speaker 1: when the balloon brought me here, and I am a
• 2:39:49
  Speaker 1: very old man now. But my people have worn green
• 2:39:53
  Speaker 1: glasses on their eyes so long that most of them
• 2:39:55
  Speaker 1: think it really is an emerald city. And it certainly
• 2:39:58
  Speaker 1: is a beautiful place, abounding in jewels and precious metals
• 2:40:02
  Speaker 1: and every good thing that is needed to make one happy.
• 2:40:06
  Speaker 1: I have been good to the people, and they like me.
• 2:40:08
  Speaker 1: But ever since this palace was built, I have shut
• 2:40:11
  Speaker 1: myself up and would not see any of them. One
• 2:40:14
  Speaker 1: of my greatest fears was the witches. For while I
• 2:40:17
  Speaker 1: had no magical powers at all, I soon found out
• 2:40:19
  Speaker 1: that the witches were really able to do wonderful things.
• 2:40:23
  Speaker 1: There were four of them in this country, and they
• 2:40:25
  Speaker 1: ruled the people who live in the north and South,
• 2:40:28
  Speaker 1: and east and west. Fortunately, the witches of the north
• 2:40:32
  Speaker 1: and South were good, and I knew they would do
• 2:40:34
  Speaker 1: me no harm. But the witches of the East and
• 2:40:37
  Speaker 1: West were terribly wicked, and had they not thought I
• 2:40:39
  Speaker 1: was more powerful than they themselves, they would surely have
• 2:40:42
  Speaker 1: destroyed me. As it was, I lived in deadly fear
• 2:40:46
  Speaker 1: of them for many years, So you can imagine how
• 2:40:49
  Speaker 1: pleased I was when I heard your house had fallen
• 2:40:51
  Speaker 1: on the wicked witch of the east. When you came
• 2:40:54
  Speaker 1: to me, I was willing to promise anything if you
• 2:40:57
  Speaker 1: would only do away with the other witch. But now
• 2:40:59
  Speaker 1: that you have melted her, I am ashamed to say
• 2:41:02
  Speaker 1: that I cannot keep my promises. I think you are
• 2:41:05
  Speaker 1: a very bad man, said Dorothy. Oh no, my dear,
• 2:41:10
  Speaker 1: I'm really a very good man. But I'm a very
• 2:41:13
  Speaker 1: bad wizard, I must admit. Can't you give me brains,
• 2:41:17
  Speaker 1: asked the scarecrow. You don't need them. You are learning
• 2:41:21
  Speaker 1: something every day. A baby has brains, but it doesn't
• 2:41:25
  Speaker 1: know much. Experience is the only thing that brings knowledge,
• 2:41:29
  Speaker 1: and the longer you are on earth, the more experience
• 2:41:32
  Speaker 1: you are sure to get. That may all be true
• 2:41:35
  Speaker 1: said the scarecrow. But I shall be very unhappy unless
• 2:41:38
  Speaker 1: you give me brains. The false wizard looked at him carefully. Well,
• 2:41:44
  Speaker 1: he said, with a sigh. I'm not much of a magician,
• 2:41:47
  Speaker 1: as I said, but if you will come to me
• 2:41:48
  Speaker 1: tomorrow morning, I will stuff your head with brains. I
• 2:41:52
  Speaker 1: cannot tell you how to use them, however, you must
• 2:41:55
  Speaker 1: find that out for yourself. Oh thank you, thank you,
• 2:42:00
  Speaker 1: cried the scarecrow. I'll find a way to use them.
• 2:42:03
  Speaker 1: Never fear. But how about my courage, asked the lion anxiously.
• 2:42:09
  Speaker 1: You have plenty of courage, I am sure, answered Oz.
• 2:42:12
  Speaker 1: All you need is confidence in yourself. There is no
• 2:42:16
  Speaker 1: living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger.
• 2:42:19
  Speaker 1: The true courage is in facing danger when you are afraid.
• 2:42:23
  Speaker 1: And that kind of courage you have in plenty, perhaps
• 2:42:26
  Speaker 1: I have. But I'm scared just the same, said the lion.
• 2:42:30
  Speaker 1: I shall really be very unhappy unless you give me
• 2:42:33
  Speaker 1: the sort of courage that makes one forget he is afraid.
• 2:42:37
  Speaker 1: Very well, I will give you that sort of courage tomorrow,
• 2:42:40
  Speaker 1: replied Oz. How about my heart, asked the tin woodman.
• 2:42:44
  Speaker 1: Why as for that? Answered Oz, I think you are wrong.
• 2:42:48
  Speaker 1: To want a heart. It makes most people unhappy. If
• 2:42:52
  Speaker 1: you only knew it, you are in luck not to
• 2:42:54
  Speaker 1: have a heart. That must be a matter of opinion,
• 2:42:57
  Speaker 1: said the tin woodman. For my part, I will bear
• 2:43:01
  Speaker 1: all the unhappiness without a murmur, if you will give
• 2:43:04
  Speaker 1: me the heart. Very well, answered Oz Meekly, come to
• 2:43:09
  Speaker 1: me tomorrow, and you shall have a heart. I have
• 2:43:12
  Speaker 1: played wizard for so many years that I may as
• 2:43:14
  Speaker 1: well continue the part a little longer. And now, said Dorothy,
• 2:43:19
  Speaker 1: how am I to get back to Kansas. We shall
• 2:43:22
  Speaker 1: have to think about that, replied the little man. Give
• 2:43:25
  Speaker 1: me two or three days to consider the matter. Now
• 2:43:28
  Speaker 1: try to find a way to carry you over the desert.
• 2:43:31
  Speaker 1: In the meantime, you shall all be treated as my guests,
• 2:43:34
  Speaker 1: and while you live in the palace, my people will
• 2:43:36
  Speaker 1: wait upon you and obey your slightest wish. There is
• 2:43:40
  Speaker 1: only one thing I ask in return for my help,
• 2:43:42
  Speaker 1: such as it is, you must keep my secret and
• 2:43:46
  Speaker 1: tell no one I am a humbug. They agreed to
• 2:43:49
  Speaker 1: say nothing of what they had learned, and went back
• 2:43:51
  Speaker 1: to their rooms in high spirits. Even Dorothy had hoped
• 2:43:55
  Speaker 1: that the Great and Terrible Humbug as she called him,
• 2:43:59
  Speaker 1: would find a way to say send her back to Kansas,
• 2:44:01
  Speaker 1: and if he did, she was willing to forgive him everything.
• 2:44:04
  Speaker 1: Chapter sixteen, The Magic Art of the Great Humbug. Next morning,
• 2:44:08
  Speaker 1: the scarecrow said to his friends, congratulate me. I am
• 2:44:12
  Speaker 1: going to Oz to get my brains at last. When
• 2:44:15
  Speaker 1: I return, I shall be as other men are. I
• 2:44:18
  Speaker 1: have always liked you as you were, said Dorothy. Simply.
• 2:44:22
  Speaker 1: It is kind of you to like a scarecrow. He replied,
• 2:44:26
  Speaker 1: but surely you will think more of me when you
• 2:44:28
  Speaker 1: hear the splendid thoughts. My new brain is going to
• 2:44:31
  Speaker 1: turn out. Then he said good bye to them all
• 2:44:34
  Speaker 1: in a cheerful voice, and went to the throne room,
• 2:44:36
  Speaker 1: where he rapped upon the door. Come in, said Oz.
• 2:44:41
  Speaker 1: The scarecrow went in and found the little man sitting
• 2:44:44
  Speaker 1: down by the window, engaged in deep thought. I have
• 2:44:48
  Speaker 1: come for my brains, remark the scarecrow, a little uneasily.
• 2:44:52
  Speaker 1: Oh yes, sit down in that chair, please, replied Oz.
• 2:44:57
  Speaker 1: You must excuse me for taking your head off, but
• 2:44:59
  Speaker 1: I shall to do it in order to put your
• 2:45:01
  Speaker 1: brains in their proper place. That's all right, said the scarecrow.
• 2:45:06
  Speaker 1: You are quite welcome to take my head off, as
• 2:45:09
  Speaker 1: long as it will be a better one when you
• 2:45:10
  Speaker 1: put it on again. So the wizard unfastened his head
• 2:45:14
  Speaker 1: and emptied out the straw. Then he entered the back
• 2:45:17
  Speaker 1: room and took up a measure of bran, which he
• 2:45:20
  Speaker 1: mixed with a great many pins and needles, Having shaken
• 2:45:24
  Speaker 1: them together thoroughly, he filled the top of the scarecrow's
• 2:45:27
  Speaker 1: head with the mixture and stuffed the rest of the
• 2:45:29
  Speaker 1: space with straw to hold it in place. When he
• 2:45:32
  Speaker 1: had fastened the scarecrow's head on his body again, he
• 2:45:35
  Speaker 1: said to him, hereafter you will be a great man,
• 2:45:38
  Speaker 1: for I have given you a lot of brand new brains.
• 2:45:41
  Speaker 1: The scarecrow was both pleased and proud at the fulfillment
• 2:45:44
  Speaker 1: of his greatest wish, and having thanked OZ warmly, he
• 2:45:47
  Speaker 1: went back to his friends. Dorothy looked at him curiously.
• 2:45:52
  Speaker 1: His head was quite bulged out at the top with brains.
• 2:45:56
  Speaker 1: How do you feel, she asked, I feel wise, indeed,
• 2:46:00
  Speaker 1: he answered earnestly. When I get used to my brains,
• 2:46:03
  Speaker 1: I shall know everything. Why are those needles and pins
• 2:46:07
  Speaker 1: sticking out of your head? Asked the tin woodman. That
• 2:46:10
  Speaker 1: is proof that he is sharp, remarked the lion. Well,
• 2:46:14
  Speaker 1: I must go to Oz and get my heart, said
• 2:46:17
  Speaker 1: the woodman. So he walked to the throne room and
• 2:46:20
  Speaker 1: knocked at the door. Come in, called Oz, and the
• 2:46:24
  Speaker 1: woodman entered and said I have come for my heart.
• 2:46:28
  Speaker 1: Very well, answered the little man. But I shall have
• 2:46:31
  Speaker 1: to cut a hole in your breast so I can
• 2:46:33
  Speaker 1: put your heart in the right place. I hope it
• 2:46:36
  Speaker 1: won't hurt you. Oh no, answered the woodman, I shall
• 2:46:41
  Speaker 1: not feel it at all. So Oz brought a pair
• 2:46:44
  Speaker 1: of tinsmith's shears and cut a small square hole in
• 2:46:47
  Speaker 1: the left side of the tin woodman's breast. Then, going
• 2:46:51
  Speaker 1: to a chest of drawers, he took out a pretty heart,
• 2:46:54
  Speaker 1: made entirely of silk and stuffed with sawdust. Isn't it
• 2:46:58
  Speaker 1: a beauty, he asked? It is, indeed, replied the woodman,
• 2:47:03
  Speaker 1: who was greatly pleased. But is it a kind heart? Oh?
• 2:47:08
  Speaker 1: Very answered Oz. He put the heart in the woodman's breast,
• 2:47:12
  Speaker 1: and then replaced the square of tin, soldering it neatly
• 2:47:15
  Speaker 1: together where it had been cut there, said he. Now
• 2:47:19
  Speaker 1: you have a heart that any man might be proud of.
• 2:47:22
  Speaker 1: I'm sorry I had to put a patch on your breast,
• 2:47:25
  Speaker 1: but it really couldn't be helped. Never mind the patch,
• 2:47:29
  Speaker 1: exclaimed the happy woodman. I am very grateful to you
• 2:47:33
  Speaker 1: and shall never forget your kindness. Don't speak of it,
• 2:47:37
  Speaker 1: replied Oz. Then the tin woodman went back to his friends,
• 2:47:41
  Speaker 1: who wished him every joy on account of his good fortune.
• 2:47:45
  Speaker 1: The lion now walked to the throne room and knocked
• 2:47:48
  Speaker 1: at the door. Come in, said Oz, I have come
• 2:47:51
  Speaker 1: for my courage, announced the lion, entering the room. Very well,
• 2:47:56
  Speaker 1: answered the little man, I will get it for you.
• 2:48:00
  Speaker 1: Into a cupboard, and reaching up to a high shelf,
• 2:48:02
  Speaker 1: took down a square green bottle, the contents of which
• 2:48:05
  Speaker 1: he poured into a green gold dish, beautifully carved, placing
• 2:48:09
  Speaker 1: this before the cowardly lion, who sniffed at it as
• 2:48:12
  Speaker 1: if he did not like it. The wizard said, drink
• 2:48:16
  Speaker 1: What is it? Asked the lion, well answered Oz. If
• 2:48:20
  Speaker 1: it were inside of you, it would be courage. You know,
• 2:48:24
  Speaker 1: of course, that courage is always inside one, so that
• 2:48:27
  Speaker 1: this really cannot be called courage until you have swallowed it. Therefore,
• 2:48:32
  Speaker 1: I advise you to drink it as soon as possible.
• 2:48:35
  Speaker 1: The lion hesitated, no longer, but drank till the dish
• 2:48:39
  Speaker 1: was empty. How do you feel now, asked Oz. Full
• 2:48:43
  Speaker 1: of courage, replied the lion, who went joyfully back to
• 2:48:46
  Speaker 1: his friends to tell them of his good fortune. Oz
• 2:48:50
  Speaker 1: left to himself, smiled to think of his success in
• 2:48:53
  Speaker 1: giving the scarecrow and the tin Woodman and the lion
• 2:48:55
  Speaker 1: exactly what they thought they wanted. How can I help
• 2:48:59
  Speaker 1: being a humbug, he said, when all these people make
• 2:49:02
  Speaker 1: me do things that everybody knows can't be done. It
• 2:49:05
  Speaker 1: was easy to make the scarecrow and the lion and
• 2:49:07
  Speaker 1: the woodman happy because they imagined I could do anything.
• 2:49:12
  Speaker 1: But it will take more than imagination to carry Dorothy
• 2:49:14
  Speaker 1: back to Kansas, and I'm sure I don't know how
• 2:49:17
  Speaker 1: it can be done. Chapter seventeen, How the balloon was launched.
• 2:49:21
  Speaker 1: For three days, Dorothy heard nothing from Oz. These were
• 2:49:25
  Speaker 1: sad days for the little girl, although her friends were
• 2:49:27
  Speaker 1: all quite happy and contented. The scarecrow told them there
• 2:49:31
  Speaker 1: were wonderful thoughts in his head, but he would not
• 2:49:34
  Speaker 1: say what they were because he knew no one could
• 2:49:36
  Speaker 1: understand them but himself. When the tin Woodman walked about,
• 2:49:40
  Speaker 1: he felt his heart rattling around in his breast, and
• 2:49:43
  Speaker 1: he told Dorothy he had discovered it to be a
• 2:49:45
  Speaker 1: kinder and more tender heart than the one he had
• 2:49:47
  Speaker 1: owned when he was made of flesh. The lion declared
• 2:49:51
  Speaker 1: he was afraid of nothing on earth, and would gladly
• 2:49:53
  Speaker 1: face an army or a dozen of the fierce Kalidahs.
• 2:49:57
  Speaker 1: Thus each of the little party was satisfied, except Dorothy,
• 2:50:01
  Speaker 1: who longed more than ever to get back to Kansas.
• 2:50:04
  Speaker 1: On the fourth day, to her great joy, I sent
• 2:50:07
  Speaker 1: for her, and when she entered the throne room, he
• 2:50:09
  Speaker 1: greeted her pleasantly. Sit down, my dear, I think I
• 2:50:12
  Speaker 1: have found the way to get you out of this
• 2:50:14
  Speaker 1: country and back to Kansas. She asked eagerly. Well, I'm
• 2:50:19
  Speaker 1: not sure about Kansas, said Oz, for I haven't the
• 2:50:22
  Speaker 1: faintest notion which way it lies. But the first thing
• 2:50:26
  Speaker 1: to do is to cross the desert, and then it
• 2:50:28
  Speaker 1: should be easy to find your way home. How can
• 2:50:31
  Speaker 1: I cross the desert, she inquired, Well, I'll tell you
• 2:50:35
  Speaker 1: what I think, said the little man. You see, when
• 2:50:39
  Speaker 1: I came to this country, it was in a balloon.
• 2:50:42
  Speaker 1: You also came through the air, being carried by a cyclone.
• 2:50:46
  Speaker 1: So I believe the best way to get across the
• 2:50:48
  Speaker 1: desert will be through the air. Now, it is quite
• 2:50:52
  Speaker 1: beyond my powers to make a cyclone, but I've been
• 2:50:54
  Speaker 1: thinking the matter over, and I believe I can make
• 2:50:57
  Speaker 1: a balloon. How, asked Dorothy. A balloon, said Oz, is
• 2:51:03
  Speaker 1: made of silk, which is coated with glue to keep
• 2:51:05
  Speaker 1: the gas in it. I have plenty of silk in
• 2:51:08
  Speaker 1: the palace, so it will be no trouble to make
• 2:51:10
  Speaker 1: the balloon. But in all this country there is no
• 2:51:13
  Speaker 1: gas to fill the balloon with to make it float.
• 2:51:17
  Speaker 1: If it won't float, remarked Dorothy, it will be of
• 2:51:20
  Speaker 1: no use to us. True, answered Oz. But there is
• 2:51:25
  Speaker 1: another way to make it float, which is to fill
• 2:51:27
  Speaker 1: it with hot air. Hot air isn't as good as gas,
• 2:51:31
  Speaker 1: for if the air should get cold, the balloon would
• 2:51:33
  Speaker 1: come down in the desert and we should be lost,
• 2:51:37
  Speaker 1: we exclaimed the girl. Are you going with me? Yes?
• 2:51:42
  Speaker 1: Of course, replied Oz. I am tired of being such
• 2:51:45
  Speaker 1: a humbug. If I should go out of this palace,
• 2:51:48
  Speaker 1: my people would soon discover I am not a wizard,
• 2:51:51
  Speaker 1: and then they would be vexed with me for having
• 2:51:53
  Speaker 1: deceived them. So I have to stay shut up in
• 2:51:56
  Speaker 1: these rooms all day, and it gets tiresome. I'd much
• 2:52:00
  Speaker 1: rather go back to Kansas with you and be in
• 2:52:02
  Speaker 1: a circus again. I shall be glad to have your company,
• 2:52:06
  Speaker 1: said Dorothy. Thank you, he answered, now, if you will
• 2:52:11
  Speaker 1: help me sew the silk together, we will begin to
• 2:52:13
  Speaker 1: work on our balloon. So Dorothy took a needle and thread,
• 2:52:18
  Speaker 1: and as fast as Oz cut the strips of silk
• 2:52:20
  Speaker 1: into proper shape, the girl sewed them neatly together. First
• 2:52:24
  Speaker 1: there was a strip of light green silk, then a
• 2:52:27
  Speaker 1: strip of dark green, and then a strip of emerald green,
• 2:52:30
  Speaker 1: for Oz had a fancy to make the balloon in
• 2:52:32
  Speaker 1: different shades of the color about them. It took three
• 2:52:35
  Speaker 1: days to sow all the strips together, but when it
• 2:52:38
  Speaker 1: was finished they had a big bag of green silk
• 2:52:40
  Speaker 1: more than twenty feet long. Then Oz painted it on
• 2:52:44
  Speaker 1: the inside with a coat of thin glue to make
• 2:52:46
  Speaker 1: it air tight, after which he announced that the balloon
• 2:52:49
  Speaker 1: was ready. But we must have a basket to ride in,
• 2:52:52
  Speaker 1: he said. So he sent the soldier with the green
• 2:52:55
  Speaker 1: whiskers for a big clothes basket, which he fastened with
• 2:52:59
  Speaker 1: many ropes to the bot of the balloon. When it
• 2:53:02
  Speaker 1: was all ready, Oz sent word to his people that
• 2:53:04
  Speaker 1: he was going to make a visit to a great
• 2:53:06
  Speaker 1: brother wizard who lived in the clouds. The news spread
• 2:53:09
  Speaker 1: rapidly throughout the city, and everyone came to see the
• 2:53:12
  Speaker 1: wonderful sight. Oz ordered the balloon carried out in front
• 2:53:16
  Speaker 1: of the palace, and the people gazed upon it with
• 2:53:19
  Speaker 1: much curiosity. The tin woodman had chopped a big pile
• 2:53:23
  Speaker 1: of wood, and now he made a fire of it,
• 2:53:25
  Speaker 1: and Oz held the bottom of the balloon over the fire,
• 2:53:28
  Speaker 1: so that the hot air that arose from it would
• 2:53:30
  Speaker 1: be caught in a silken bag. Gradually the balloon swelled
• 2:53:33
  Speaker 1: out and rose into the air, until finally the basket
• 2:53:37
  Speaker 1: just touched the ground. Then Oz got into the basket
• 2:53:40
  Speaker 1: and said to all the people in a loud voice,
• 2:53:43
  Speaker 1: I am now going away to make a visit. While
• 2:53:46
  Speaker 1: I am gone, the scarecrow will rule over you. I
• 2:53:49
  Speaker 1: command you to obey him as you would be. The
• 2:53:52
  Speaker 1: balloon was by this time tugging hard at the rope
• 2:53:55
  Speaker 1: that held it to the ground, for the air within
• 2:53:57
  Speaker 1: it was hot, and this made it so much lighter
• 2:54:00
  Speaker 1: and wait than the air without that it pulled hard
• 2:54:02
  Speaker 1: to rise into the sky. Come, Dorothy, cried the wizard.
• 2:54:07
  Speaker 1: Hurry up, or the balloon will fly away. I can't
• 2:54:11
  Speaker 1: find Toto anywhere, replied Dorothy, who did not wish to
• 2:54:14
  Speaker 1: leave her little dog behind. Toto had run into the
• 2:54:18
  Speaker 1: crowd to bark at a kitten, and Dorothy at last
• 2:54:21
  Speaker 1: found him. She picked him up and ran towards the balloon.
• 2:54:25
  Speaker 1: She was within a few steps of it, and Oz
• 2:54:28
  Speaker 1: was holding out his hands to help her into the
• 2:54:30
  Speaker 1: basket when crack went the ropes and the balloon rose
• 2:54:34
  Speaker 1: into the air without her come back. She screamed, I
• 2:54:39
  Speaker 1: want to go too. I can't come back, my dear,
• 2:54:44
  Speaker 1: called Oz from the basket. Goodbye, good bye, shouted everyone,
• 2:54:49
  Speaker 1: and all eyes were turned upward to where the wizard
• 2:54:52
  Speaker 1: was riding in the basket, rising every moment farther and
• 2:54:55
  Speaker 1: farther into the sky. And that was the last any
• 2:54:59
  Speaker 1: of them ever saw of Oz the wonderful Wizard. Though
• 2:55:02
  Speaker 1: he may have reached Omaha safely and be there now
• 2:55:05
  Speaker 1: for all we know, but the people remembered him lovingly
• 2:55:09
  Speaker 1: and said to one another, Oz was always our friend.
• 2:55:13
  Speaker 1: When he was here, he built for us this beautiful
• 2:55:15
  Speaker 1: Emerald city, and now he is gone. He has left
• 2:55:17
  Speaker 1: the wise Scarecrow to rule over us. Still, for many
• 2:55:22
  Speaker 1: days they grieved over the loss of the wonderful wizard
• 2:55:24
  Speaker 1: and would not be comforted. Chapter eighteen. Away to the South,
• 2:55:28
  Speaker 1: Dorothy wept bitterly at the passing of her hope to
• 2:55:31
  Speaker 1: get home to Kansas again. But when she thought it
• 2:55:34
  Speaker 1: all over, she was glad she had not gone up
• 2:55:36
  Speaker 1: in a balloon. And she also felt sorry at losing Oz,
• 2:55:40
  Speaker 1: and so did her companions. The tin woodman came to
• 2:55:44
  Speaker 1: her and said, truly, I should be ungrateful if I
• 2:55:47
  Speaker 1: failed to mourn for the man who gave me my
• 2:55:49
  Speaker 1: lovely heart. I should like to cry a little because
• 2:55:52
  Speaker 1: Oz is gone. If you will kindly wipe away my
• 2:55:55
  Speaker 1: tears so that I shall not rust with pleasure, she answered,
• 2:55:59
  Speaker 1: and brought a towel at once. Then the tin woodman
• 2:56:03
  Speaker 1: wept for several minutes, and she watched the tears carefully
• 2:56:06
  Speaker 1: and wiped them away with the towel. When he had finished,
• 2:56:10
  Speaker 1: he thanked her kindly and oiled himself thoroughly with his
• 2:56:13
  Speaker 1: jeweled oil can to guard against mishap. The Scarecrow was
• 2:56:17
  Speaker 1: now the ruler of the Emerald City, and although he
• 2:56:20
  Speaker 1: was not a wizard, the people were proud of him,
• 2:56:23
  Speaker 1: for they said, there is not another city in all
• 2:56:26
  Speaker 1: the world that is ruled by a stuffed man, and
• 2:56:29
  Speaker 1: so far as they knew, they were quite right. The
• 2:56:33
  Speaker 1: morning after the balloon had gone up with Oz, the
• 2:56:35
  Speaker 1: four travelers met in the throne room and talked matters over.
• 2:56:40
  Speaker 1: The scarecrow sat in the big throne, and the others
• 2:56:42
  Speaker 1: stood respectfully before him. We are not so unlucky, said
• 2:56:46
  Speaker 1: the new ruler, for this palace and the Emerald City
• 2:56:49
  Speaker 1: belonged to us, and we can do just as we please.
• 2:56:53
  Speaker 1: When I remember that a short time ago I was
• 2:56:55
  Speaker 1: up on a pole in a farmer's cornfield, and that
• 2:56:58
  Speaker 1: now I am the ruler of this beautiful city, I
• 2:57:01
  Speaker 1: am quite satisfied with my lot, I also said the
• 2:57:05
  Speaker 1: tin woodman, AM well pleased with my new heart, And
• 2:57:08
  Speaker 1: really that was the only thing I wished in all
• 2:57:11
  Speaker 1: the world. For my part, I am content in knowing
• 2:57:15
  Speaker 1: I am as brave as any beast that ever lived,
• 2:57:17
  Speaker 1: if not braver, said the lion modestly. If Dorothy would
• 2:57:21
  Speaker 1: only be contented to live in the Emerald City, continued
• 2:57:24
  Speaker 1: the scarecrow. We might all be happy together, but I
• 2:57:28
  Speaker 1: don't want to live here, cried Dorothy. I want to
• 2:57:31
  Speaker 1: go to Kansas and live with Aunt em and Uncle Henry. Well, then,
• 2:57:36
  Speaker 1: what can be done, inquired the woodman. The scarecrow decided
• 2:57:41
  Speaker 1: to think, and he thought so hard that the pins
• 2:57:43
  Speaker 1: and needles began to stick out of his brains. Finally,
• 2:57:47
  Speaker 1: he said, why not call the winged monkeys and asked
• 2:57:50
  Speaker 1: them to carry you over the desert. I never thought
• 2:57:53
  Speaker 1: of that, said Dorothy joyfully. It's just the thing. I'll
• 2:57:58
  Speaker 1: go at once for the golden cap. When she brought
• 2:58:02
  Speaker 1: it into the throne room, she spoke the magic words,
• 2:58:04
  Speaker 1: and soon the band of winged monkeys flew in through
• 2:58:07
  Speaker 1: the open window and stood beside her. This is the
• 2:58:11
  Speaker 1: second time you have called us, said the Monkey King,
• 2:58:13
  Speaker 1: bowing before the little girl. What do you wish? I
• 2:58:18
  Speaker 1: want you to fly with me to Kansas, said Dorothy.
• 2:58:21
  Speaker 1: But the Monkey King shook his head. That cannot be done,
• 2:58:25
  Speaker 1: he said. We belong to this country alone and cannot
• 2:58:29
  Speaker 1: leave it. There has never been a winged monkey in
• 2:58:33
  Speaker 1: Kansas yet, and I suppose there never will be, for
• 2:58:36
  Speaker 1: they don't belong there. We shall be glad to serve
• 2:58:39
  Speaker 1: you in any way in our power, but we cannot
• 2:58:41
  Speaker 1: cross the desert. Good Bye, and with another bow, the
• 2:58:46
  Speaker 1: monkey king spread his wings and flew away through the window,
• 2:58:49
  Speaker 1: followed by all his band. Dorothy was ready to cry
• 2:58:53
  Speaker 1: with disappointment. I have wasted the charm of the golden
• 2:58:57
  Speaker 1: cap to no purpose, she said, For the winged monkeys
• 2:59:00
  Speaker 1: cannot help me. It is certainly too bad, said the
• 2:59:04
  Speaker 1: tender hearted woodman. The scarecrow was thinking again, and his
• 2:59:08
  Speaker 1: head bulged out so horribly that Dorothy feared it would burst.
• 2:59:13
  Speaker 1: Let us call on the soldier with the green whiskers,
• 2:59:15
  Speaker 1: he said, and ask his advice. So the soldier was
• 2:59:19
  Speaker 1: summoned and entered the throne room timidly, for while Oz
• 2:59:22
  Speaker 1: was alive, he never was allowed to come farther than
• 2:59:25
  Speaker 1: the door. This little girl, said the scarecrow to the soldier,
• 2:59:29
  Speaker 1: wishes to cross the desert. How can she do so?
• 2:59:33
  Speaker 1: I cannot tell, answered the soldier, for nobody has ever
• 2:59:37
  Speaker 1: crossed the desert unless it is Oz himself. Is there
• 2:59:41
  Speaker 1: no one who can help me? Asked Dorothy earnestly. Glinda might,
• 2:59:45
  Speaker 1: he suggested? Who is Glinda? Inquired the Scarecrow the Witch
• 2:59:50
  Speaker 1: of the South. She is the most powerful of all
• 2:59:54
  Speaker 1: the witches and rules over the Quadlings. Besides, her castle
• 2:59:59
  Speaker 1: stands on the edge the desert, so she may know
• 3:00:01
  Speaker 1: a way to cross it. Glinda is a good witch,
• 3:00:05
  Speaker 1: isn't she asked the child. The Quadlings think she is good,
• 3:00:09
  Speaker 1: said the soldier, And she is kind to everyone. I
• 3:00:13
  Speaker 1: have heard that Glinda is a beautiful woman who knows
• 3:00:16
  Speaker 1: how to keep young in spite of the many years
• 3:00:18
  Speaker 1: she has lived. How can I get to her castle,
• 3:00:21
  Speaker 1: asked Dorothy. The road is straight to the south, he answered,
• 3:00:26
  Speaker 1: but it is said to be full of dangers to travelers.
• 3:00:29
  Speaker 1: There are wild beasts in the woods, and a race
• 3:00:32
  Speaker 1: of queer men who do not like strangers to cross
• 3:00:34
  Speaker 1: their country. For this reason, none of the Quadlings ever
• 3:00:38
  Speaker 1: come to the Emerald City. The soldier then left them,
• 3:00:42
  Speaker 1: and the Scarecrow said, it seems, in spite of dangers,
• 3:00:45
  Speaker 1: that the best thing Dorothy can do is to travel
• 3:00:48
  Speaker 1: to the land of the South and ask Glinda to
• 3:00:50
  Speaker 1: help her. For of course, if Dorothy stays here, she
• 3:00:54
  Speaker 1: will never get back to Kansas. You must have been thinking, again,
• 3:00:59
  Speaker 1: remarked the tin woodman. I have said the scarecrow. I
• 3:01:04
  Speaker 1: shall go with Dorothy, declared the lion, for I am
• 3:01:07
  Speaker 1: tired of your city and long for the woods and
• 3:01:09
  Speaker 1: the country again. I am really a wild beast, you know. Besides,
• 3:01:15
  Speaker 1: Dorothy will need someone to protect her. That is true,
• 3:01:19
  Speaker 1: agreed the woodman. My axe may be of service to her,
• 3:01:23
  Speaker 1: so I also will go with her to the land
• 3:01:25
  Speaker 1: of the South. When shall we start, asked the scarecrow.
• 3:01:30
  Speaker 1: Are you going? They asked in surprise. Certainly. If it
• 3:01:35
  Speaker 1: wasn't for Dorothy, I should never have had brains. She
• 3:01:39
  Speaker 1: lifted me from the pole in the cornfield and brought
• 3:01:41
  Speaker 1: me to the Emerald City. So my good luck is
• 3:01:45
  Speaker 1: all due to her, and I shall never leave her
• 3:01:47
  Speaker 1: until she starts back to Kansas for good and all.
• 3:01:51
  Speaker 1: Thank you, said Dorothy, gratefully. You are all very kind
• 3:01:55
  Speaker 1: to me, but I should like to start as soon
• 3:01:58
  Speaker 1: as possible. We shall go tomorrow morning, returned the scarecrow.
• 3:02:03
  Speaker 1: So now let us all get ready, for it will
• 3:02:05
  Speaker 1: be a long journey. Chapter nineteen. Attacked by the fighting trees.
• 3:02:10
  Speaker 1: The next morning, Dorothy kissed the pretty green girl good bye,
• 3:02:13
  Speaker 1: and they all shook hands. With the soldier with the
• 3:02:15
  Speaker 1: green whiskers, who had walked with them as far as
• 3:02:18
  Speaker 1: the gate. When the guardian of the gate saw them again,
• 3:02:21
  Speaker 1: he wondered greatly that they could leave the beautiful city
• 3:02:24
  Speaker 1: to get into new trouble. But he at once unlocked
• 3:02:27
  Speaker 1: their spectacles, which he put back into the green box,
• 3:02:30
  Speaker 1: and gave them many good wishes to carry with them.
• 3:02:34
  Speaker 1: You are now our ruler, he said to the scarecrow,
• 3:02:37
  Speaker 1: so you must come back to us as soon as possible.
• 3:02:40
  Speaker 1: I certainly shall, if I am able, the scarecrow replied,
• 3:02:44
  Speaker 1: but I must help Dorothy to get home first. As
• 3:02:47
  Speaker 1: Dorothy bade the good natured guardian the last farewell, she said,
• 3:02:51
  Speaker 1: I have been very kindly treated in your lovely city,
• 3:02:54
  Speaker 1: and everyone has been good to me. I cannot tell
• 3:02:57
  Speaker 1: you how grateful I am. Don't try, my dear, he answered,
• 3:03:03
  Speaker 1: We should like to keep you with us, but if
• 3:03:05
  Speaker 1: it is your wish to return to Kansas, I hope
• 3:03:07
  Speaker 1: you will find a way. He then opened the gate
• 3:03:10
  Speaker 1: of the outer Wall, and they walked forth and started
• 3:03:13
  Speaker 1: upon their journey. The sun shone brightly as our friends
• 3:03:17
  Speaker 1: turned their faces toward the land of the South. They
• 3:03:20
  Speaker 1: were all in the best of spirits and laughed and
• 3:03:23
  Speaker 1: chatted together. Dorothy was once more filled with the hope
• 3:03:27
  Speaker 1: of getting home, and the scarecrow and the tin Woodman
• 3:03:29
  Speaker 1: were glad to be of use to her. As for
• 3:03:32
  Speaker 1: the lion, he sniffed the fresh air with delight and
• 3:03:35
  Speaker 1: whisked his tail from side to side in pure joy
• 3:03:38
  Speaker 1: at being in the country again, while Toto ran around
• 3:03:40
  Speaker 1: them and chased the moths and butterflies, barking merrily all
• 3:03:44
  Speaker 1: the time. City life does not agree with me at all,
• 3:03:48
  Speaker 1: remark the lion, as they walked along at a brisk pace.
• 3:03:52
  Speaker 1: I have lost much flesh since I lived there, and
• 3:03:54
  Speaker 1: now I am anxious for a chance to show the
• 3:03:57
  Speaker 1: other beasts how courageous I have grown. They now turned
• 3:04:00
  Speaker 1: and took a last look at the Emerald city. All
• 3:04:04
  Speaker 1: they could see was a mass of towers and steeples
• 3:04:06
  Speaker 1: behind the green walls, and high up above everything the
• 3:04:09
  Speaker 1: spires and dome of the Palace of Oz. Oz was
• 3:04:13
  Speaker 1: not such a bad wizard after all, said the tin Woodman,
• 3:04:17
  Speaker 1: as he felt his heart rattling around in his breast.
• 3:04:20
  Speaker 1: He knew how to give me brains, and very good
• 3:04:23
  Speaker 1: brains too, said the scarecrow. If Oz had taken a
• 3:04:27
  Speaker 1: dose of the same courage he gave me, added the lion,
• 3:04:30
  Speaker 1: he would have been a brave man. Dorothy said nothing.
• 3:04:35
  Speaker 1: Oz had not kept the promise he made her, but
• 3:04:37
  Speaker 1: he had done his best, so she forgave him. As
• 3:04:41
  Speaker 1: he said. He was a good man, even if he
• 3:04:43
  Speaker 1: was a bad wizard. The first day's journey was through
• 3:04:46
  Speaker 1: the green fields and bright flowers that stretched about the
• 3:04:49
  Speaker 1: Emerald city on every side. They slept that night on
• 3:04:53
  Speaker 1: the grass with nothing but the stars over them, and
• 3:04:56
  Speaker 1: they rested very well. Indeed, in the morning they trackedveled
• 3:05:00
  Speaker 1: on until they came to a thick wood. There was
• 3:05:03
  Speaker 1: no way of going around it, for it seemed to
• 3:05:05
  Speaker 1: extend to the right and left as far as they
• 3:05:07
  Speaker 1: could see. And besides, they did not dare change the
• 3:05:11
  Speaker 1: direction of their journey for fear of getting lost, so
• 3:05:15
  Speaker 1: they looked for the place where it would be easiest
• 3:05:17
  Speaker 1: to get into the forest. The scarecrow, who was in
• 3:05:20
  Speaker 1: the lead, finally discovered a big tree with such wide
• 3:05:23
  Speaker 1: spreading branches that there was room for the party to
• 3:05:26
  Speaker 1: pass underneath. So he walked forward to the tree, but
• 3:05:30
  Speaker 1: just as he came under the first branches, they bent
• 3:05:32
  Speaker 1: down and twined around him, and the next minute he
• 3:05:35
  Speaker 1: was raised from the ground and flung headlong among his
• 3:05:38
  Speaker 1: fellow travelers. This did not hurt the scarecrow, but it
• 3:05:42
  Speaker 1: surprised him, and he looked rather dizzy when Dorothy picked
• 3:05:45
  Speaker 1: him up. Here is another space between the trees, called
• 3:05:49
  Speaker 1: the lion. Let me try it first, said the scarecrow,
• 3:05:53
  Speaker 1: for it doesn't hurt me to get thrown about. He
• 3:05:56
  Speaker 1: walked up to another tree as he spoke, but its
• 3:05:59
  Speaker 1: branches in immediately seized him and tossed him back again.
• 3:06:03
  Speaker 1: This is strange, exclaimed Dorothy. What shall we do? The
• 3:06:08
  Speaker 1: trees seemed to have made up their minds to fight
• 3:06:10
  Speaker 1: us and stop our journey, remarked the lion. I believe
• 3:06:14
  Speaker 1: I will try it myself, said the woodman, and shouldering
• 3:06:18
  Speaker 1: his axe, he marched up to the first tree that
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  Speaker 1: had handled the scarecrow so roughly. When a big branch
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  Speaker 1: bent down to seize him, the woodman chopped at it
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  Speaker 1: so fiercely that he cut it in two at once.
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  Speaker 1: The tree began shaking all its branches as if in pain,
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  Speaker 1: and the tin woodman passed safely under it. Come on,
• 3:06:37
  Speaker 1: he shouted to the others, be quick. They all ran
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  Speaker 1: forward and passed under the tree without injury, except Toto,
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  Speaker 1: who was caught by a small branch and shaken until
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  Speaker 1: he howled. But the woodman promptly chopped off the branch
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  Speaker 1: and set the little dog free. The other trees of
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  Speaker 1: the forest did nothing to keep them back, so they
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  Speaker 1: made up their minds that only the first row of
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  Speaker 1: trees could bend down their branches, and that probably these
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  Speaker 1: were the policemen of the forest, and given this wonderful
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  Speaker 1: power in order to keep strangers out of it. The
• 3:07:10
  Speaker 1: four travelers walked with ease through the trees until they
• 3:07:13
  Speaker 1: came to the farther edge of the wood. Then, to
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  Speaker 1: their surprise, they found before them a high wall which
• 3:07:19
  Speaker 1: seemed to be made of white china. It was smooth,
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  Speaker 1: like the surface of a dish, and higher than their heads.
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  Speaker 1: What shall we do now, asked Dorothy. I will make
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  Speaker 1: a ladder, said the tin woodman, for we certainly must
• 3:07:33
  Speaker 1: climb over the wall Chapter twenty, The Dainty China Country.
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  Speaker 1: While the woodman was making a ladder from wood which
• 3:07:40
  Speaker 1: he found in the forest, Dorothy lay down and slept,
• 3:07:43
  Speaker 1: for she was tired by the long walk. The lion
• 3:07:46
  Speaker 1: also curled himself up to sleep, and Toto lay beside him.
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  Speaker 1: The scarecrow watched the woodman while he worked and said
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  Speaker 1: to him, I cannot think why this wall is here,
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  Speaker 1: nor what it is made of. Rest your brains and
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  Speaker 1: do not worry about the wall, replied the woodman. When
• 3:08:03
  Speaker 1: we have climbed over it, we shall know what is
• 3:08:05
  Speaker 1: on the other side. After a time, the ladder was finished.
• 3:08:10
  Speaker 1: It looked clumsy, but the tin woodman was sure it
• 3:08:13
  Speaker 1: was strong and would answer their purpose. The scarecrow waked
• 3:08:17
  Speaker 1: Dorothy and the lion and Toto and told them that
• 3:08:20
  Speaker 1: the ladder was ready. The scarecrow climbed up the ladder first,
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  Speaker 1: but he was so awkward that Dorothy had to follow
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  Speaker 1: close behind and keep him from falling off. When he
• 3:08:30
  Speaker 1: got his head over the top of the wall, the
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  Speaker 1: scarecrow said, oh my, go on, exclaimed Dorothy. So the
• 3:08:38
  Speaker 1: scarecrow climbed farther up and sat down on the top
• 3:08:41
  Speaker 1: of the wall, and Dorothy put her head over and cried,
• 3:08:44
  Speaker 1: oh my, just as the scarecrow had done. Then Toto
• 3:08:48
  Speaker 1: came up and immediately began to bark, but Dorothy made
• 3:08:52
  Speaker 1: him be still. The lion climbed the ladder next, and
• 3:08:55
  Speaker 1: the tin woodman came last, But both of them cried
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  Speaker 1: oh my as soon as they looked over the wall.
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  Speaker 1: When they were all sitting in a row on the
• 3:09:04
  Speaker 1: top of the wall, they looked down and saw a
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  Speaker 1: strange sight. Before them was a great stretch of country,
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  Speaker 1: having a floor as smooth and shining in white as
• 3:09:13
  Speaker 1: the bottom of a big platter. Scattered around were many
• 3:09:17
  Speaker 1: houses made entirely of china and painted in the brightest colors.
• 3:09:21
  Speaker 1: These houses were quite small, the biggest of them reaching
• 3:09:24
  Speaker 1: only as high as Dorothy's waist. There were also pretty
• 3:09:28
  Speaker 1: little barns with china fences around them, and many cows
• 3:09:32
  Speaker 1: and sheep, and horses and pigs and chickens, all made
• 3:09:35
  Speaker 1: of china, were standing about in groups. But the strangest
• 3:09:39
  Speaker 1: of all were the people who lived in this queer country.
• 3:09:43
  Speaker 1: There were milk maids and shepherdesses with brightly colored bodices
• 3:09:46
  Speaker 1: and golden spots all over their gowns, and princesses with
• 3:09:50
  Speaker 1: most gorgeous frocks of silver and gold and purple, and
• 3:09:53
  Speaker 1: shepherds dressed in knee breeches with pink and yellow and
• 3:09:56
  Speaker 1: blue stripes down them, and golden buckles on their shoes,
• 3:10:00
  Speaker 1: and princes with jeweled crowns upon their heads wearing ermine
• 3:10:04
  Speaker 1: robes and satin doublets, and funny clowns in ruffled gowns
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  Speaker 1: with round red spots upon their cheeks and tall pointed caps.
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  Speaker 1: And strangest of all, these people were all made of china,
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  Speaker 1: even to their clothes, and were so small that the
• 3:10:19
  Speaker 1: tallest of them was no higher than Dorothy's knee. No
• 3:10:23
  Speaker 1: one did so much as look at the travelers at first,
• 3:10:26
  Speaker 1: except one little purple china dog with an extra large head,
• 3:10:29
  Speaker 1: which came to the wall and barked at them in
• 3:10:31
  Speaker 1: a tiny voice, afterwards running away again. How shall we
• 3:10:35
  Speaker 1: get down, asked Dorothy. They found the latter so heavy
• 3:10:39
  Speaker 1: they could not pull it up, So the scarecrow fell
• 3:10:42
  Speaker 1: off the wall, and the others jumped down upon him
• 3:10:44
  Speaker 1: so that the hard floor would not hurt their feet.
• 3:10:48
  Speaker 1: Of course, they took pains not to light on his
• 3:10:50
  Speaker 1: head and get the pins in their feet. When all
• 3:10:53
  Speaker 1: were safely down, they picked up the scarecrow, whose body
• 3:10:56
  Speaker 1: was quite flattened out, and patted his straw into shape. Again.
• 3:11:00
  Speaker 1: We must cross this strange place in order to get
• 3:11:03
  Speaker 1: to the other side, said Dorothy, for it would be
• 3:11:06
  Speaker 1: unwise for us to go any other way except due south.
• 3:11:10
  Speaker 1: They began walking through the country of the China people,
• 3:11:13
  Speaker 1: and the first thing they came to was a China
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  Speaker 1: milkmaid milking a China cow. As they drew near, the
• 3:11:19
  Speaker 1: cow suddenly gave a kick and kicked over the stool.
• 3:11:22
  Speaker 1: The pail, and even the milkmaid herself and all fell
• 3:11:25
  Speaker 1: on the China ground with a great clatter. Dorothy was
• 3:11:29
  Speaker 1: shocked to see that the cow had broken her leg off,
• 3:11:32
  Speaker 1: and that the pail was lying in several small pieces,
• 3:11:35
  Speaker 1: while the poor milkmaid had a nick in her left elbow.
• 3:11:38
  Speaker 1: There cried the milkmaid angrily, See what you have done.
• 3:11:43
  Speaker 1: My cow has broken her leg and I must take
• 3:11:46
  Speaker 1: her to the mender's shop and have it glued on again.
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  Speaker 1: What do you mean by coming here and frightening my cow?
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  Speaker 1: I'm very sorry, returned Dorothy. Please forgive us, But the
• 3:11:58
  Speaker 1: pretty milkmaid was much too vage to make any answer.
• 3:12:02
  Speaker 1: She picked up the legs sulkily and led her cow away,
• 3:12:05
  Speaker 1: the poor animal limping on three legs as she left them.
• 3:12:09
  Speaker 1: The milkmaid cast many reproachful glances over her shoulder at
• 3:12:13
  Speaker 1: the clumsy strangers holding her nicked elbow close to her side.
• 3:12:17
  Speaker 1: Dorothy was quite grieved at this mishap. We must be
• 3:12:21
  Speaker 1: very careful here, said the kind hearted woodman, or we
• 3:12:24
  Speaker 1: may hurt these pretty little people so they will never
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  Speaker 1: get over it. A little farther on, Dorothy met a
• 3:12:30
  Speaker 1: most beautifully dressed young princess, who stopped short as she
• 3:12:33
  Speaker 1: saw the strangers and started to run away. Dorothy wanted
• 3:12:37
  Speaker 1: to see more of the princess, so she ran after her,
• 3:12:41
  Speaker 1: but the China girl cried out, don't chase me, don't
• 3:12:45
  Speaker 1: chase me. She had such a frightened little voice that
• 3:12:48
  Speaker 1: Dorothy stopped and said, why not, because, answered the princess,
• 3:12:53
  Speaker 1: also stopping a safe distance away. If I run, I
• 3:12:56
  Speaker 1: may fall down and break myself. But could you not
• 3:13:00
  Speaker 1: be mended? Asked the girl. Oh yes, but one is
• 3:13:04
  Speaker 1: never so pretty after being mended, you know, replied the princess.
• 3:13:09
  Speaker 1: I suppose not, said Dorothy. Now there is mister Joker,
• 3:13:14
  Speaker 1: one of our clowns, continued the China lady, who is
• 3:13:17
  Speaker 1: always trying to stand upon his head. He has broken
• 3:13:20
  Speaker 1: himself so often that he is mended in a hundred
• 3:13:23
  Speaker 1: places and doesn't look at all pretty. Here he comes now,
• 3:13:27
  Speaker 1: so you can see for yourself. Indeed, a jolly little
• 3:13:31
  Speaker 1: clown came walking toward them, and Dorothy could see that,
• 3:13:34
  Speaker 1: in spite of his pretty clothes of red and yellow
• 3:13:37
  Speaker 1: and green, he was completely covered with cracks running every
• 3:13:40
  Speaker 1: which way, and showing plainly that he had been mended
• 3:13:43
  Speaker 1: in many places. The clown put his hands in his pockets, and,
• 3:13:47
  Speaker 1: after puffing out his cheeks and nodding his head at
• 3:13:50
  Speaker 1: them saucily, he said, my lady, fair, why do you
• 3:13:53
  Speaker 1: stare at poor old mister joker. You're quite as stiff
• 3:13:56
  Speaker 1: and prim as if you'd eaten up a poker. Be quiet, sir,
• 3:14:01
  Speaker 1: said the princess. Can't you see these are strangers and
• 3:14:05
  Speaker 1: should be treated with respect. Well, that's respect I expect,
• 3:14:10
  Speaker 1: declared the clown, and immediately stood upon his head. Don't
• 3:14:14
  Speaker 1: mind mister joker, said the princess to Dorothy. He is
• 3:14:18
  Speaker 1: considerably cracked in his head, and that makes him foolish. Oh,
• 3:14:22
  Speaker 1: I don't mind him a bit, said Dorothy. But you
• 3:14:26
  Speaker 1: are so beautiful. She continued that I am sure I
• 3:14:29
  Speaker 1: could love you dearly. Won't you let me carry you
• 3:14:32
  Speaker 1: back to Kansas and stand you on Aunt EM's mantle.
• 3:14:36
  Speaker 1: I could carry you in my basket. That would make
• 3:14:39
  Speaker 1: me very unhappy, answered the China princess. You see, here
• 3:14:43
  Speaker 1: in our country we live contentedly and can talk and
• 3:14:46
  Speaker 1: move around as we please. But whenever any of us
• 3:14:50
  Speaker 1: are taken away, our joints at once stiffen, and we
• 3:14:53
  Speaker 1: can only stand straight and look pretty. Of course, that
• 3:14:56
  Speaker 1: is all that is expected of us when we are
• 3:14:58
  Speaker 1: on mantles and cabinets and drawing room tables. But our
• 3:15:01
  Speaker 1: lives are much pleasanter here in our own country. I
• 3:15:05
  Speaker 1: would not make you unhappy for all the world, exclaimed Dorothy,
• 3:15:10
  Speaker 1: So I'll just say good bye, good bye, replied the princess.
• 3:15:15
  Speaker 1: They walked carefully through the China country. The little animals
• 3:15:19
  Speaker 1: and all the people scampered out of their way, fearing
• 3:15:22
  Speaker 1: the strangers would break them, And after an hour or so,
• 3:15:25
  Speaker 1: the travelers reached the other side of the country and
• 3:15:27
  Speaker 1: came to another China wall. It was not so high
• 3:15:31
  Speaker 1: as the first, however, and by standing upon the lion's back,
• 3:15:34
  Speaker 1: they all managed to scramble to the top Then the
• 3:15:38
  Speaker 1: lion gathered his legs under him and jumped on the wall.
• 3:15:41
  Speaker 1: But just as he jumped, he upset a China church
• 3:15:43
  Speaker 1: with his tail and smashed it all to pieces. That
• 3:15:47
  Speaker 1: was too bad, said Dorothy, But really, I think we
• 3:15:50
  Speaker 1: were lucky in not doing these little people more harm
• 3:15:53
  Speaker 1: than breaking a cow's leg and a church. They are
• 3:15:56
  Speaker 1: all so brittle. They are, indeed, said the scarecrow, and
• 3:16:01
  Speaker 1: I am thankful. I am made of straw and cannot
• 3:16:03
  Speaker 1: be easily damaged. There are worse things in the world
• 3:16:07
  Speaker 1: than being a scarecrow. Chapter twenty one, the lion becomes
• 3:16:11
  Speaker 1: the King of Beasts. After climbing down from the China Wall,
• 3:16:14
  Speaker 1: the travelers found themselves in a disagreeable country, full of
• 3:16:17
  Speaker 1: bogs and marshes and covered with tall, rank grass. It
• 3:16:22
  Speaker 1: was difficult to walk without falling into muddy holes, for
• 3:16:25
  Speaker 1: the grass was so thick that it hid them from sight. However,
• 3:16:29
  Speaker 1: by carefully picking their way, they got safely along until
• 3:16:32
  Speaker 1: they reached solid ground. But here the country seemed wilder
• 3:16:37
  Speaker 1: than ever, and after a long and tiresome walk through
• 3:16:40
  Speaker 1: the underbrush, they entered another forest, where the trees were
• 3:16:43
  Speaker 1: bigger and older than any they had ever seen. This
• 3:16:46
  Speaker 1: forest is perfectly delightful, declared the lion, looking around him
• 3:16:50
  Speaker 1: with joy. Never have I seen a more beautiful place.
• 3:16:55
  Speaker 1: It seems gloomy, said the scarecrow. Not a bit of it,
• 3:16:59
  Speaker 1: answered lion. I should like to live here all my life.
• 3:17:04
  Speaker 1: See how soft the dried leaves are under your feet,
• 3:17:07
  Speaker 1: and how rich and green the moss is that clings
• 3:17:09
  Speaker 1: to these old trees. Surely no wild beast could wish
• 3:17:13
  Speaker 1: a pleasanter home. Perhaps there are wild beasts in the
• 3:17:17
  Speaker 1: forest now, said Dorothy. I suppose there are, returned the lion,
• 3:17:22
  Speaker 1: but I do not see any of them about. They
• 3:17:25
  Speaker 1: walked through the forest until it became too dark to
• 3:17:28
  Speaker 1: go any farther. Dorothy and Toto and the lion lay
• 3:17:31
  Speaker 1: down to sleep, while the woodman and the scarecrow kept
• 3:17:34
  Speaker 1: watch over them as usual. When morning came, they started again.
• 3:17:39
  Speaker 1: Before they had gone far, they heard a low rumble,
• 3:17:42
  Speaker 1: as of the growling of many wild animals. Toto whimpered
• 3:17:46
  Speaker 1: a little, but none of the others was frightened, and
• 3:17:49
  Speaker 1: they kept along the well trodden path until they came
• 3:17:51
  Speaker 1: to an opening in the wood, in which were gathered
• 3:17:54
  Speaker 1: hundreds of beasts of every variety. There were tigers and elephants,
• 3:17:58
  Speaker 1: and bears, and wolves and foxes and all the others
• 3:18:01
  Speaker 1: in the natural history, And for a moment Dorothy was afraid.
• 3:18:06
  Speaker 1: But the lion explained that the animals were holding a meeting,
• 3:18:09
  Speaker 1: and he judged by their snarling and growling that they
• 3:18:11
  Speaker 1: were in great trouble. As he spoke, several of the
• 3:18:15
  Speaker 1: beasts caught sight of him, and at once the great
• 3:18:17
  Speaker 1: assemblage hushed, as if by magic. The biggest of the
• 3:18:21
  Speaker 1: tigers came up to the lion and bowed, saying, welcome,
• 3:18:25
  Speaker 1: o king of beasts. You have come in good time
• 3:18:28
  Speaker 1: to fight our enemy and bring peace to all the
• 3:18:30
  Speaker 1: animals of the forest. Once more, What is your trouble,
• 3:18:35
  Speaker 1: ask the lion quietly. We are all threatened, answered the tiger,
• 3:18:40
  Speaker 1: by a fierce enemy which has lately come into this forest.
• 3:18:44
  Speaker 1: It is a most tremendous monster, like a great spider,
• 3:18:47
  Speaker 1: with a body as big as an elephant, in legs
• 3:18:49
  Speaker 1: as long as a tree trunk. It has eight of
• 3:18:52
  Speaker 1: these long legs, and as the monster crawls through the forest,
• 3:18:55
  Speaker 1: he seizes an animal with a leg and drags it
• 3:18:58
  Speaker 1: to his mouth, where he eats it as a spider
• 3:19:00
  Speaker 1: does a fly. Not one of us is safe while
• 3:19:03
  Speaker 1: this fierce creature is alive. And we had called a
• 3:19:06
  Speaker 1: meeting to decide how to take care of ourselves when
• 3:19:08
  Speaker 1: you came among us. The lion thought for a moment.
• 3:19:13
  Speaker 1: Are there any other lions in this forest? He asked, No,
• 3:19:18
  Speaker 1: there were some, but the monster has eaten them all,
• 3:19:21
  Speaker 1: And besides, they were none of them nearly so large
• 3:19:25
  Speaker 1: and brave as you. If I put an end to
• 3:19:28
  Speaker 1: your enemy, will you bow down to me and obey
• 3:19:30
  Speaker 1: me as king of the forest, inquired the lion. We
• 3:19:34
  Speaker 1: will do that gladly, return the tiger and all the
• 3:19:37
  Speaker 1: other beasts roared with a mighty roar. We will Where
• 3:19:41
  Speaker 1: is this great spider of yours, now, asked the lion.
• 3:19:45
  Speaker 1: Yonder among the oak trees, said the tiger, pointing with
• 3:19:49
  Speaker 1: his forefoot. Take good care of these friends of mine,
• 3:19:52
  Speaker 1: said the lion, and I will go at once to
• 3:19:54
  Speaker 1: fight the monster. He bade his comrades good bye, and
• 3:19:58
  Speaker 1: marched proudly away to do battle with the enemy. The
• 3:20:02
  Speaker 1: great spider was lying asleep when the lion found him,
• 3:20:05
  Speaker 1: and it looked so ugly that its foe turned up
• 3:20:07
  Speaker 1: his nose in disgust. Its legs were quite as long
• 3:20:11
  Speaker 1: as the tiger had said, and its body covered with
• 3:20:14
  Speaker 1: coarse black hair. It had a great mouth with a
• 3:20:18
  Speaker 1: row of sharp teeth a foot long, but its head
• 3:20:20
  Speaker 1: was joined to the pudgy body by a neck as
• 3:20:22
  Speaker 1: slender as a wasp's waist. This gave the lion a
• 3:20:26
  Speaker 1: hint of the best way to attack the creature, and
• 3:20:28
  Speaker 1: as he knew it was easier to fight it asleep
• 3:20:31
  Speaker 1: than awake, he gave a great spring and landed directly
• 3:20:34
  Speaker 1: upon the monster's back. Then, with one blow of his
• 3:20:38
  Speaker 1: heavy paw, all armed with sharp claws, he knocked the
• 3:20:41
  Speaker 1: spider's head from its body. Jumping down, he watched it
• 3:20:45
  Speaker 1: until the long legs stopped wiggling. When he knew it
• 3:20:48
  Speaker 1: was quite dead, the lion went back to the opening,
• 3:20:51
  Speaker 1: where the beasts of the forest were waiting for him,
• 3:20:53
  Speaker 1: and said, proudly, you need fear your enemy no longer.
• 3:20:57
  Speaker 1: Then the beasts bowed down to the lion their king,
• 3:21:00
  Speaker 1: and he promised to come back and rule over them
• 3:21:03
  Speaker 1: as soon as Dorothy was safely on her way to Kansas.
• 3:21:07
  Speaker 1: Chapter twenty two, The Country of the Quadlings the four
• 3:21:09
  Speaker 1: travelers passed through the rest of the forest in safety,
• 3:21:12
  Speaker 1: and when they came out from its gloom, saw before
• 3:21:14
  Speaker 1: them a steep hill covered from top to bottom with
• 3:21:17
  Speaker 1: great pieces of rock. That will be a hard climb,
• 3:21:21
  Speaker 1: said the scarecrow, But we must get over the hill nevertheless,
• 3:21:25
  Speaker 1: so he led the way and the others followed. They
• 3:21:29
  Speaker 1: had nearly reached the first rock when they heard a
• 3:21:31
  Speaker 1: rough voice cry out, keep back. Who are you, ask
• 3:21:35
  Speaker 1: the scarecrow. Then a head showed itself over the rock,
• 3:21:39
  Speaker 1: and the same voice said, this hill belongs to us,
• 3:21:42
  Speaker 1: and we don't allow anyone to cross it. But we
• 3:21:45
  Speaker 1: must cross it, said the scarecrow. We're going to the
• 3:21:49
  Speaker 1: country of the quadlings, but you shall not, replied the voice,
• 3:21:53
  Speaker 1: and their step from behind the rock the strangest man
• 3:21:56
  Speaker 1: the travelers had ever seen. He was quite short instead
• 3:22:00
  Speaker 1: and had a big head, which was flat at the
• 3:22:02
  Speaker 1: top and supported by a thick neck full of wrinkles.
• 3:22:06
  Speaker 1: But he had no arms at all, and seeing this,
• 3:22:09
  Speaker 1: the scarecrow did not fear that so helpless a creature
• 3:22:12
  Speaker 1: could prevent them from climbing the hill, so he said,
• 3:22:16
  Speaker 1: I'm sorry not to do as you wish, but we
• 3:22:18
  Speaker 1: must pass over your hill, whether you like it or not,
• 3:22:21
  Speaker 1: and he walked boldly forward, as quick as lightning. The
• 3:22:25
  Speaker 1: man's head shot forward, and his neck stretched out until
• 3:22:27
  Speaker 1: the top of the head, where it was flat, struck
• 3:22:30
  Speaker 1: the scarecrow in the middle and sent him tumbling over
• 3:22:33
  Speaker 1: and over down the hill almost as quickly as it came.
• 3:22:36
  Speaker 1: The head went back to the body, and the man
• 3:22:39
  Speaker 1: laughed harshly as he said, it isn't as easy as
• 3:22:41
  Speaker 1: you think. A chorus of boisterous laughter came from the
• 3:22:45
  Speaker 1: other rocks, and Dorothy saw hundreds of the armless hammer
• 3:22:48
  Speaker 1: heads upon the hillside, one behind every rock. The lion
• 3:22:53
  Speaker 1: became quite angry at the laughter caused by the scarecrow's mishap,
• 3:22:57
  Speaker 1: and giving a loud roar that echoed like thunder. He
• 3:23:00
  Speaker 1: dashed up the hill again. A head shot swiftly out,
• 3:23:04
  Speaker 1: and the great Lion went rolling down the hill as
• 3:23:06
  Speaker 1: if he had been struck by a cannon ball. Dorothy
• 3:23:09
  Speaker 1: ran down and helped the scarecrow to his feet, and
• 3:23:12
  Speaker 1: the lion came up to her, feeling rather bruised and sore,
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  Speaker 1: and said, it is useless to fight people with shooting heads.
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  Speaker 1: No one can withstand them. What can we do, then,
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  Speaker 1: she asked, call the winged monkeys, suggested the tin woodman.
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  Speaker 1: You have still the right to command them once more.
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  Speaker 1: Very well, she answered, and putting on the golden cap,
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  Speaker 1: she uttered the magic words. The monkeys were as prompt
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  Speaker 1: as ever, and in a few moments the entire band
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  Speaker 1: stood before her. What are your commands, inquired the king
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  Speaker 1: of the monkeys, bowing low, Carry us over the hill
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  Speaker 1: to the country of the quadlings, answered the girl. It
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  Speaker 1: shall be done, said the king, and at once the
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  Speaker 1: winged monkeys caught the four travelers and Toto up in
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  Speaker 1: their arms and flew away with them. As they passed
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  Speaker 1: over the hill, the hammerheads yelled with vexation and shot
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  Speaker 1: their heads high in the air, but they could not
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  Speaker 1: reach the winged monkeys, which carried Dorothy and her comrade
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  Speaker 1: safely over the hill and set them down in the
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  Speaker 1: beautiful country of the quadlings. This is the last time
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  Speaker 1: you can summon us, said the leader to Dorothy, so
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  Speaker 1: good bye and good luck to you. Good Bye, and
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  Speaker 1: thank you very much, returned the girl. And the monkeys
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  Speaker 1: rose into the air and were out of sight in
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  Speaker 1: a twinkling. The country of the quadlings seemed rich and happy.
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  Speaker 1: There was field upon field of ripening grain, with well
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  Speaker 1: paved roads running between, and pretty rippling brooks with strong
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  Speaker 1: bridges across them. The fences and houses and bridges were
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  Speaker 1: all painted bright red, just as they had been painted
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  Speaker 1: yellow in the country of the Winkies and blue in
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  Speaker 1: the country of the munchkins. The quadlings themselves, who were
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  Speaker 1: short and fat and looked chubby and good natured, were
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  Speaker 1: dressed all in red, which showed bright again against the
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  Speaker 1: green grass and the yellowing grain. The monkeys had set
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  Speaker 1: them down near a farmhouse, and the four travelers walked
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  Speaker 1: up to it and knocked at the door. It was
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  Speaker 1: opened by the farmer's wife, and when Dorothy asked for
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  Speaker 1: something to eat, the woman gave them all a good dinner,
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  Speaker 1: with three kinds of cake and four kinds of cookies,
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  Speaker 1: and a bowl of milk for Toto. How far is
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  Speaker 1: it to the Castle of Glinda, asked the child. It
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  Speaker 1: is not a great way, answered the farmer's wife. Take
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  Speaker 1: the road to the south and you will soon reach it.
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  Speaker 1: Thanking the good woman, they started afresh and walked by
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  Speaker 1: the fields and across the pretty bridges until they saw
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  Speaker 1: before them a very beautiful castle. Before the gates were
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  Speaker 1: three young girls dressed in handsome red uniforms trimmed with
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  Speaker 1: gold braid, and as Dorothy approached, one of them said
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  Speaker 1: to her, why have you come to the south country
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  Speaker 1: to see the good witch who rules here? She answered,
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  Speaker 1: will you take me to her? Let me have your name,
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  Speaker 1: and I will ask Glinda if she will receive you.
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  Speaker 1: They told who they were, and the girl's soldier went
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  Speaker 1: into the castle. After a few moments, she came back
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  Speaker 1: to say that Dorothy and the others were to be
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  Speaker 1: admitted at once. Chapter twenty three Glinda the Good which
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  Speaker 1: grants Dorothy's wish. Before they went to see Glinda, however,
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  Speaker 1: they were taken to a room of the castle, where
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  Speaker 1: Dorothy washed her face and combed her hair, and the
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  Speaker 1: lion shook the dust out of his mane, and the
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  Speaker 1: scarecrow patted himself into his best shape, and the woodman
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  Speaker 1: polished his tin and oiled his joints. When they were
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  Speaker 1: all quite presentable, they followed the soldier girl into a
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  Speaker 1: big room where the witch Glinda sat upon a throne
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  Speaker 1: of rubies. She was both beautiful and young to their eyes.
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  Speaker 1: Her hair was a rich red in color and fell
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  Speaker 1: in flowing ringlets over her shoulders. Her dress was pure white,
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  Speaker 1: but her eyes were blue, and they looked kindly upon
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  Speaker 1: the little girl. What can I do for you, my child,
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  Speaker 1: she asked. Dorothy told the witch all her story, how
• 3:27:01
  Speaker 1: the cyclone had brought her to the land of Oz,
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  Speaker 1: how she had found her companions, and of the wonderful
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  Speaker 1: adventures they had met with. My greatest wish now, she added,
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  Speaker 1: is to get back to Kansas, for Aunt em will
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  Speaker 1: surely think something dreadful has happened to me, and that
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  Speaker 1: will make her put on mourning. And unless the crops
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  Speaker 1: are better this year than they were last, I am
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  Speaker 1: sure Uncle Henry cannot afford it. Glinda leaned forward and
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  Speaker 1: kissed the sweet upturned face of the loving little girl.
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  Speaker 1: Bless your dear heart, she said. I am sure I
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  Speaker 1: can tell you of a way to get back to Kansas.
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  Speaker 1: Then she added, but if I do, you must give
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  Speaker 1: me the golden cap. Willingly exclaimed Dorothy. Indeed, it is
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  Speaker 1: of no use to me now, And when you have it,
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  Speaker 1: you can command the winged monkeys three times, and I
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  Speaker 1: think I shall need their service just those three times.
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  Speaker 1: Answered Glinda, smiling. Dorothy then gave her the golden cap,
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  Speaker 1: and the witch said to the scarecrow, what will you
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  Speaker 1: do when Dorothy has left us? I will return to
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  Speaker 1: the Emerald City, he replied, for Oz has made me
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  Speaker 1: its ruler, and the people like me. The only thing
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  Speaker 1: that worries me is how to cross the Hill of
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  Speaker 1: the hammer Heads. By means of the Golden Cap, I
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  Speaker 1: shall command the winged monkeys to carry you to the
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  Speaker 1: gates of the Emerald City, said Glinda, for it would
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  Speaker 1: be a shame to deprive the people of so wonderful
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  Speaker 1: a ruler. Am I really wonderful? Asked the scarecrow. You
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  Speaker 1: are unusual, replied Glinda. Turning to the tin woodman, she asked,
• 3:28:34
  Speaker 1: what will become of you when Dorothy leaves this country.
• 3:28:38
  Speaker 1: He leaned on his axe and thought a moment. Then
• 3:28:41
  Speaker 1: he said, the winkies were very kind to me and
• 3:28:44
  Speaker 1: wanted me to rule over them. After the wicked Witch died,
• 3:28:48
  Speaker 1: I am fond of the winkies, and if I could
• 3:28:50
  Speaker 1: get back again to the country of the West, I
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  Speaker 1: should like nothing better than to rule over them forever.
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  Speaker 1: My second command to the winged monkeys, said Glinda, will
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  Speaker 1: be that they carry you safely to the land of
• 3:29:01
  Speaker 1: the winkies. Your brain may not be so large to
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  Speaker 1: look at as those of the scarecrow, but you are
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  Speaker 1: really brighter than he is when you are well polished,
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  Speaker 1: and I am sure you will rule the winkies wisely
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  Speaker 1: and well. Then the witch looked at the big shaggy
• 3:29:16
  Speaker 1: lion and asked, when Dorothy has returned to her own home,
• 3:29:19
  Speaker 1: what will become of you. Over the hill of the
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  Speaker 1: hammer Heads. He answered, lies a grand old forest, and
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  Speaker 1: all the beasts that live there have made me their king.
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  Speaker 1: If I could only get back to this forest, I
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  Speaker 1: would pass my life very happily. There. My third command
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  Speaker 1: to the winged monkeys, said Glinda, shall be to carry
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  Speaker 1: you to your forest. Then, having used up the powers
• 3:29:43
  Speaker 1: of the Golden cap, I shall give it to the
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  Speaker 1: king of the Monkeys, that he and his band may
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  Speaker 1: thereafter be free for evermore. The scarecrow and the tin
• 3:29:51
  Speaker 1: woodman and the lion now thanked the good witch earnestly
• 3:29:54
  Speaker 1: for her kindness, and Dorothy exclaimed, you are certainly as
• 3:29:58
  Speaker 1: good as you are beautiful, But you have not yet
• 3:30:01
  Speaker 1: told me how to get back to Kansas. Your silver
• 3:30:05
  Speaker 1: shoes will carry you over the desert, replied Glinda. If
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  Speaker 1: you had known their power, you could have gone back
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  Speaker 1: to your aunt em the very first day you came
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  Speaker 1: to this country. But then I should not have had
• 3:30:16
  Speaker 1: my wonderful brains, cried the scarecrow. I might have passed
• 3:30:20
  Speaker 1: my whole life in the farmer's cornfield, and I should
• 3:30:23
  Speaker 1: not have had my lovely heart, said the tin woodman.
• 3:30:27
  Speaker 1: I might have stood and rusted in the forest till
• 3:30:29
  Speaker 1: the end of the world, and I should have lived
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  Speaker 1: a coward forever, declared the lion, And no beast in
• 3:30:36
  Speaker 1: all the forest would have had a good word to
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  Speaker 1: say to me. This is all true, said Dorothy, And
• 3:30:42
  Speaker 1: I am glad I was of use to these good friends,
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  Speaker 1: but now that each of them has had what he
• 3:30:47
  Speaker 1: most desired, and each is happy in having a kingdom
• 3:30:50
  Speaker 1: to rule. Besides, I think I should like to go
• 3:30:52
  Speaker 1: back to Kansas. The silver shoes, said the good witch
• 3:30:56
  Speaker 1: have wonderful powers. And one of the most curious things
• 3:31:00
  Speaker 1: about them is that they can carry you to any
• 3:31:02
  Speaker 1: place in the world in three steps, and each step
• 3:31:05
  Speaker 1: will be made in the wink of an eye. All
• 3:31:08
  Speaker 1: you have to do is to knock the heels together
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  Speaker 1: three times, and command the shoes to carry you wherever
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  Speaker 1: you wish to go. If that is so, said the
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  Speaker 1: child joyfully, I will ask them to carry me back
• 3:31:19
  Speaker 1: to Kansas. At once. She threw her arms around the
• 3:31:22
  Speaker 1: lion's neck and kissed him, patting his big head tenderly.
• 3:31:27
  Speaker 1: Then she kissed the tin woodman, who was weeping in
• 3:31:29
  Speaker 1: a way most dangerous to his joints. But she hugged
• 3:31:33
  Speaker 1: the soft stuffed body of the scarecrow in her arms
• 3:31:36
  Speaker 1: instead of kissing his painted face, and found she was
• 3:31:39
  Speaker 1: crying herself at this sorrowful parting from her loving comrades.
• 3:31:44
  Speaker 1: Glinda the Good stepped down from her ruby throne to
• 3:31:46
  Speaker 1: give the little girl a goodbye kiss, and Dorothy thanked
• 3:31:49
  Speaker 1: her for all the kindness she had shown to her
• 3:31:51
  Speaker 1: friends and herself. Dorothy now took Toto up solemnly in
• 3:31:56
  Speaker 1: her arms, and, having said one last good bye, she
• 3:31:59
  Speaker 1: clapped the heels of her shoes together three times, saying
• 3:32:02
  Speaker 1: take me home to aunt em. Instantly she was whirling
• 3:32:06
  Speaker 1: through the air so swiftly that all she could see
• 3:32:09
  Speaker 1: or feel was the wind whistling past her ears. The
• 3:32:12
  Speaker 1: silver shoes took but three steps, and then she stopped
• 3:32:16
  Speaker 1: so suddenly that she rolled over upon the grass several
• 3:32:18
  Speaker 1: times before she knew where she was. At length, however,
• 3:32:23
  Speaker 1: she sat up and looked about her. Good gracious, she cried,
• 3:32:28
  Speaker 1: for she was sitting on the broad Kansas prairie, and
• 3:32:31
  Speaker 1: just before her was the new farmhouse Uncle Henry built
• 3:32:34
  Speaker 1: after the cyclone had carried away the old one. Uncle
• 3:32:38
  Speaker 1: Henry was milking the cows in the barnyard, and Toto
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  Speaker 1: had jumped out of her arms and was running toward
• 3:32:43
  Speaker 1: the barn, barking furiously. Dorothy stood up and found she
• 3:32:47
  Speaker 1: was in her stocking feet, for the silver shoes had
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  Speaker 1: fallen off in her flight through the air and were
• 3:32:53
  Speaker 1: lost forever in the desert. Chapter twenty four, Home Again.
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  Speaker 1: Aunt Em had just come out of the house to
• 3:32:59
  Speaker 1: water the cabbage when she looked up and saw Dorothy
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  Speaker 1: running toward her, My darling child, she cried, folding the
• 3:33:07
  Speaker 1: little girl in her arms and covering her face with kisses.
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  Speaker 1: Where in the world did you come from? From the
• 3:33:14
  Speaker 1: land of Oz, said Dorothy gravely. And here is Toto too,
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  Speaker 1: And o, aunt Em, I'm so glad to be at
• 3:33:23
  Speaker 1: home again. Thanks for listening this wonderful audio book. The
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  Speaker 1: end