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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - L Frank Baum · Audiobook Collection

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