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  18. <div style="color:#30b;"><center><h1>LIST OF CHAPTERS</h2></center></div>
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  23.  <td style="color:#f37;" valign="top">CHAPTER I:</td><td>The Cyclone      <br></td></tr><tr>
  24.  <td style="color:#f37;" valign="top">CHAPTER II:</td><td>The Council With the Munchkins        </td></tr><tr>
  25.  <td style="color:#f37;" valign="top">CHAPTER III:</td><td>How Dorothy Saved the Scarecrow      </td></tr><tr>
  26.  <td style="color:#f37;" valign="top">CHAPTER IV:</td><td>The Road Through the Forest           </td></tr><tr>
  27.  <td style="color:#f37;" valign="top">CHAPTER V:</td><td>The Rescue of the Tin Woodman          </td></tr><tr>
  28.  <td style="color:#f37;" valign="top">CHAPTER VI:</td><td>The Cowardly Lion                     </td></tr><tr>
  29.  <td style="color:#f37;" valign="top">CHAPTER VII:</td><td>The Journey to the Great Oz          </td></tr><tr>
  30.  <td style="color:#f37;" valign="top">CHAPTER VIII:</td><td>The Deadly Poppy Field              </td></tr><tr>
  31.  <td style="color:#f37;" valign="top">CHAPTER IX:</td><td>The Queen of the Field Mice           </td></tr><tr>
  32.  <td style="color:#f37;" valign="top">CHAPTER X:</td><td>The Guardian of the Gates               </td></tr><tr>
  33.  <td style="color:#f37;" valign="top">CHAPTER XI:</td><td>The Wonderful Emerald City of Oz       </td></tr><tr>
  34.  <td style="color:#f37;" valign="top">CHAPTER XII:</td><td>The Search for the Wicked Witch       </td></tr><tr>
  35.  <td style="color:#f37;" valign="top">CHAPTER XIII:</td><td>How the Four were Rescued            </td></tr><tr>
  36.  <td style="color:#f37;" valign="top">CHAPTER XIV:</td><td>The Winged Monkeys                    </td></tr><tr>
  37.  <td style="color:#f37;" valign="top">CHAPTER XV:</td><td>The Discovery of Oz the Terrible       </td></tr><tr>
  38.  <td style="color:#f37;" valign="top">CHAPTER XVI:</td><td>The Magic Art of the Great Humbug     </td></tr><tr>
  39.  <td style="color:#f37;" valign="top">CHAPTER XVII:</td><td>How the Balloon Was Launched         </td></tr><tr>
  40.  <td style="color:#f37;" valign="top">CHAPTER XVIII:</td><td>Away to the South                   </td></tr><tr>
  41.  <td style="color:#f37;" valign="top">CHAPTER XIX:</td><td>Attacked by the Fighting Trees        </td></tr><tr>
  42.  <td style="color:#f37;" valign="top">CHAPTER XX:</td><td>The Dainty China Country               </td></tr><tr>
  43.  <td style="color:#f37;" valign="top">CHAPTER XXI:</td><td>The Lion Becomes the King of Beasts   </td></tr><tr>
  44.  <td style="color:#f37;" valign="top">CHAPTER XXII:</td><td>The Country of the Quadlings         </td></tr><tr>
  45.  <td style="color:#f37;" valign="top">CHAPTER XXIII:</td><td>The Good Witch Grants Dorothy's Wish</td></tr><tr>
  46. <td style="color:#f37;" valign="top">CHAPTER XXIV:</td><td>Home Again                           </td></tr><tr>
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  52. <center><h1><i>Introduction</i></h1></center>
  53.  
  54. <p>Folk lore, legends, myths and fairy tales have followed childhood through the ages, for every healthy youngster has a wholesome and instinctive love for stories fantastic, marvelous and manifestly unreal. The winged fairies of Grimm and Andersen have brought more happiness to childish hearts than all other human creations.</p> <p>Yet the old-time fairy tale, having served for generations,
  55. may now be classed as "historical" in the children's library; for the time has come for a series of newer "wonder tales" in which the stereotyped genie, dwarf and fairy are eliminated, together with all the horrible and blood-curdling incident devised by their authors to point a fearsome moral to each tale. Modern education includes morality; therefore the modern child seeks only entertainment in its wonder-tales and gladly dispenses with all disagreeable incident.</p> <p>Having this thought in mind, the story of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" was written solely to pleasure children of today. It aspires to being a modernized fairy tale, in which the wonderment and joy are retained and the heart-aches and nightmares are left out.</p>
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  57. <center>L. Frank Baum.</center>
  58. <br><center>Chicago, April, 1900.</center>
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  71. <center><h1>Chapter V</h1></center>
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  74. <center>Woodsman and Toto</center>
  75.  
  76. <p><b>When</b> Dorothy awoke the sun was shining through the trees and Toto had long been out chasing birds and squirrels. She sat up and looked around her. There was the Scarecrow, still standing patiently in his corner, waiting for her. <br>"We must go and search for water," she said to him. <br>"Why do you want water?" he asked. <br>"To wash my face clean after the dust of the road, and to drink, so the dry bread will not stick in my throat."
  77. <br>"It must be inconvenient to be made of flesh," said the Scarecrow, thoughtfully; "for you must sleep, and eat and drink. However, you have brains, and it is worth a lot of bother to be able to think properly."
  78.  
  79. <p>They left the cottage and walked through the trees until they found a little spring of clear water, where Dorothy drank and bathed and ate her breakfast. She saw there was not much bread left in the basket, and the girl was thankful the Scarecrow did not have to eat anything, for there was scarcely enough for herself and Toto for the day.</p>
  80. <p>When she had finished her meal, and was about to go back to the road of yellow brick, she was startled to hear a deep groan near by.<br>"What was that?" she asked, timidly.<br>"I cannot imagine," replied the Scarecrow; "but we can go and see."</p>
  81. <p>Just then another groan reached their ears, and the sound seemed to come from behind them. They turned and walked through the forest a few steps, when Dorothy discovered something shining in a ray of sunshine that fell between the trees. She ran to the place, and then stopped short, with a cry of surprise.</p> <p>One of the big trees had been partly chopped through, and standing beside it, with an uplifted axe in his hands, was a man made entirely of tin. His head and arms and legs were jointed upon his body, but he stood perfectly motionless, as if he could not stir at all.</p>
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  83. <center><img src="  http://www.gutenberg.org/files/43936/43936-h/images/i063_edit.jpg  " style="width:33%;"></center><center><i>Woodsman chopping a tree</i></center>
  84.  
  85. <p>Dorothy looked at him in amazement, and so did the Scarecrow, while Toto barked sharply and made a snap at the tin legs, which hurt his teeth.<br>"Did you groan?" asked Dorothy.<br>"Yes," answered the tin man; "I did. I've been groaning for more than a year, and no one has ever heard me before or come to help me."<br>"What can I do for you?" she enquired, softly, for she was moved by the sad voice in which the man spoke.<br>"Get an oil-can and oil my joints," he answered. "They are rusted so badly that
  86. I cannot move them at all; if I am well oiled I shall soon be all right again. You will find an oil-can on a shelf in my cottage."<br>Dorothy at once ran back to the cottage and found the oil-can, and then she returned and asked, anxiously, "Where are your joints?" "Oil my neck, first," replied the Tin Woodman. So she oiled it, and as it was quite badly rusted the Scarecrow
  87. took hold of the tin head and moved it gently from side to side until it worked freely, and then the man could turn it himself.</p>
  88.  
  89. <p>"Now oil the joints in my arms," he said. And Dorothy oiled them and the Scarecrow bent them carefully until they were quite free from rust and as good as new.<br>The Tin Woodman gave a sigh of satisfaction and lowered his axe, which he leaned against the tree.<br>"This is a great comfort," he said. "I have been holding that axe in the air ever since I rusted, and I'm glad to be able to put it down at last. Now, if you will oil the joints of my legs, I shall be all right once more."<br>So they oiled his legs until he could move them freely; and he thanked them again and again for his release, for he seemed a very polite creature, and very grateful. "I might have stood there always if you had not come along," he said; "so you have certainly saved my life.
  90. How did you happen to be here?"</p>
  91. <p>"We are on our way to the Emerald City, to see the great Oz," she answered, "and we stopped at your cottage to pass the night."<br>"Why do you wish to see Oz?" he asked.<br>"I want him to send me back to Kansas; and the
  92. Scarecrow wants him to put a few brains into his head," she replied.<br>The Tin Woodman appeared to think deeply for a moment. Then he said:<br>"Do you suppose Oz could give me a heart?"<br>"Why, I guess so," Dorothy answered; "it would be as easy as to give the Scarecrow brains."</p>
  93.  
  94. <center><img src="  http://www.gutenberg.org/files/43936/43936-h/images/i065_edit.jpg  " style="width:33%;"></center><center><i>'This is a great comfort,' said the Tin Woodman.</i></center>
  95.  
  96. <p>"True," the Tin Woodman returned. "So, if you will allow me to join your party, I will also go to the Emerald City and ask Oz to help me."<br>"Come along," said the Scarecrow, heartily; and Dorothy added that she would be pleased to have his company. So the Tin Woodman shouldered his axe and they all passed through the forest until they came to the road that was paved with yellow brick.<br>The Tin Woodman had asked Dorothy to put the oil-can in her basket. "For," he said, "if I should get caught in the rain, and rust again, I would need the oil-can badly."<br>It was a bit of good luck to have their new comrade join the party, for soon after they had begun their journey again they came to a place where the trees and branches grew so thick over the road that the travellers could not pass. But the Tin Woodman set to work with his axe and chopped so well that soon he cleared a passage for the
  97. entire party.</p><p>Dorothy was thinking so earnestly as they walked along that she did not notice when the Scarecrow stumbled into a hole and rolled over to the side of the road. Indeed, he was obliged to call to her to help him up again.<br>"Why didn't you walk around the hole?" asked the Tin Woodman.<br>"I don't know enough," replied the Scarecrow, cheerfully. "My head is stuffed with straw, you know, and that is why I am going to Oz to ask him for some brains."</p>
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  99. <center><img src="  http://www.gutenberg.org/files/43936/43936-h/images/i068_edit.jpg  " style="width:33%;"></center><center><i>Scarecrow and Toto</i></center>
  100.  
  101. <p>"Oh, I see;" said the Tin Woodman. "But, after all, brains are not the best things in the world." "Have you any?" enquired the Scarecrow. "No, my head is quite empty," answered the Woodman; "but once I had brains, and a heart also; so, having tried them both, I should much rather have a heart."<br>"And why is that?" asked the Scarecrow.<br>"I will tell you my story, and then you will know." So, while they were walking through the forest, the Tin Woodman told the following story:</p>
  102.  
  103. <p>"I was born the son of a woodman who chopped down trees in the forest and sold the wood for a living. When I grew up I too became a wood-chopper, and after my father died I took care of my old mother as long as she lived. Then I made up my mind that instead of living alone I would marry, so that I might not become lonely.<br>"There was one of the Munchkin girls who was so beautiful that I soon grew to love her with all my heart. She, on her part, promised to marry me as soon as I could earn enough money to build a better house for her; so I set to work harder than ever. But the girl lived with an old woman who did not want her to marry anyone, for she was so lazy she wished the girl to remain with her and do the cooking and the housework. So the old woman went to the wicked Witch of the East, and promised her two sheep and a cow if she would prevent the marriage. Thereupon the wicked Witch enchanted my axe, and when I was chopping away at my best one day, for I was anxious to get the new house and my wife as soon as possible, the axe slipped all at once and cut off my left leg.<br>"This at first seemed a great misfortune, for I knew a one-legged man could not do very well as a wood-chopper. So I went to a tin-smith and had him make me a new leg out of tin. The leg worked very well, once I was used to it; but my action angered the wicked Witch of the East, for she had promised the old woman I should not marry the pretty Munchkin girl. When I began chopping again my axe slipped and cut off my right leg. Again I went to the tinner, and again he made me a leg out of tin. After this the enchanted axe cut off my arms, one after the other; but, nothing daunted, I had them replaced with tin ones. The wicked Witch then made the axe slip and cut off my head, and at first I thought that was the end of me. But the tinner happened to come along, and he made me a new head out of tin.</p>
  104.  
  105. <center><img src="  http://www.gutenberg.org/files/43936/43936-h/images/i070_edit.jpg  " style="width:33%;"></center><center><i>Tinman</i></center>
  106.  
  107. <p>"I thought I had beaten the wicked Witch then, and I worked harder than ever; but I little knew how cruel my enemy could be. She thought of a new way to kill my love for the beautiful Munchkin maiden, and made my axe slip again, so that it cut right through my body, splitting me into two halves. Once more the tinner came to my help and made me a body of tin, fastening my tin arms and legs and head to it, by means of joints, so that I could move around as well as ever. But, alas! I had now no heart, so that I lost all my love for the Munchkin girl, and did not care whether I married her or not. I suppose she is still living with the old woman, waiting for me to come after her.</p> <p>"My body shone so brightly in the sun that I felt very proud of it and it did not matter now if my axe slipped, for it could not cut me. There was only one danger&mdash;that my joints would rust; but I kept an oil-can in my cottage and took care to oil myself whenever I needed it. However, there came a day when I forgot to do this, and, being caught in a rainstorm, before I thought of the danger my joints had rusted, and I was left to stand in the woods until you came to help me. It was a terrible thing to undergo, but during the year I stood there I had time to think that the greatest loss I had known was the loss of my heart. While I was in love I was the happiest man on earth; but no one can love who has not a heart, and so I am resolved to ask Oz to give me one. If he does, I will go back to the Munchkin maiden and marry her."</p>
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  109. <center><img src="  http://www.gutenberg.org/files/43936/43936-h/images/i071_edit.jpg  " style="width:33%;"></center>
  110. <center><i>Shiny Tinman</i></center>
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  112. <p>Both Dorothy and the Scarecrow had been greatly interested in the story of the Tin Woodman, and now they knew why he was so anxious to get a new heart.<br>"All the same," said the Scarecrow, "I shall ask for brains instead of a heart; for a fool would not know what to do with a heart if he had one."<br>"I shall take the heart," returned the Tin Woodman; "for brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world."<br>Dorothy did not say anything, for she was puzzled to know which of her two friends was right, and she decided if she could only get back to Kansas and Aunt Em it did not matter so much whether the
  113. Woodman had no brains and the Scarecrow no heart, or each got what he wanted. What worried her most was that the bread was nearly gone, and another meal for herself and Toto would empty the basket. To be sure neither the Woodman nor the Scarecrow ever ate anything, but she was not made of tin nor straw, and could not live unless she was fed.</p>
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  115. <center><h1>Chapter VI</h1></center>
  116. <center><img src="  http://www.gutenberg.org/files/43936/43936-h/images/i073_edit.jpg  " style="width:27%;"></center>
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  118. <center><img src="  http://www.gutenberg.org/files/43936/43936-h/images/i075_edit.jpg  " style="width:27%;"></center>
  119. <center><i>You ought to be ashamed of yourself!</i></center>
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  121. <center><img src="  http://www.gutenberg.org/files/43936/43936-h/images/i076_edit.jpg  " style="width:27%;"></center>
  122. <center><i>Dorothy and Lion</i></center>
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  124. <p><b>All</b> this time Dorothy and her companions had been walking through the thick woods. The road was still paved with yellow brick, but these were much covered by dried branches and dead leaves from the trees, and the walking was not at all good.</p> <p>There were few birds in this part of the forest, for birds love the open country where there is plenty of sunshine; but now and then there came a deep growl from some wild animal hidden among the trees. These sounds made the little girl's heart beat fast, for she did not know
  125. what made them; but Toto knew, and he walked close to Dorothy's side, and did not even bark in return.</p>
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  127. <p>"How long will it be," the child asked of the Tin
  128. Woodman, "before we are out of the forest?" "I cannot tell," was the answer, "for I have never been to the Emerald City. But my father went there once, when I was a boy, and he said it was a long journey through a dangerous country, although nearer to the city
  129. where Oz dwells the country is beautiful. But I am not afraid so long as I have my oil-can, and nothing can hurt
  130. the Scarecrow, while you bear upon your forehead the mark of the good Witch's kiss, and that will protect you from harm."</p>
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  132. <p>"But Toto!" said the girl, anxiously; "what will protect him?" "We must protect him ourselves, if he is in danger," replied the Tin Woodman.</p>
  133. <p>Just as he spoke there came from the forest a terrible roar, and the next moment a great Lion bounded into the road. With one blow of his paw he sent the Scarecrow spinning over and over to the edge of the road, and then he struck at the Tin Woodman with his sharp claws. But, to the Lion's surprise, he could make no impression on the tin, although the Woodman fell over in the road and lay still.<br>Little Toto, now that he had an enemy to face, ran barking toward the Lion, and the great beast had opened his mouth to bite the dog, when Dorothy, fearing Toto would be killed, and heedless of danger, rushed forward and slapped the Lion upon his nose as hard as she could, while she cried out:</p>
  134. <p>"Don't you dare to bite Toto! You ought to be ashamed of yourself, a big beast like you, to bite a poor little dog!"<br>"I didn't bite him," said the Lion, as he rubbed his nose with his paw where Dorothy had hit it. "No, but you tried to," she retorted. "You are nothing but a big coward."<br>"I know it," said the Lion, hanging his head in shame; "I've always known it. But how can I help it?"<br>"I don't know, I'm sure. To think of your striking a stuffed man, like the poor Scarecrow!" "Is he stuffed?" asked the Lion, in surprise, as he watched her pick up the Scarecrow and set him upon his feet, while she patted him into shape again. "Of course he's stuffed," replied Dorothy, who was still angry. "That's why he went over so easily," remarked the Lion. "It astonished me to see him whirl around so. Is the other one stuffed, also?" "No," said Dorothy, "he's made of tin." And she helped the Woodman up again.<br>"That's why he nearly blunted my claws," said the Lion. "When they scratched against the tin it made a
  135. cold shiver run down my back. What is that little animal you are so tender of?"</p>
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  137. <center><img src="  http://www.gutenberg.org/files/43936/43936-h/images/i079_edit.jpg  " style="width:29%;"></center><center><i>Lion crying</i></center>
  138.  
  139. <p>"He is my dog, Toto," answered Dorothy. "Is he made of tin, or stuffed?" asked the Lion. "Neither. He's a&mdash;a&mdash;a meat dog," said the girl. "Oh. He's a curious animal, and seems remarkably small, now that I look at him. No one would think of
  140. biting such a little thing except a coward like me," continued the Lion, sadly.</p>
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  142. <p>"What makes you a coward?" asked Dorothy, looking at the great beast in wonder, for he was as big as a small horse.<br> "It's a mystery," replied the Lion. "I suppose I was born that way. All the other animals in the forest naturally expect me to
  143. be brave, for the Lion is everywhere thought to be the King of Beasts. I learned that if I roared very loudly every living thing was
  144. frightened and got out of my way. Whenever I've met a man I've been awfully scared; but I just roared at him, and he has always run away as fast as he could go. If the elephants and the tigers and the bears had ever tried to fight me, I should have run myself&mdash;I'm such a coward; but just as soon as they hear me roar they all try to get away from me, and of course I let them go."</p>
  145. <p>"But that isn't right. The King of Beasts shouldn't be a coward," said the Scarecrow.<br> "I know it," returned the Lion, wiping a tear from his eye with the tip of his tail; "it is my great sorrow, and makes my life very unhappy. But whenever there is danger
  146. my heart begins to beat fast."<br> "Perhaps you have heart disease," said the Tin Woodman. "It may be," said the Lion.<br> "If you have," continued the Tin Woodman, "you ought to be glad, for it proves you have a heart. For my part, I have no heart; so I cannot have heart disease." "Perhaps," said the Lion, thoughtfully, "if I had no heart I should not be a coward."</p>
  147.  
  148. <p>"Have you brains?" asked the Scarecrow. "I suppose so. I've never looked to see," replied the Lion.</p>
  149.  
  150. <p>"I am going to the great Oz to ask him to give me some," remarked the Scarecrow, "for my head is stuffed with straw."<br> "And I am going to ask him to give me a heart," said the Woodman.<br> "And I am going to ask him to send Toto and me back to Kansas," added Dorothy.</p>
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  152. <p>"Do you think Oz could give me courage?" asked the cowardly Lion. "Just as easily as he could give me brains," said the
  153. Scarecrow.<br> "Or give me a heart," said the Tin Woodman.<br> "Or send me back to Kansas," said Dorothy.<br> "Then, if you don't mind, I'll go with you," said the Lion, "for my life is simply unbearable without a bit of courage." "You will be very welcome," answered Dorothy, "for you will help to keep away the other wild beasts. It seems to me they must be more cowardly than you are if they allow you to scare them so easily." "They really are," said the Lion; "but that doesn't make me any braver, and as long as I know myself to be a coward I shall be unhappy."</p>
  154.  
  155. <p>So once more the little company set off upon the journey, the Lion walking with stately strides at Dorothy's side. Toto did not approve this new comrade at first, for he could not forget how nearly he had been crushed between the Lion's great jaws; but after a time he became more at ease, and presently Toto and the Cowardly Lion had grown to be good friends.</p>
  156.  
  157. <center><img src="  http://www.gutenberg.org/files/43936/43936-h/images/i082_edit.jpg  " style="width:29%;"></center><center><i>Scarecrow and Tinman</i></center>
  158.  
  159. <p>During the rest of that day there was no other adventure to mar the peace of their journey. Once, indeed, the Tin Woodman stepped upon a beetle that was crawling along the road, and killed the poor little thing. This made the Tin Woodman very unhappy, for he was always careful not to hurt any living creature; and as he walked along he wept several tears of sorrow and regret. These tears ran
  160. slowly down his face and over the hinges of his jaw, and there they rusted. When Dorothy presently asked him a question the Tin Woodman could not open his mouth, for his jaws were tightly rusted together. He became greatly frightened at this and made many motions to Dorothy to relieve him, but she could not understand. The Lion was also puzzled to know what was wrong. But the Scarecrow seized the oil-can from Dorothy's basket and oiled the Woodman's jaws, so that after a few
  161. moments he could talk as well as before.<br> "This will serve me a lesson," said he, "to look where I step. For if I should kill another bug or beetle I should surely cry again, and crying rusts my jaw so that I cannot speak."</p>
  162.  
  163. <p>Thereafter he walked very carefully, with his eyes on the road, and when he saw a tiny ant toiling by he would step over it, so as not to harm it. The Tin Woodman knew very well he had no heart, and therefore he took great care never to be cruel or unkind to anything.<br> "You people with hearts," he said, "have something to guide you, and need never do wrong; but I have no heart, and so I must be very careful. When Oz gives me a heart of course I needn't mind so much."</p>
  164.  
  165. <center><img src="  http://www.gutenberg.org/files/43936/43936-h/images/i084_edit.jpg  " style="width:29%;"></center>
  166. <center><h1><i>Chapter VII</i></h1></center>
  167. <center><img src="  http://www.gutenberg.org/files/43936/43936-h/images/i086_edit.jpg  " style="width:29%;"></center><center><i>Lion and Dorothy</i></center>
  168.  
  169. <p><b>They</b> were obliged to camp out that night under a large tree in the forest, for there were no houses near. The tree made a good, thick covering to protect them from the dew, and the Tin Woodman chopped a great pile of wood with his axe and Dorothy built a splendid fire that warmed her and made her feel less lonely. She and Toto ate the last of their bread, and now she did not know what they would do for breakfast.</p>
  170.  
  171. <p>"If you wish," said the Lion, "I will go into the forest and kill a deer for you. You can roast it by the fire, since your tastes are so peculiar that you prefer cooked food, and then you will have a very good breakfast."</p>
  172.  
  173. <center><img src="  http://www.gutenberg.org/files/43936/43936-h/images/i087_edit.jpg  " style="width:29%;"></center>
  174. <center><i>Scarecrow gathering berries</i></center>
  175.  
  176. <p>"Don't! Please don't," begged the Tin Woodman. "I should certainly weep if you killed a poor deer, and then my jaws would rust again."</p>
  177.  
  178. <p>But the Lion went away into the forest and found his own supper, and no one ever knew what it was, for he didn't mention it. And the Scarecrow found a tree full of nuts and filled Dorothy's basket with them, so that she would not be hungry for a long time. She thought this was very kind and thoughtful of the Scarecrow, but she laughed heartily at the awkward way in which the poor
  179. creature picked up the nuts. His padded hands were so clumsy and the nuts were so small that he dropped almost as many as he put in the basket. But the Scarecrow did not mind how long it took him to fill the basket, for it enabled him to keep away from the fire, as he feared a spark might get into his straw and burn him up. So he kept a good distance away from the flames, and only came near to cover Dorothy with dry leaves when she lay down to sleep. These kept her very snug and warm and she slept soundly until morning.</p>
  180.  
  181. <p>When it was daylight the girl bathed her face in a little rippling brook and soon after they all started toward the Emerald City.<br> This was to be an eventful day for the travellers. They had hardly been walking an hour when they saw before them a great ditch that crossed the road and divided the forest as far as they could see on either side. It was a very wide ditch, and when they crept up to the edge and looked into it they could see it was also very deep, and there were many big, jagged rocks at the bottom. The
  182. sides were so steep that none of them could climb down, and for a moment it seemed that their journey must end.<br> "What shall we do?" asked Dorothy, despairingly.<br> "I haven't the faintest idea," said the Tin Woodman; and the Lion shook his shaggy mane and looked thoughtful. But the Scarecrow said:</p>
  183.  
  184. <p>"We cannot fly, that is certain; neither can we climb down into this great ditch. Therefore, if we cannot jump
  185. over it, we must stop where we are." "I think I could jump over it," said the Cowardly Lion,
  186. after measuring the distance carefully in his mind. "Then we are all right," answered the Scarecrow, "for you can carry us all over on your back, one at a time."<br> "Well, I'll try it," said the Lion. "Who will go first?"</p>
  187.  
  188. <center><img src="  http://www.gutenberg.org/files/43936/43936-h/images/i089-i090_combo.jpg  " style="width:29%;"></center>
  189. <center><i>Dorothy riding the Lion</i></center>
  190.  
  191. <p>"I will," declared the Scarecrow; "for, if you found that you could not jump over the gulf, Dorothy would be killed, or the Tin Woodman badly dented on the rocks below. But if I am on your back it will not matter so much, for the fall would not hurt me at all."<br> "I am terribly afraid of falling, myself," said the Cowardly Lion, "but I suppose there is nothing to do but try it. So get on my back and we will make the attempt." The Scarecrow sat upon the Lion's back, and the big beast walked to the edge of the gulf and
  192. crouched down. "Why don't you run and jump?" asked the Scarecrow. "Because that isn't the way we Lions do these things," he replied. Then giving a great spring, he shot through the air and landed safely on the other side. They were all greatly pleased to see how easily he did it, and after the Scarecrow had got down from his back the Lion sprang across the ditch again.</p>
  193.  
  194. <p>Dorothy thought she would go next; so she took Toto in her arms and climbed on the Lion's back, holding tightly to his mane with one hand. The next moment it seemed as if she was flying through the air; and then, before she had time to think about it, she was safe on the other side. The Lion went back a third time and got the Tin Woodman, and then they all sat down for a few moments to give
  195. the beast a chance to rest, for his great leaps had made his breath short, and he panted like a big dog that has been running too long.</p>
  196.  
  197. <p>They found the forest very thick on this side, and it looked dark and gloomy. After the Lion had rested they started along the road of yellow brick, silently wondering, each in his own mind, if ever they would come to the end of the woods and reach the bright sunshine again. To add to their discomfort, they soon heard strange noises in the depths of the forest, and the Lion
  198. whispered to them that it was in this part of the country that the Kalidahs lived.<br> "What are the Kalidahs?" asked the girl. "They are monstrous beasts with bodies like bears and heads like tigers," replied the Lion; "and with claws so long and sharp that they could tear me in two as easily as I could kill Toto. I'm terribly afraid of the Kalidahs."</p>
  199.  
  200. <p>"I'm not surprised that you are," returned Dorothy "They must be dreadful beasts."</p>
  201.  
  202. <p>The Lion was about to reply when suddenly they came to another gulf across the road; but this one was so broad and deep that the Lion knew at once he could not leap across it.<br> So they sat down to consider what they should do, and after serious thought the Scarecrow said,<br> "Here is a great tree, standing close to the ditch. If the Tin Woodman can chop it down, so that it will fall to
  203. the other side, we can walk across it easily." "That is a first rate idea," said the Lion. "One would almost suspect you had brains in your head, instead of straw."</p>
  204.  
  205. <p>The Woodman set to work at once, and so sharp was his axe that the tree was soon chopped nearly through. Then the Lion put his strong front legs against the tree and pushed with all his might, and slowly the big tree tipped and fell with a crash across the ditch, with its top branches on the other side. They had just started to cross this queer bridge when a sharp growl made them all look up, and to their horror they saw running toward them two great beasts with bodies like bears and heads like tigers. "They are the Kalidahs!" said the Cowardly Lion, beginning to tremble.</p>
  206.  
  207. <p>"Quick!" cried the Scarecrow, "let us cross over."</p>
  208.  
  209. <center><img src="  http://www.gutenberg.org/files/43936/43936-h/images/i093_edit.jpg  " style="width:29%;"></center>
  210. <center><i>The tree fell with a crash into the gulf.</i></center>
  211.  
  212. <p>So Dorothy went first, holding Toto in her arms; the Tin Woodman followed, and the Scarecrow came next. The Lion, although he was certainly afraid, turned to face the Kalidahs, and then he gave so loud and terrible a roar that Dorothy screamed and the Scarecrow fell over backwards, while even the fierce beasts stopped short and looked at him in surprise.<br> But, seeing they were bigger than the Lion, and remembering that there were two of them and only one of him, the Kalidahs again rushed forward, and the Lion crossed over the tree and turned to see what they would do next. Without stopping an instant the fierce beasts also began to cross the tree, and the Lion said to Dorothy, "We are lost, for they will surely tear us to pieces with their sharp claws. But stand close behind me, and I will fight them as long as I am alive."</p>
  213.  
  214. <p>"Wait a minute!" called the Scarecrow. He had been thinking what was best to be done, and now he asked the Woodman to chop away the end of the tree that rested on their side of the ditch. The Tin Woodman began to use his axe at once, and, just as the two Kalidahs were nearly across, the tree fell with a crash into the gulf, carrying the ugly, snarling brutes with it, and both were
  215. dashed to pieces on the sharp rocks at the bottom.</p>
  216.  
  217. <p>"Well," said the Cowardly Lion, drawing a long breath of relief, "I see we are going to live a little while longer, and I am glad of it, for it must be a very uncomfortable thing not to be alive. Those creatures frightened me so badly that my heart is beating yet."</p>
  218.  
  219. <center><img src="  http://www.gutenberg.org/files/43936/43936-h/images/i095_edit.jpg  " style="width:29%;"></center>
  220. <center><i>Dorothy riding the Lion at stream</i></center>
  221.  
  222. <p>"Ah." said the Tin Woodman, sadly, "I wish I had a heart to beat."</p>
  223.  
  224. <p>This adventure made the travellers more anxious than ever to get out of the forest, and they walked so fast that Dorothy became tired, and had to ride on the Lion's back. To their great joy the trees became thinner the further they advanced, and in the afternoon they suddenly came upon a broad river, flowing swiftly just before them. On the other side of the water they could see the road of yellow brick running through a beautiful country, with green meadows dotted with bright flowers and all the road bordered
  225. with trees hanging full of delicious fruits. They were greatly pleased to see this delightful country before them.</p>
  226.  
  227. <p>"How shall we cross the river?" asked Dorothy.<br> "That is easily done," replied the Scarecrow. "The Tin Woodman must build us a raft, so we can float to the other side."</p>
  228.  
  229. <p>So the Woodman took his axe and began to chop down small trees to make a raft, and while he was busy at this the Scarecrow found on the river bank a tree full of fine fruit. This pleased Dorothy, who had eaten nothing but nuts all day, and she made a hearty meal of the ripe fruit.</p>
  230.  
  231. <p>But it takes time to make a raft, even when one is as industrious and untiring as the Tin Woodman, and when night came the work was not done. So they found a cozy place under the trees where they slept well until the morning; and Dorothy dreamed of the Emerald City, and of the good Wizard Oz, who would soon send her back to her own home again.</p>
  232.  
  233. <center><img src="  http://www.gutenberg.org/files/43936/43936-h/images/i096_edit.jpg  " style="width:29%;"></center>
  234. <center><i>Tinman chopping a tree.</i></center>
  235.  
  236. <center><img src="  http://www.gutenberg.org/files/43936/43936-h/images/i098_edit.jpg  " style="width:29%;"></center>
  237. <center><h1><i>Chapter VIII</i></h1></center>
  238. <center><img src="  http://www.gutenberg.org/files/43936/43936-h/images/i100_edit.jpg  " style="width:29%;"></center>
  239. <center><i>Stork</i></center>
  240.  
  241. <p><b>Our</b> little party of travellers awakened next morning refreshed and full of hope, and Dorothy breakfasted like a princess off peaches and plums from the trees beside the river.</p>
  242.  
  243. <p>Behind them was the dark forest they had passed safely through, although they had suffered many discouragements; but before them was a lovely, sunny country that seemed to beckon them on to the Emerald City.<br> To be sure, the broad river now cut them off from this beautiful land; but the raft was nearly done, and after the Tin Woodman had cut a few more logs and fastened them together with wooden pins, they were ready to start. Dorothy sat down in the middle of the raft and held Toto in her arms. When the Cowardly
  244. Lion stepped upon the raft it tipped badly, for he was big and heavy; but the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman stood upon the other end to steady it, and they had long poles in their hands to push the raft through the water.</p>
  245.  
  246. <p>They got along quite well at first, but when they reached the middle of the river the swift current swept the raft down stream, farther and farther away from the road of yellow brick; and the water grew so deep that the long poles would not touch the bottom.<br> "This is bad," said the Tin Woodman, "for if we cannot get to the land we shall be carried into the country of the wicked Witch of the West, and she will enchant us and make us her slaves."</p>
  247.  
  248. <center><img src="  http://www.gutenberg.org/files/43936/43936-h/images/i101_edit.jpg  " style="width:29%;"></center><center><i>Scarecrow on raft</i></center>
  249.  
  250. <p>"And then I should get no brains," said the Scarecrow.<br> "And I should get no courage," said the Cowardly Lion.<br> "And I should get no heart," said the Tin Woodman.<br> "And I should never get back to Kansas," said Dorothy.</p>
  251.  
  252. <p>"We must certainly get to the Emerald City if we can," the Scarecrow continued, and he pushed so hard on his long pole that it stuck fast in the mud at the bottom of the river, and before he could pull it out again, or let go, the raft was swept away and the poor Scarecrow left clinging to the pole in the middle of the river. "Good bye!" he called after them, and they were very sorry to leave him; indeed, the Tin Woodman began to cry, but fortunately remembered that he might rust, and so dried his tears on Dorothy's apron.<br> Of course this was a bad thing for the Scarecrow.</p>
  253.  
  254. <center><img src="  http://www.gutenberg.org/files/43936/43936-h/images/i102_edit.jpg  " style="width:29%;"></center><center><i>Scarecrow on pole</i></center>
  255.  
  256. <p>"I am now worse off than when I first met Dorothy," he thought. "Then, I was stuck on a pole in a cornfield, where I could make believe scare the crows, at any rate; but surely there is no use for a Scarecrow stuck on a pole in the middle of a river. I am afraid I shall never have any brains, after all!"</p>
  257. <p>Down the stream the raft floated, and the poor Scarecrow was left far behind. Then the Lion said:<br> "Something must be done to
  258. save us. I think I can swim to the shore and pull the raft after me, if you will only hold fast to the tip of my tail."</p>
  259.  
  260. <center><img src="  http://www.gutenberg.org/files/43936/43936-h/images/i103_edit.jpg  " style="width:29%;"></center>
  261. <center><i>Scarecrow on pole</i></center>
  262.  
  263. <p>So he sprang into the water and the Tin Woodman caught fast hold of his tail, when the Lion began to swim with all his might toward the shore. It was hard work, although he was so big; but by and by they were drawn out of the current, and then Dorothy took the Tin Woodman's long pole and helped push the raft to the land.</p>
  264. <p>They were all tired out when they reached the shore at last and stepped off upon the pretty green grass, and they also knew that the stream had carried them a long way past the road of yellow brick that led to the Emerald City.<br> "What shall we do now?" asked the Tin Woodman, as the Lion lay down on the grass to let the sun dry him.<br> "We must get back to the road, in some way,"
  265. said Dorothy.</p>
  266. <p>"The best plan will be to walk along the river bank until we come to the road again," remarked the Lion.<br> So, when they were rested, Dorothy picked up her basket and they started along the grassy bank, back to the road from which the river had carried them. It was a lovely country, with plenty of flowers and fruit trees and sunshine to cheer them, and had they not felt so sorry for the poor Scarecrow they could have been very happy.<br> They walked along as fast as they could, Dorothy only stopping once to pick a beautiful flower; and after a time the Tin Woodman cried out,</p>
  267.  
  268. <p><b>"Look!"</b></p>
  269.  
  270. <p>Then they all looked at the river and saw the Scarecrow perched upon his pole in the middle of the water, looking very lonely and sad. "What can we do to save him?" asked Dorothy. The Lion and the Woodman both shook their heads, for they did not know. So they sat down upon the bank and gazed wistfully at the Scarecrow until a Stork flew by, which, seeing them, stopped to rest at the water's edge.<p> "Who are you, and where are you going?" asked the Stork. "I am Dorothy," answered the girl; "and these are my friends, the Tin Woodman and the Cowardly Lion; and we are going to the Emerald City." "This isn't the road," said the Stork, as she twisted her
  271. long neck and looked sharply at the queer party.<br> "I know it," returned Dorothy, "but we have lost the Scarecrow, and are wondering how we shall get him again."<br> "Where is he?" asked the Stork. "Over there in the river," answered the girl.<br> "If he wasn't so big and heavy I would get him for you," remarked the Stork. "He isn't heavy a bit," said Dorothy, eagerly, "for he is stuffed with straw; and if you will bring him back to us we shall thank you ever and ever so much." "Well, I'll try," said the Stork; "but if I find he is too heavy to carry I shall have to drop him in the river again."</p>
  272. <p>So the big bird flew into the air and over the water till she came to where the Scarecrow was perched upon his pole. Then the Stork with her great claws grabbed the Scarecrow by the arm and carried him up into the air and back to the bank, where Dorothy and the Lion and the Tin Woodman and Toto were sitting.</p>
  273. <p>When the Scarecrow found himself among his friends again he was so happy that he hugged them all, even the Lion and Toto; and as they walked along he sang "Tol-de-ri-de-oh!" at every step, he felt so gay.<br> "I was afraid I should have to stay in the river forever," he said, "but the kind Stork saved me, and if I ever get any brains I shall find the Stork again and do it some kindness in return." "That's all right," said the Stork, who was flying along beside them. "I always like to help anyone in trouble. But I must go now, for my babies are waiting in the nest for me. I hope you will find the Emerald City and that Oz will help you."<br> "Thank you," replied Dorothy, and then the kind Stork flew into the air and was soon out of sight.</p>
  274.  
  275. <center><img src="  http://www.gutenberg.org/files/43936/43936-h/images/i107_edit.jpg  " style="width:29%;"></center><center><i>The Stork carried him up into the air.</i></center>
  276.  
  277. <p>They walked along listening to the singing of the bright-colored birds and looking at the lovely flowers which now became so thick that the ground was carpeted with them. There were big yellow and white and blue and purple blossoms, besides great clusters of scarlet poppies, which were so brilliant in color they almost dazzled Dorothy's eyes.<br> "Aren't they beautiful?" the girl asked, as she breathed in the spicy scent of the flowers. "I suppose so," answered the Scarecrow. "When I have brains I shall probably like them better."<br> "If I only had a heart I should love them," added the Tin Woodman.<br> "I always did like flowers," said the Lion; "they seem so helpless and frail. But there are none in the forest so bright as these."</p>
  278. <p>They now came upon more and more of the big scarlet poppies, and fewer and fewer of the other flowers; and soon they found themselves in the midst of a great meadow of poppies. Now it is well known that when there are many of these flowers together their odor is so powerful that anyone who breathes it falls asleep, and if the sleeper is not carried away from the scent of the flowers
  279. he sleeps on and on forever. But Dorothy did not know this, nor could she get away from the bright red flowers that were everywhere about; so presently her eyes grew heavy and she felt she must sit down to rest and to sleep.<br> But the Tin Woodman would not let her do this. "We must hurry and get back to the road of yellow brick before dark," he said; and the Scarecrow agreed with him. So they kept walking until Dorothy could stand no longer. Her eyes closed in spite of herself and she forgot where she was and fell among the poppies, fast asleep.<br> "What shall we do?" asked the Tin Woodman.</p>
  280.  
  281. <center><img src="  http://www.gutenberg.org/files/43936/43936-h/images/i109-edit.jpg  " style="width:29%;"></center>
  282. <center><i>The group in the poppy field</i></center>
  283.  
  284. <p>"If we leave her here she will die," said the Lion. "The smell of the flowers is killing us all. I myself can scarcely keep my eyes open and the dog is asleep already." It was true; Toto had fallen down beside his little mistress. But the Scarecrow and the
  285. Tin Woodman, not being made of flesh, were not troubled by the scent of the flowers.</p>
  286. <p>"Run fast," said the Scarecrow to the Lion, "and get out of this deadly flower-bed as soon as you can. We will bring the little girl with us, but if you should fall asleep you are too big to be carried." So the Lion aroused himself and bounded forward as
  287. fast as he could go. In a moment he was out of sight.</p>
  288. <p>"Let us make a chair with our hands, and carry her," said the Scarecrow. So they picked up Toto and put the dog in Dorothy's lap, and then they made a chair with their hands for the seat and their arms for the arms and carried the sleeping girl between them through the flowers.<br> On and on they walked, and it seemed that the great carpet of deadly flowers that surrounded them would never end. They followed the bend of the river, and at last came upon their friend the Lion, lying fast asleep among the poppies.
  289. The flowers had been too strong for the huge beast and he had given up, at last, and fallen only a short distance from the end of the poppy-bed, where the sweet grass spread in beautiful green fields before them.<br> "We can do nothing for him," said the Tin Woodman, sadly; "for he is much too heavy to lift. We must leave him here to sleep on forever, and perhaps he will dream that he has found courage at last." "I'm sorry," said the Scarecrow; "the Lion was a very good comrade for one so cowardly. But let us go on."</p>
  290. <p>They carried the sleeping girl to a pretty spot beside the river, far enough from the poppy field to prevent her breathing any more of the poison of the flowers, and here they laid her gently on the soft grass and waited for the fresh breeze to waken her.</p>
  291.  
  292. <center><img src="  http://www.gutenberg.org/files/43936/43936-h/images/i111_edit.jpg  " style="width:29%;"></center>
  293. <center><i>Scarecrow and Tinman carrying Dorothy</i></center>
  294.  
  295.  
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