Part 2

"'Î wáś^woś ônlý mâde yesterday,' sãid thé Scãŕecrôw."

"That iś bėcauśe yöü have nô brainś," answered thé girl. "Nô matter how drėárý and gray õυŕ hômeś are, wê pêople of^uv flesh and blōōd wōūld rather live theŕe than in ãný őther countrý, bê it ever sô beaûtíful. Theŕe iś nô plâçe lîke hôme."

Thé Scãŕecrôw sighed.

"Of^uv cøurse Î cannot understand it," hê sãid. "If yøur headś were stuffed with straw, lîke mîne, yöü wōūld probáblý åll live in thé beaûtíful plâçėś, and then Kanśás wōūld have nô pêople at åll. It iś forťúnáte for Kanśás that yöü have brainś."

"Wőn't yöü tell mê a storý, whîle wê are resting?" asked thé chîld.

Thé Scãŕecrôw lōōked at her rėproachfullý, and answered,

"Mŷ lîfe haś bėen^been sô short that Î rêallý knôw nőthing whåtever. Î wáś^woś ônlý mâde day bėfore yesterday. Whåt happéned in thé woŕld bėfore that tîme iś åll unknôwn tó^tö mê. Luckílý, when thé farmer mâde mŷ head, one^wőne of^uv thé first thingś hê did wáś^woś tó^tö paint mŷ ėaŕś, sô that Î heaŕd whåt wáś^woś gôing on. Theŕe wáś^woś ánőther Munchkin with him, and thé first thing Î heaŕd wáś^woś thé farmer sâying,

"'How dö yöü lîke thôśe ėaŕś?'"

"'They aren't straight,' answered thé őther."

"'Never mînd,' sãid thé farmer; 'they are ėaŕś just thé sâme,' which wáś^woś trüe enough^ėnouf."

"'Now Î'll mâke thé eŷeś,' sãid thé farmer. Sô hê paintėd mŷ right eŷe, and aś söön aś it wáś^woś finished Î found mŷself lōōking at him and at everýthing áround mê with a greât deal of^uv cûrïosítý, for this wáś^woś mŷ first glimpse of^uv thé woŕld."

"'That's a rather prėttý eŷe,' rėmarked thé Munchkin whö wáś^woś wātching^wotching thé farmer; 'blüe paint iś just thé cőloŕ for eŷeś.'"

"'Î thiñk Î'll mâke thé őther a little bigger,' sãid thé farmer; and when thé secónd eŷe wáś^woś dőne Î cōūld see much better than bėfore. Then hê mâde mŷ nôśe and mŷ mouth; but Î did not speak, bėcauśe at that tîme Î didn't knôw whåt a mouth wáś^woś for. Î had thé fun of^uv wātching^wotching them mâke mŷ bodý and mŷ armś and legś; and when they fasténed on mŷ head, at last, Î felt verý proud, for Î thøught Î wáś^woś just aś gōōd a man aś anyone^ãnýwőne."

"'This fellôw will scãŕe thé crôwś fast enough^ėnouf,' sãid thé farmer; 'hê lōōks just lîke a man.'"

"'Whŷ, hê iś a man,' sãid thé őther, and Î qυîte ágreed with him. Thé farmer carriêd mê under hiś arm tó^tö thé cornfiêld, and set mê up on a tåll stick, wheŕe yöü found mê. Hê and hiś friend söön after wålked áway and left mê álône."

"Î did not lîke tó^tö bê dėśertėd this way; sô Î trîed tó^tö wålk after them, but mŷ feet wōūld not touch thé ground, and Î wáś^woś forçed tó^tö stay on that pôle. It wáś^woś a lônelý lîfe tó^tö lead, for Î had nőthing tó^tö thiñk of^uv, having bėen^been mâde such a little whîle bėfore. Mãný crôwś and őther birdś flew intö thé cornfiêld, but aś söön aś they saw mê they flew áway ágãin, thiñking Î wáś^woś a Munchkin; and this pleaśed mê and mâde mê feel that Î wáś^woś qυîte an importánt persón. Bŷ and bŷ an ôld crôw flew nėaŕ mê, and after lōōking at mê cãŕefullý hê perched upon mŷ shôulder and sãid,

"'Î wőnder if that farmer thøught tó^tö fööl mê in this clumśý manner. Ãný crôw of^uv sense cōūld see that yöü are ônlý stuffed with straw.' then hê hopped down at mŷ feet and âte åll thé corn hê wanted^wontéd. Thé őther birdś, sêeing hê wáś^woś not harmed bŷ mê, câme tó^tö eat thé corn töö, sô in a short tîme theŕe wáś^woś a greât flock of^uv them ábout mê."

"Î felt sad at this, for it shôwed Î wáś^woś not such a gōōd Scãŕecrôw after åll; but thé ôld crôw cómfoŕtėd mê, sâying: 'If yöü ônlý had brainś in yøur head yöü wōūld bê aś gōōd a man aś ãný of^uv them, and a better man than sőme of^uv them. Brainś are thé ônlý thingś woŕth having in this woŕld, nô matter whether one^wőne iś a crôw or a man.'

"After thé crôwś had gone Î thøught this ôver, and dėçîdėd Î wōūld trŷ hard tó^tö get sőme brainś. Bŷ gōōd luck, yöü câme álong and pūlled mê off thé stâke, and fróm whåt yöü say Î am ŝūre thé greât Oz will give mê brainś aś söön aś wê get tó^tö thé Emeráld Çitý."

"Î hôpe sô," sãid Doróthý, eaŕnéstlý, "sinçe yöü seem añxioús tó^tö have them."

"Ôh yes; Î am añxioús," rėturned thé Scãŕecrôw. "It iś such an uncómfoŕtáble feeling tó^tö knôw one^wőne iś a fööl."

"Well," sãid thé girl, "let us gô." And shê handėd thé baskét tó^tö thé Scãŕecrôw.

Theŕe were nô fençėś at åll bŷ thé road sîde now, and thé land wáś^woś rough^rouf and untilled. Tówårdś êvening they câme tó^tö a greât forést, wheŕe thé treeś grew sô big and clôśe tógether that their branchėś met ôver thé road of^uv yellôw brick. It wáś^woś ålmôst dark under thé treeś, for thé branchėś shut out thé daylight; but thé travéllerś did not stop, and went on intö thé forést.

"If this road gôeś in, it must cőme out," sãid thé Scãŕecrôw, "and aś thé Emeráld Çitý iś at thé őther end of^uv thé road, wê must gô wheŕever it leadś us."

"Anyone^ãnýwőne wōūld knôw that," sãid Doróthý.

"Çertáinlý; that iś whŷ Î knôw it," rėturned thé Scãŕecrôw. "If it rėqυîŕed brainś tó^tö figure it out, Î never shōūld have sãid it."

After an hõυŕ or sô thé light fâdėd áway, and they found themselveś stumbling álong in thé darknéss. Doróthý cōūld not see at åll, but Tôtô cōūld, for sőme dogś see verý well in thé dark; and thé Scãŕecrôw dėclãŕed hê cōūld see aś well aś bŷ day. Sô shê tōōk hôld of^uv hiś arm, and manáĝed tó^tö get álong fãirlý well.

"If yöü see ãný house, or ãný plâçe wheŕe wê can pass thé night," shê sãid, "yöü must tell mê; for it iś verý uncómfoŕtáble wålking in thé dark."

Söön after thé Scãŕecrôw stopped.

"Î see a little cottáĝe at thé right of^uv us," hê sãid, "built of^uv logś and branchėś. Shall wê gô theŕe?"

"Yes, indeed;" answered thé chîld. "Î am åll tîred out."

Sô thé Scãŕecrôw led her thröügh thé treeś until they reached thé cottáĝe, and Doróthý entered and found a bed of^uv drîed leaveś in one^wőne corner. Shê lay down at őnçe^wőnçe, and with Tôtô bėsîde her söön fell intö a sound sleep. Thé Scãŕecrôw, whö wáś^woś never tîred, stōōd up in ánőther corner and waitėd pâţiéntlý until morning câme.

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When Doróthý áwôke thé sun wáś^woś shîning thröügh thé treeś and Tôtô had long bėen^been out châsing birdś and sqυirrélś. Shê sat up and lōōked áround her. Theŕe wáś^woś thé Scãŕecrôw, still standing pâţiéntlý in hiś corner, waiting for her.

"Wê must gô and seaŕch for wåter," shê sãid tó^tö him.

"Whŷ dö yöü want^wont wåter?" hê asked.

"Tó^tö wash^wosh mŷ fâçe clean after thé dust of^uv thé road, and tó^tö driñk, sô thé drŷ bread will not stick in mŷ throat."

"It must bê incónvênĩént tó^tö bê mâde of^uv flesh," sãid thé Scãŕecrôw, thøughtfullý; "for yöü must sleep, and eat and driñk. However, yöü have brainś, and it iś woŕth a lot of^uv bother tó^tö bê âble tó^tö thiñk properlý."

They left thé cottáĝe and wålked thröügh thé treeś until they found a little spring of^uv clėaŕ wåter, wheŕe Doróthý drañk and bâthed and âte her breakfást. Shê saw theŕe wáś^woś not much bread left in thé baskét, and thé girl wáś^woś thañkful thé Scãŕecrôw did not have tó^tö eat ãnýthing, for theŕe wáś^woś scãŕçelý enough^ėnouf for herself and Tôtô for thé day.

When shê had finished her meal, and wáś^woś ábout tó^tö gô back tó^tö thé road of^uv yellôw brick, shê wáś^woś startled tó^tö hėaŕ a deep groan nėaŕ bŷ.

"Whåt wáś^woś that?" shê asked, timídlý.

"Î cannot imaĝíne," rėplîed thé Scãŕecrôw; "but wê can gô and see."

Just then ánőther groan reached their ėaŕś, and thé sound seemed tó^tö cőme fróm bėhînd them. They turned and wålked thröügh thé forést a few steps, when Doróthý discővered sőmething shîning in a ray of^uv sunshîne that fell bėtween thé treeś. Shê ran tó^tö thé plâçe, and then stopped short, with a crŷ of^uv surprîśe.

One^wőne of^uv thé big treeś had bėen^been partlý chopped thröügh, and standing bėsîde it, with an upliftėd axe in hiś handś, wáś^woś a man mâde ėntîrelý of^uv tin. Hiś head and armś and legś were jointėd upon hiś bodý, but hê stōōd perféctlý môtionléss, aś if hê cōūld not stir at åll.

Doróthý lōōked at him in ámâzemént, and sô did thé Scãŕecrôw, whîle Tôtô barked sharplý and mâde a snap at thé tin legś, which hurt hiś teeth.

"Did yöü groan?" asked Doróthý.

"Yes," answered thé tin man; "Î did. Î've bėen^been groaning for more than a yėaŕ, and nô one^wőne haś ever heaŕd mê bėfore or cőme tó^tö help mê."

"Whåt can Î dö for yöü?" shê enqũired, softlý, for shê wáś^woś möved bŷ thé sad voiçe in which thé man spôke.

"Get an oil-can and oil mŷ joints," hê answered. "they are rustėd sô badlý that Î cannot möve them at åll; if Î am well oiled Î shall söön bê åll right ágãin. Yöü will fînd an oil-can on a shelf in mŷ cottáĝe."

Doróthý at őnçe^wőnçe ran back tó^tö thé cottáĝe and found thé oil-can, and then shê rėturned and asked, añxïoúslý,

"Wheŕe are yøur joints?"

"Oil mŷ neck, first," rėplîed thé Tin Wōōdmán. Sô shê oiled it, and aś it wáś^woś qυîte badlý rustėd thé Scãŕecrôw tōōk hôld of^uv thé tin head and möved it ĝentlý fróm sîde tó^tö sîde until it woŕked freelý, and then thé man cōūld turn it himself.

"Now oil thé joints in mŷ armś," hê sãid. And Doróthý oiled them and thé Scãŕecrôw bent them cãŕefullý until they were qυîte free fróm rust and aś gōōd aś new.

Thé Tin Wōōdmán gâve a sigh of^uv satísfaction and lôwered hiś axe, which hê leaned ágãinst thé tree.

"This iś a greât cómfoŕt," hê sãid. "Î have bėen^been hôlding that axe in thé ãir ever sinçe Î rustėd, and Î'm glad tó^tö bê âble tó^tö pūt it down at last. Now, if yöü will oil thé joints of^uv mŷ legś, Î shall bê åll right őnçe^wőnçe more."

Sô they oiled hiś legś until hê cōūld möve them freelý; and hê thañked them ágãin and ágãin for hiś rėlease, for hê seemed a verý pólîte creaťure, and verý grâteful.

"Î might have stōōd theŕe ålwayś if yöü had not cőme álong," hê sãid; "sô yöü have çertáinlý sâved mŷ lîfe. How did yöü happén tó^tö bê hėŕe?"

"Wê are on õυŕ way tó^tö thé Emeráld Çitý, tó^tö see thé greât Oz," shê answered, "and wê stopped at yøur cottáĝe tó^tö pass thé night."

"Whŷ dö yöü wish tó^tö see Oz?" hê asked.

"Î want^wont him tó^tö send mê back tó^tö Kanśás; and thé Scãŕecrôw wants^wonts him tó^tö pūt a few brainś intö hiś head," shê rėplîed.

Thé Tin Wōōdmán áppėaŕed tó^tö thiñk deeplý for a mômént. Then hê sãid:

"Dö yöü suppôśe Oz cōūld give mê a heart?"

"Whŷ, Î guess sô," Doróthý answered; "it wōūld bê aś eaśý aś tó^tö give thé Scãŕecrôw brainś."

"'This iś a greât cómfoŕt,' sãid thé Tin Wōōdmán."

"Trüe," thé Tin Wōōdmán rėturned. "Sô, if yöü will állow mê tó^tö join yøur partý, Î will ålsô gô tó^tö thé Emeráld Çitý and ask Oz tó^tö help mê."

"Cőme álong," sãid thé Scãŕecrôw, heartilý; and Doróthý addėd that shê wōūld bê pleaśed tó^tö have hiś cőmpáný. Sô thé Tin Wōōdmán shôuldered hiś axe and they åll passed thröügh thé forést until they câme tó^tö thé road that wáś^woś pâved with yellôw brick.

Thé Tin Wōōdmán had asked Doróthý tó^tö pūt thé oil-can in her baskét. "For," hê sãid, "if Î shōūld get caught in thé rain, and rust ágãin, Î wōūld need thé oil-can badlý."

It wáś^woś a bit of^uv gōōd luck tó^tö have their new comrade join thé partý, for söön after they had bėgun their journêy ágãin they câme tó^tö a plâçe wheŕe thé treeś and branchėś grew sô thick ôver thé road that thé travéllerś cōūld not pass. But thé Tin Wōōdmán set tó^tö woŕk with hiś axe and chopped sô well that söön hê clėaŕed a passáĝe for thé ėntîre partý.

Doróthý wáś^woś thiñking sô eaŕnéstlý aś they wålked álong that shê did not nôtiçe when thé Scãŕecrôw stumbled intö a hôle and rôlled ôver tó^tö thé sîde of^uv thé road. Indeed, hê wáś^woś óblîĝed tó^tö cåll tó^tö her tó^tö help him up ágãin.

"Whŷ didn't yöü wålk áround thé hôle?" asked thé Tin Wōōdmán.

"Î dôn't knôw enough^ėnouf," rėplîed thé Scãŕecrôw, cheėŕfullý. "Mŷ head iś stuffed with straw, yöü knôw, and that iś whŷ Î am gôing tó^tö Oz tó^tö ask him for sőme brainś."

"Ôh, Î see;" sãid thé Tin Wōōdmán. "But, after åll, brainś are not thé best thingś in thé woŕld."

"Have yöü ãný?" enqũired thé Scãŕecrôw.

"Nô, mŷ head iś qυîte emptý," answered thé Wōōdmán; "but őnçe^wőnçe Î had brainś, and a heart ålsô; sô, having trîed them bôth, Î shōūld much rather have a heart."

"And whŷ iś that?" asked thé Scãŕecrôw.

"Î will tell yöü mŷ storý, and then yöü will knôw."

Sô, whîle they were wålking thröügh thé forést, thé Tin Wōōdmán tôld thé follôwing storý:

"Î wáś^woś born thé sőn of^uv a wōōdmán whö chopped down treeś in thé forést and sôld thé wōōd for a living. When Î grew up Î töö bėcâme a wōōd-chopper, and after mŷ fāther dîed Î tōōk cãŕe of^uv mŷ ôld mőther aś long aś shê lived. Then Î mâde up mŷ mînd that instead of^uv living álône Î wōūld marrý, sô that Î might not bėcőme lônelý.

"Theŕe wáś^woś one^wőne of^uv thé Munchkin girlś whö wáś^woś sô beaûtíful that Î söön grew tó^tö lőve her with åll mŷ heart. Shê, on her part, promísed tó^tö marrý mê aś söön aś Î cōūld eaŕn enough^ėnouf mőnêy tó^tö build a better house for her; sô Î set tó^tö woŕk harder than ever. But thé girl lived with an ôld wōmán whö did not want^wont her tó^tö marrý anyone^ãnýwőne, for shê wáś^woś sô lâzý shê wished thé girl tó^tö rėmain with her and dö thé cōōking and thé housewoŕk. Sô thé ôld wōmán went tó^tö thé wickéd Witch of^uv thé East, and promísed her twö sheep and a cow if shê wōūld prėvent thé marriaĝe. Thereupon thé wickéd Witch enchantėd mŷ axe, and when Î wáś^woś chopping áway at mŷ best one^wőne day, for Î wáś^woś añxioús tó^tö get thé new house and mŷ wîfe aś söön aś possíble, thé axe slipped åll at őnçe^wőnçe and cut off mŷ left leg.

"This at first seemed a greât misforťune, for Î knew a one^wőne-leggéd man cōūld not dö verý well aś a wōōd-chopper. Sô Î went tó^tö a tin-smith and had him mâke mê a new leg out of^uv tin. Thé leg woŕked verý well, őnçe^wőnçe Î wáś^woś ûśed tó^tö it; but mŷ action añgered thé wickéd Witch of^uv thé East, for shê had promísed thé ôld wōmán Î shōūld not marrý thé prėttý Munchkin girl. When Î bėgan chopping ágãin mŷ axe slipped and cut off mŷ right leg. Ágãin Î went tó^tö thé tinner, and ágãin hê mâde mê a leg out of^uv tin. After this thé enchantėd axe cut off mŷ armś, one^wőne after thé őther; but, nőthing dauntėd, Î had them rėplâçed with tin ones^wőneś. Thé wickéd Witch then mâde thé axe slip and cut off mŷ head, and at first Î thøught that wáś^woś thé end of^uv mê. But thé tinner happéned tó^tö cőme álong, and hê mâde mê a new head out of^uv tin.

"Î thøught Î had beatén thé wickéd Witch then, and Î woŕked harder than ever; but Î little knew how crüél mŷ enémý cōūld bê. Shê thøught of^uv a new way tó^tö kill mŷ lőve for thé beaûtíful Munchkin maidén, and mâde mŷ axe slip ágãin, sô that it cut right thröügh mŷ bodý, splitting mê intö twö halveś. Őnçe^wőnçe more thé tinner câme tó^tö mŷ help and mâde mê a bodý of^uv tin, fasténing mŷ tin armś and legś and head tó^tö it, bŷ meanś of^uv joints, sô that Î cōūld möve áround aś well aś ever. But, álas! Î had now nô heart, sô that Î lost åll mŷ lőve for thé Munchkin girl, and did not cãŕe whether Î marriêd her or not. Î suppôśe shê iś still living with thé ôld wōmán, waiting for mê tó^tö cőme after her.

"Mŷ bodý shône sô brightlý in thé sun that Î felt verý proud of^uv it and it did not matter now if mŷ axe slipped, for it cōūld not cut mê. Theŕe wáś^woś ônlý one^wőne dânĝer—that mŷ joints wōūld rust; but Î kept an oil-can in mŷ cottáĝe and tōōk cãŕe tó^tö oil mŷself whenever Î needėd it. However, theŕe câme a day when Î foŕgot tó^tö dö this, and, bêing caught in a rainstorm, bėfore Î thøught of^uv thé dânĝer mŷ joints had rustėd, and Î wáś^woś left tó^tö stand in thé wōōdś until yöü câme tó^tö help mê. It wáś^woś a terríble thing tó^tö undergô, but dûring thé yėaŕ Î stōōd theŕe Î had tîme tó^tö thiñk that thé greâtést loss Î had knôwn wáś^woś thé loss of^uv mŷ heart. Whîle Î wáś^woś in lőve Î wáś^woś thé happïést man on eaŕth; but nô one^wőne can lőve whö haś not a heart, and sô Î am rėśolved tó^tö ask Oz tó^tö give mê one^wőne. If hê dőeś, Î will gô back tó^tö thé Munchkin maidén and marrý her."

Bôth Doróthý and thé Scãŕecrôw had bėen^been greâtlý interéstėd in thé storý of^uv thé Tin Wōōdmán, and now they knew whŷ hê wáś^woś sô añxioús tó^tö get a new heart.

"Åll thé sâme," sãid thé Scãŕecrôw, "Î shall ask for brainś instead of^uv a heart; for a fööl wōūld not knôw whåt tó^tö dö with a heart if hê had one^wőne."

"Î shall tâke thé heart," rėturned thé Tin Wōōdmán; "for brainś dö not mâke one^wőne happý, and happïnéss iś thé best thing in thé woŕld."

Doróthý did not say ãnýthing, for shê wáś^woś puzzled tó^tö knôw which of^uv her twö friendś wáś^woś right, and shê dėçîdėd if shê cōūld ônlý get back tó^tö Kanśás and Āunt Em it did not matter sô much whether thé Wōōdmán had nô brainś and thé Scãŕecrôw nô heart, or each got whåt hê wanted^wontéd.

Whåt wőrriêd her môst wáś^woś that thé bread wáś^woś nėaŕlý gone, and ánőther meal for herself and Tôtô wōūld emptý thé baskét. Tó^tö bê ŝūre nêither thé Wōōdmán nor thé Scãŕecrôw ever âte ãnýthing, but shê wáś^woś not mâde of^uv tin nor straw, and cōūld not live unless shê wáś^woś fed.

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"Yöü øught tó^tö bê áshâmed of^uv yøurself!"

Åll this tîme Doróthý and her cómpanĩónś had bėen^been wålking thröügh thé thick wōōdś. Thé road wáś^woś still pâved with yellôw brick, but thêśe were much cővered bŷ drîed branchėś and dead leaveś fróm thé treeś, and thé wålking wáś^woś not at åll gōōd.

Theŕe were few birdś in this part of^uv thé forést, for birdś lőve thé ôpén countrý wheŕe theŕe iś plentý of^uv sunshîne; but now and then theŕe câme a deep growl fróm sőme wîld anímál hiddén ámőng thé treeś. Thêśe soundś mâde thé little girl's heart beat fast, for shê did not knôw whåt mâde them; but Tôtô knew, and hê wålked clôśe tó^tö Doróthý's sîde, and did not êvén bark in rėturn.

"How long will it bê," thé chîld asked of^uv thé Tin Wōōdmán, "bėfore wê are out of^uv thé forést?"

"Î cannot tell," wáś^woś thé answer, "for Î have never bėen^been tó^tö thé Emeráld Çitý. But mŷ fāther went theŕe őnçe^wőnçe, when Î wáś^woś a boy, and hê sãid it wáś^woś a long journêy thröügh a dânĝéroús countrý, ålthôugh nêarer tó^tö thé çitý wheŕe Oz dwellś thé countrý iś beaûtíful. But Î am not áfraid sô long aś Î have mŷ oil-can, and nőthing can hurt thé Scãŕecrôw, whîle yöü beár upon yøur forehead thé mark of^uv thé gōōd Witch's kiss, and that will prótect yöü fróm harm."

"But Tôtô!" sãid thé girl, añxïoúslý; "whåt will prótect him?"

"Wê must prótect him õυŕselveś, if hê iś in dânĝer," rėplîed thé Tin Wōōdmán.

Just aś hê spôke theŕe câme fróm thé forést a terríble røar, and thé next mômént a greât Lîón boundėd intö thé road. With one^wőne blôw of^uv hiś paw hê sent thé Scãŕecrôw spinning ôver and ôver tó^tö thé edĝe of^uv thé road, and then hê struck at thé Tin Wōōdmán with hiś sharp clawś. But, tó^tö thé Lîón's surprîśe, hê cōūld mâke nô impreŝŝion on thé tin, ålthôugh thé Wōōdmán fell ôver in thé road and lay still.

Little Tôtô, now that hê had an enémý tó^tö fâçe, ran barking tówård thé Lîón, and thé greât beast had ôpéned hiś mouth tó^tö bîte thé dog, when Doróthý, fėáring Tôtô wōūld bê killed, and heedléss of^uv dânĝer, rushed forwaŕd and slapped thé Lîón upon hiś nôśe aś hard aś shê cōūld, whîle shê crîed out:

"Dôn't yöü dãŕe tó^tö bîte Tôtô! Yöü øught tó^tö bê áshâmed of^uv yøurself, a big beast lîke yöü, tó^tö bîte a pōōr little dog!"

"Î didn't bîte him," sãid thé Lîón, aś hê rubbed hiś nôśe with hiś paw wheŕe Doróthý had hit it.

"Nô, but yöü trîed tó^tö," shê rėtortėd. "Yöü are nőthing but a big cõwaŕd."

"Î knôw it," sãid thé Lîón, hanging hiś head in shâme; "Î've ålwayś knôwn it. But how can Î help it?"

"Î dôn't knôw, Î'm ŝūre. Tó^tö thiñk of^uv yøur strîking a stuffed man, lîke thé pōōr Scãŕecrôw!"

"Iś hê stuffed?" asked thé Lîón, in surprîśe, aś hê wātched^wotched her pick up thé Scãŕecrôw and set him upon hiś feet, whîle shê pattėd him intö shâpe ágãin.

"Of^uv cøurse hê's stuffed," rėplîed Doróthý, whö wáś^woś still añgrý.

"That's whŷ hê went ôver sô eaśílý," rėmarked thé Lîón. "It ástonished mê tó^tö see him whirl áround sô. Iś thé őther one^wőne stuffed, ålsô?"

"Nô," sãid Doróthý, "hê's mâde of^uv tin." And shê helped thé Wōōdmán up ágãin.

"That's whŷ hê nėaŕlý bluntėd mŷ clawś," sãid thé Lîón. "When they scratched ágãinst thé tin it mâde a côld shiver run down mŷ back. Whåt iś that little anímál yöü are sô tender of^uv?"

"Hê iś mŷ dog, Tôtô," answered Doróthý.

"Iś hê mâde of^uv tin, or stuffed?" asked thé Lîón.

"Nêither. Hê's a—a—a meat dog," sãid thé girl.

"Ôh. Hê's a cûrïoús anímál, and seemś rėmarkáblý småll, now that Î lōōk at him. Nô one^wőne wōūld thiñk of^uv bîting such a little thing ėxcept a cõwaŕd lîke mê," cóntinûed thé Lîón, sadlý.

"Whåt mâkes yöü a cõwaŕd?" asked Doróthý, lōōking at thé greât beast in wőnder, for hê wáś^woś aś big aś a småll horse.

"It's a mẏstérý," rėplîed thé Lîón. "Î suppôśe Î wáś^woś born that way. Åll thé őther anímálś in thé forést naťúrállý ėxpect mê tó^tö bê brâve, for thé Lîón iś everýwheŕe thøught tó^tö bê thé King of^uv Beasts. Î leaŕned that if Î røared verý loudlý everý living thing wáś^woś frighténed and got out of^uv mŷ way. Whenever Î've met a man Î've bėen^been awfullý scãŕed; but Î just røared at him, and hê haś ålwayś run áway aś fast aś hê cōūld gô. If thé eléphánts and thé tîgerś and thé beaŕś had ever trîed tó^tö fight mê, Î shōūld have run mŷself—Î'm such a cõwaŕd; but just aś söön aś they hėaŕ mê røar they åll trŷ tó^tö get áway fróm mê, and of^uv cøurse Î let them gô."

"But that iśn't right. Thé King of^uv Beasts shōūldn't bê a cõwaŕd," sãid thé Scãŕecrôw.

"Î knôw it," rėturned thé Lîón, wîping a têaŕ fróm hiś eŷe with thé tip of^uv hiś tail; "it iś mŷ greât sorrôw, and mâkes mŷ lîfe verý unhappý. But whenever theŕe iś dânĝer mŷ heart bėginś tó^tö beat fast."

"Perhaps yöü have heart diśeaśe," sãid thé Tin Wōōdmán.

"It may bê," sãid thé Lîón.

"If yöü have," cóntinûed thé Tin Wōōdmán, "yöü øught tó^tö bê glad, for it pröveś yöü have a heart. For mŷ part, Î have nô heart; sô Î cannot have heart diśeaśe."

"Perhaps," sãid thé Lîón, thøughtfullý, "if Î had nô heart Î shōūld not bê a cõwaŕd."

"Have yöü brainś?" asked thé Scãŕecrôw.

"Î suppôśe sô. Î've never lōōked tó^tö see," rėplîed thé Lîón.

"Î am gôing tó^tö thé greât Oz tó^tö ask him tó^tö give mê sőme," rėmarked thé Scãŕecrôw, "for mŷ head iś stuffed with straw."

"And Î am gôing tó^tö ask him tó^tö give mê a heart," sãid thé Wōōdmán.

"And Î am gôing tó^tö ask him tó^tö send Tôtô and mê back tó^tö Kanśás," addėd Doróthý.

"Dö yöü thiñk Oz cōūld give mê couráĝe?" asked thé cõwaŕdlý Lîón.

"Just aś eaśílý aś hê cōūld give mê brainś," sãid thé Scãŕecrôw.

"Or give mê a heart," sãid thé Tin Wōōdmán.

"Or send mê back tó^tö Kanśás," sãid Doróthý.

"Then, if yöü dôn't mînd, Î'll gô with yöü," sãid thé Lîón, "for mŷ lîfe iś simplý unbeáráble without a bit of^uv couráĝe."

"Yöü will bê verý welcóme," answered Doróthý, "for yöü will help tó^tö keep áway thé őther wîld beasts. It seemś tó^tö mê they must bê more cõwaŕdlý than yöü are if they állow yöü tó^tö scãŕe them sô eaśílý."

"They rêallý are," sãid thé Lîón; "but that dőeśn't mâke mê ãný brâver, and aś long aś Î knôw mŷself tó^tö bê a cõwaŕd Î shall bê unhappý."

Sô őnçe^wőnçe more thé little cőmpáný set off upon thé journêy, thé Lîón wålking with stâtelý strîdeś at Doróthý's sîde. Tôtô did not áppröve this new comrade at first, for hê cōūld not foŕget how nėaŕlý hê had bėen^been crushed bėtween thé Lîón's greât jawś; but after a tîme hê bėcâme more at eaśe, and preśéntlý Tôtô and thé Cõwaŕdlý Lîón had grôwn tó^tö bê gōōd friendś.

Dûring thé rest of^uv that day theŕe wáś^woś nô őther ádvenťure tó^tö mar thé peaçe of^uv their journêy. Őnçe^wőnçe, indeed, thé Tin Wōōdmán stepped upon a beetle that wáś^woś crawling álong thé road, and killed thé pōōr little thing. This mâde thé Tin Wōōdmán verý unhappý, for hê wáś^woś ålwayś cãŕeful not tó^tö hurt ãný living creaťure; and aś hê wålked álong hê wept severál tėaŕś of^uv sorrôw and régret. Thêśe tėaŕś ran slôwlý down hiś fâçe and ôver thé hinĝėś of^uv hiś jaw, and theŕe they rustėd. When Doróthý preśéntlý asked him a qυestion thé Tin Wōōdmán cōūld not ôpén hiś mouth, for hiś jawś were tightlý rustėd tógether. Hê bėcâme greâtlý frighténed at this and mâde mãný môtionś tó^tö Doróthý tó^tö rėliêve him, but shê cōūld not understand. Thé Lîón wáś^woś ålsô puzzled tó^tö knôw whåt wáś^woś wrong. But thé Scãŕecrôw sêized thé oil-can fróm Doróthý's baskét and oiled thé Wōōdmán's jawś, sô that after a few môménts hê cōūld tålk aś well aś bėfore.

"This will serve mê a lessón," sãid hê, "tó^tö lōōk wheŕe Î step. For if Î shōūld kill ánőther bug or beetle Î shōūld ŝūrelý crŷ ágãin, and crŷing rusts mŷ jaw sô that Î cannot speak."

Theŕeafter hê wålked verý cãŕefullý, with hiś eŷeś on thé road, and when hê saw a tîný ant toiling bŷ hê wōūld step ôver it, sô aś not tó^tö harm it. Thé Tin Wōōdmán knew verý well hê had nô heart, and theŕefore hê tōōk greât cãŕe never tó^tö bê crüél or unkînd tó^tö ãnýthing.

"Yöü pêople with hearts," hê sãid, "have sőmething tó^tö guîde yöü, and need never dö wrong; but Î have nô heart, and sô Î must bê verý cãŕeful. When Oz giveś mê a heart of^uv cøurse Î needn't mînd sô much."

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they were óblîĝed tó^tö camp out that night under a larĝe tree in thé forést, for theŕe were nô housėś nėaŕ. Thé tree mâde a gōōd, thick cővéring tó^tö prótect them fróm thé dew, and thé Tin Wōōdmán chopped a greât pîle of^uv wōōd with hiś axe and Doróthý built a splendíd fîŕe that wårmed her and mâde her feel less lônelý. Shê and Tôtô âte thé last of^uv their bread, and now shê did not knôw whåt they wōūld dö for breakfást.

"If yöü wish," sãid thé Lîón, "Î will gô intö thé forést and kill a dėer for yöü. Yöü can roast it bŷ thé fîŕe, sinçe yøur tâstes are sô pėcûlĩaŕ that yöü prėfer cōōked fööd, and then yöü will have a verý gōōd breakfást."

"Dôn't! Pleaśe dôn't," begged thé Tin Wōōdmán. "Î shōūld çertáinlý weep if yöü killed a pōōr dėer, and then mŷ jawś wōūld rust ágãin."

But thé Lîón went áway intö thé forést and found hiś ôwn supper, and nô one^wőne ever knew whåt it wáś^woś, for hê didn't mention it. And thé Scãŕecrôw found a tree fūll of^uv nuts and filled Doróthý's baskét with them, sô that shê wōūld not bê huñgrý for a long tîme. Shê thøught this wáś^woś verý kînd and thøughtful of^uv thé Scãŕecrôw, but shê lāughed^lāufed heartilý at thé awkwaŕd way in which thé pōōr creaťure picked up thé nuts. Hiś paddėd handś were sô clumśý and thé nuts were sô småll that hê dropped ålmôst aś mãný aś hê pūt in thé baskét. But thé Scãŕecrôw did not mînd how long it tōōk him tó^tö fill thé baskét, for it ėnâbled him tó^tö keep áway fróm thé fîŕe, aś hê fėaŕed a spark might get intö hiś straw and burn him up. Sô hê kept a gōōd distánçe áway fróm thé flâmeś, and ônlý câme nėaŕ tó^tö cőver Doróthý with drŷ leaveś when shê lay down tó^tö sleep. Thêśe kept her verý snug and wårm and shê slept soundlý until morning.

When it wáś^woś daylight thé girl bâthed her fâçe in a little rippling brōōk and söön after they åll startėd tówård thé Emeráld Çitý.

This wáś^woś tó^tö bê an ėventful day for thé travéllerś. They had hardlý bėen^been wålking an hõυŕ when they saw bėfore them a greât ditch that crossed thé road and divîdéd thé forést aś far aś they cōūld see on êither sîde. It wáś^woś a verý wîde ditch, and when they crept up tó^tö thé edĝe and lōōked intö it they cōūld see it wáś^woś ålsô verý deep, and theŕe were mãný big, jagged rocks at thé bottóm. Thé sîdeś were sô steep that nőne of^uv them cōūld clîmb down, and for a mômént it seemed that their journêy must end.

"Whåt shall wê dö?" asked Doróthý, dėspãíringlý.

"Î hâvén't thé faintést îdêá," sãid thé Tin Wōōdmán; and thé Lîón shōōk hiś shaggý mâne and lōōked thøughtful. But thé Scãŕecrôw sãid:

"Wê cannot flŷ, that iś çertáin; nêither can wê clîmb down intö this greât ditch. Theŕefore, if wê cannot jump ôver it, wê must stop wheŕe wê are."

"Î thiñk Î cōūld jump ôver it," sãid thé Cõwaŕdlý Lîón, after meaŝúring thé distánçe cãŕefullý in hiś mînd.

"Then wê are åll right," answered thé Scãŕecrôw, "for yöü can carrý us åll ôver on yøur back, one^wőne at a tîme."

"Well, Î'll trŷ it," sãid thé Lîón. "Whö will gô first?"

"Î will," dėclãŕed thé Scãŕecrôw; "for, if yöü found that yöü cōūld not jump ôver thé gulf, Doróthý wōūld bê killed, or thé Tin Wōōdmán badlý dentėd on thé rocks bėlôw. But if Î am on yøur back it will not matter sô much, for thé fåll wōūld not hurt mê at åll."

"Î am terríblý áfraid of^uv fālling, mŷself," sãid thé Cõwaŕdlý Lîón, "but Î suppôśe theŕe iś nőthing tó^tö dö but trŷ it. Sô get on mŷ back and wê will mâke thé áttempt."

Thé Scãŕecrôw sat upon thé Lîón's back, and thé big beast wålked tó^tö thé edĝe of^uv thé gulf and crouched down.

"Whŷ dôn't yöü run and jump?" asked thé Scãŕecrôw.

"Bėcauśe that iśn't thé way wê Lîónś dö thêśe thingś," hê rėplîed. Then giving a greât spring, hê shot thröügh thé ãir and landėd sâfelý on thé őther sîde. They were åll greâtlý pleaśed tó^tö see how eaśílý hê did it, and after thé Scãŕecrôw had got down fróm hiś back thé Lîón sprang ácross thé ditch ágãin.

Doróthý thøught shê wōūld gô next; sô shê tōōk Tôtô in her armś and clîmbed on thé Lîón's back, hôlding tightlý tó^tö hiś mâne with one^wőne hand. Thé next mômént it seemed aś if shê wáś^woś flŷing thröügh thé ãir; and then, bėfore shê had tîme tó^tö thiñk ábout it, shê wáś^woś sâfe on thé őther sîde. Thé Lîón went back a third tîme and got thé Tin Wōōdmán, and then they åll sat down for a few môménts tó^tö give thé beast a chançe tó^tö rest, for hiś greât leaps had mâde hiś breath short, and hê pantėd lîke a big dog that haś bėen^been running töö long.

They found thé forést verý thick on this sîde, and it lōōked dark and glöömý. After thé Lîón had restėd they startėd álong thé road of^uv yellôw brick, sîléntlý wőndéring, each in hiś ôwn mînd, if ever they wōūld cőme tó^tö thé end of^uv thé wōōdś and reach thé bright sunshîne ágãin. Tó^tö add tó^tö their discómfoŕt, they söön heaŕd strânĝe noiśėś in thé depths of^uv thé forést, and thé Lîón whispered tó^tö them that it wáś^woś in this part of^uv thé countrý that thé Kalidahs lived.

"Whåt are thé Kalidahs?" asked thé girl.

"They are monstroús beasts with bodiêś lîke beaŕś and headś lîke tîgerś," rėplîed thé Lîón; "and with clawś sô long and sharp that they cōūld têaŕ mê in twö aś eaśílý aś Î cōūld kill Tôtô. Î'm terríblý áfraid of^uv thé Kalidahs."

"Î'm not surprîśed that yöü are," rėturned Doróthý "they must bê dreadful beasts."

Thé Lîón wáś^woś ábout tó^tö rėplŷ when suddénlý they câme tó^tö ánőther gulf ácross thé road; but this one^wőne wáś^woś sô brøad and deep that thé Lîón knew at őnçe^wőnçe hê cōūld not leap ácross it.

Sô they sat down tó^tö cónsider whåt they shōūld dö, and after sėrïoús thøught thé Scãŕecrôw sãid,

"Hėŕe iś a greât tree, standing clôśe tó^tö thé ditch. If thé Tin Wōōdmán can chop it down, sô that it will fåll tó^tö thé őther sîde, wê can wålk ácross it eaśílý."

"That iś a first râte îdêá," sãid thé Lîón. "One^wőne wōūld ålmôst suspect yöü had brainś in yøur head, instead of^uv straw."

Thé Wōōdmán set tó^tö woŕk at őnçe^wőnçe, and sô sharp wáś^woś hiś axe that thé tree wáś^woś söön chopped nėaŕlý thröügh. Then thé Lîón pūt hiś strong frőnt legś ágãinst thé tree and pūshed with åll hiś might, and slôwlý thé big tree tipped and fell with a crash ácross thé ditch, with its top branchėś on thé őther sîde.

They had just startėd tó^tö cross this qυeeŕ bridĝe when a sharp growl mâde them åll lōōk up, and tó^tö their horroŕ they saw running tówård them twö greât beasts with bodiêś lîke beaŕś and headś lîke tîgerś.

"They are thé Kalidahs!" sãid thé Cõwaŕdlý Lîón, bėginning tó^tö tremble.

"Qυick!" crîed thé Scãŕecrôw, "let us cross ôver."

"Thé tree fell with a crash intö thé gulf."

Sô Doróthý went first, hôlding Tôtô in her armś; thé Tin Wōōdmán follôwed, and thé Scãŕecrôw câme next. Thé Lîón, ålthôugh hê wáś^woś çertáinlý áfraid, turned tó^tö fâçe thé Kalidahs, and then hê gâve sô loud and terríble a røar that Doróthý screamed and thé Scãŕecrôw fell ôver backwaŕdś, whîle êvén thé fierçe beasts stopped short and lōōked at him in surprîśe.

But, sêeing they were bigger than thé Lîón, and rėmembéring that theŕe were twö of^uv them and ônlý one^wőne of^uv him, thé Kalidahs ágãin rushed forwaŕd, and thé Lîón crossed ôver thé tree and turned tó^tö see whåt they wōūld dö next. Without stopping an instánt thé fierçe beasts ålsô bėgan tó^tö cross thé tree, and thé Lîón sãid tó^tö Doróthý,

"Wê are lost, for they will ŝūrelý têaŕ us tó^tö piêçėś with their sharp clawś. But stand clôse bėhînd mê, and Î will fight them aś long aś Î am álîve."

"Wait a minúte!" cålled thé Scãŕecrôw. Hê had bėen^been thiñking whåt wáś^woś best tó^tö bê dőne, and now hê asked thé Wōōdmán tó^tö chop áway thé end of^uv thé tree that restėd on their sîde of^uv thé ditch. Thé Tin Wōōdmán bėgan tó^tö ûśe hiś axe at őnçe^wőnçe, and, just aś thé twö Kalidahs were nėaŕlý ácross, thé tree fell with a crash intö thé gulf, carrýing thé uglý, snarling brütes with it, and bôth were dashed tó^tö piêçėś on thé sharp rocks at thé bottóm.

"Well," sãid thé Cõwaŕdlý Lîón, drawing a long breath of^uv rėliêf, "Î see wê are gôing tó^tö live a little whîle loñger, and Î am glad of^uv it, for it must bê a verý uncómfoŕtáble thing not tó^tö bê álîve. Thôśe creaťureś frighténed mê sô badlý that mŷ heart iś beating yet."

"Āh." sãid thé Tin Wōōdmán, sadlý, "Î wish Î had a heart tó^tö beat."

This ádvenťure mâde thé travéllerś more añxioús than ever tó^tö get out of^uv thé forést, and they wålked sô fast that Doróthý bėcâme tîred, and had tó^tö rîde on thé Lîón's back. Tó^tö their greât joy thé treeś bėcâme thinner thé further they ádvançed, and in thé afternöön they suddénlý câme upon a brøad river, flôwing swiftlý just bėfore them. On thé őther sîde of^uv thé wåter they cōūld see thé road of^uv yellôw brick running thröügh a beaûtíful countrý, with green meadôwś dottėd with bright flõwerś and åll thé road bordered with treeś hanging fūll of^uv dėlićioús früits. They were greâtlý pleaśed tó^tö see this dėlightful countrý bėfore them.

"How shall wê cross thé river?" asked Doróthý.

"That iś eaśílý dőne," rėplîed thé Scãŕecrôw. "thé Tin Wōōdmán must build us a raft, sô wê can float tó^tö thé őther sîde."

Sô thé Wōōdmán tōōk hiś axe and bėgan tó^tö chop down småll treeś tó^tö mâke a raft, and whîle hê wáś^woś buśý^bizee at this thé Scãŕecrôw found on thé river bañk a tree fūll of^uv fîne früit. This pleaśed Doróthý, whö had eatén nőthing but nuts åll day, and shê mâde a heartý meal of^uv thé rîpe früit.

But it tâkes tîme tó^tö mâke a raft, êvén when one^wőne iś aś industrïoús and untîring aś thé Tin Wōōdmán, and when night câme thé woŕk wáś^woś not dőne. Sô they found a côzý plâçe under thé treeś wheŕe they slept well until thé morning; and Doróthý dreamed of^uv thé Emeráld Çitý, and of^uv thé gōōd Wizaŕd Oz, whö wōūld söön send her back tó^tö her ôwn hôme ágãin.

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Õυŕ little partý of^uv travéllerś áwâkéned next morning rėfreshed and fūll of^uv hôpe, and Doróthý breakfásted lîke a prinçess off peachėś and plumś fróm thé treeś bėsîde thé river.

Bėhînd them wáś^woś thé dark forést they had passed sâfelý thröügh, ålthôugh they had suffered mãný discoúráĝeménts; but bėfore them wáś^woś a lővelý, sunný countrý that seemed tó^tö beckón them on tó^tö thé Emeráld Çitý.

Tó^tö bê ŝūre, thé brøad river now cut them off fróm this beaûtíful land; but thé raft wáś^woś nėaŕlý dőne, and after thé Tin Wōōdmán had cut a few more logś and fasténed them tógether with wōōdén pinś, they were readý tó^tö start. Doróthý sat down in thé middle of^uv thé raft and held Tôtô in her armś. When thé Cõwaŕdlý Lîón stepped upon thé raft it tipped badlý, for hê wáś^woś big and heavý; but thé Scãŕecrôw and thé Tin Wōōdmán stōōd upon thé őther end tó^tö steadý it, and they had long pôleś in their handś tó^tö pūsh thé raft thröügh thé wåter.

They got álong qυîte well at first, but when they reached thé middle of^uv thé river thé swift currént swept thé raft down stream, farther and farther áway fróm thé road of^uv yellôw brick; and thé wåter grew sô deep that thé long pôleś wōūld not touch thé bottóm.

"This iś bad," sãid thé Tin Wōōdmán, "for if wê cannot get tó^tö thé land wê shall bê carriêd intö thé countrý of^uv thé wickéd Witch of^uv thé West, and shê will enchant us and mâke us her slâveś."