Page 20 - wizard of oz
P. 20
Dorothy replied. "I want to go home to Kansas with Toto, my So the friends went on their way along the yellow brick
dog. I hope that the Wizard can help me. My friend, the road. Soon, the trees became very thick. Then the Tin Man
Scarecrow, will ask Oz to give him some brains." was a great help. He cut the trees with his axe and made a
"I have no heart," the Tin Man said sadly. "Could Oz give path" for them all.
me a heart?" "You must have brains," the Scarecrow said. "Because you
"Why don't you come with us and find out?" Dorothy know how to make a path through the trees."
asked. "I used to have brains and a heart," the Tin Man replied.
The Tin Man thought for a while. Then he said, "Now I have neither. Do you want to know why?"
"Thank you, I will. Please put my oil can in your basket. I Dorothy and the Scarecrow nodded.
will need it if it rains." "When I was a man of flesh," the Tin Man said, "I loved a
Munchkin girl, but her mother hated me. She asked the
Wicked Witch of the East to put some magic in my axe."
"That was very bad of her," Dorothy said.
"Every time that I used my axe, it slipped," the Tin Man
went on. "First, it cut off my left leg, then it cut off my right
34
one. I asked a tinsmith to make me new legs and I went on
with my work. Then, the magic axe cut off both my arms. So
I asked the tinsmith to make me new arms. Then I cut off my
head, so he had to make me a new head. But when my body
was cut in half, I lost my heart. Now I cannot love anymore."
"Brains are better than a heart," the Scarecrow said
Dorothy did not answer. She had brains and a heart, but
she could not get back to Kansas. She was worried too. The
bread in her basket was nearly all gone. Her new friends did
not need food. But she did, and so did Toto.
20 21
