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good woodman and he worked very hard. But night came "Goodbye," the Scarecrow shouted to his friends on the
before the raft was finished. So they all went to sleep under raft. "Good luck!" Then he thought to himself, "I will never
the trees. Dorothy dreamed of the Emerald City and of the have any brains now. When Dorothy found me, I was on a
Great Wizard of Oz. She dreamed that Oz was sending her pole in a field. Now I am on a pole in the middle of the river
home to Kansas. and no one can help me."

When Dorothy woke up, she immediately saw that she was
not in Kansas. But she felt happy now, because the dark
forest was behind them. The girl picked some fruit for her
breakfast and washed her face. Then she was ready.
The Tin Man had finished the raft and they were ready to
start. When the raft was in the water, Dorothy sat down on it,
with Toto in her arms. Then, very carefully, the Lion got on
too. He was very heavy and the raft moved up and down.
The Scarecrow and the Tin Man had long poles. They
stood at the end of the raft and they held it steady. Then they
slowly began to push the raft along with their poles.
At first, everything went well. But in the middle of the
river the water was moving very fast. It was deeper there
too. The water carried them further and further away from
the yellow brick road.
"This is very bad," said the Tin Man. "The river is
carrying us into the country of the Wicked Witch of the
West. She might catch us!"
"Then I will never have brains," said the Scarecrow sadly.
"And I will never have courage," said the Cowardly Lion. The raft floated on. Soon the Scarecrow was left far
"And I will never have a heart," said the Tin Man. behind.
"And Toto and I will never get back to Kansas," said "I have an idea," the Cowardly Lion said to the Tin Man.
Dorothy, and she began to cry. "I think that I can swim to the river bank . Hold onto my
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"Please don't cry, my dear," the Scarecrow said kindly. tail. Then I will pull the raft after me."
"We must try to get to the Wizard, if we can." So the Lion jumped into the water and started to swim.
Then he pushed very hard on his long pole. The raft The Tin Man stood on the raft and held onto the Lion's tail.
moved very fast, but without the poor Scarecrow. He was Dorothy pushed with the Tin Man's long pole. Very slowly,
left holding his pole, in the middle of the river! the raft moved nearer to the land.

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