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"We must get back to the yellow brick road before dark." "Stop!" he cried, and he raised his axe. As the Wildcat
But it was too late. Dorothy's eyes had closed. ran by, the Tin Man cut off its head and killed it.
"What shall we do?" the Tin Man asked. The little field mouse stopped. Then it slowly moved
"If we leave her here, she will never wake again," the toward the Tin Man.
Lion replied. "You are safe, but I'm made of flesh. I'm "Thank you," said the mouse. "You have saved a Queen!"
becoming sleepy too." "A Queen? But you are a mouse!" the Tin Man said.
"Then run as fast as you can," the Scarecrow said to the "I am the Queen of all the field mice," the mouse replied.
Lion. "The Tin Man and I will carry Dorothy and Toto out of "I and all my people thank you."
the field. But we can't carry you! Go quickly!" As she spoke, several other field mice ran up and bowed.
The Cowardly Lion began to run through the poppy field "We are so glad that you are safe!" they cried to their Queen.
and the friends carried the girl and her dog between them. "This Tin Man killed the Wildcat and saved my life," the
They walked on through the poppies. Near the end of Queen told them. "Now you must all do whatever he wants."
the field, they found the Cowardly Lion. He was fast asleep. "We will!" all the field mice cried.
"We can't carry him. He is too heavy," the Tin Man said "Well," the Queen said to the Tin Man. "What can we
sadly. "He will sleep here for ever. Perhaps he will dream mice do for you?"
that he has courage." "I can't think of anything .." the Tin Man began, but
.
"I'm sorry to leave him," the Scarecrow replied. "He was a then the Scarecrow had an idea.
coward, but he was a good friend. He helped us all." "You can help our friend, the Cowardly Lion," he said.
Dorothy and Toto were fast asleep too. The Scarecrow "He is asleep in the poppy field."
and the Tin Man carried them out of the poppy field and put "A lion?" cried the Queen. "If he wakes up, he'll eat us!"
them down on the grass. Then they waited for Dorothy to "Oh, no," the Scarecrow said. "This Lion is a coward and
wake up. he would never hurt our friends. Please help us to save him."
"What can we do?" the Queen asked. "We are small, but
there are thousands of us field mice."
8 "Then tell all the mice that they must come here. Each
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mouse must bring a long piece of string ," the Scarecrow said.
The Queen of the Field Mice Then the Scarecrow spoke to his friend, the Tin Man.
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"Cut down some trees and make a truck , with wooden
e must be near the yellow brick road now," the wheels. The truck must be big enough to carry the Lion."
WScarecrow said. But before the Tin Man could reply, a The Tin Man began work at once. When the mice
little gray field mouse 47 ran by. It was followed by a yellow arrived, the flat wooden truck was ready.
wildcat. The Wildcat's mouth was open. There were thousands and thousands of mice now. Each
The Tin Man had no heart, but he felt very sorry for the one had a long piece of string in its mouth.
little mouse. At about this time, Dorothy woke up from her sleep. She
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