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"That was a mistake," Dorothy replied. "I am Oz, the Great and the
"I see," Oz said. "Well, I will help you. But you must also Terrible," the Green Woman
help me." said. "Who are you? And why
"What can I do for you?" she asked in surprise. are you here?"
"You must kill the Wicked Witch of the West," Oz
replied.
"I don't want to kill anyone!" Dorothy cried.
"You killed the Wicked Witch of the East. You are
wearing her Silver Shoes. When the Wicked Witch of the
West is dead, I will send you back to Kansas," Oz said.
Dorothy began to cry. "I am a Scarecrow, I am
"The Witch may be wicked, but I still don't want to kill stuffed with straw," the
her," she told Oz. "I am only a girl and you are Oz, the Great Scarecrow said. "I would like
and the Terrible. Why don't you kill her yourself?" to have brains in my head,
"You have my answer," Oz replied. "If you don't kill the instead of straw."
Wicked Witch, you'll never see your aunt and uncle again!" "I can give you brains,"
Dorothy went back to her friends and told them said the Green Woman. "I am the Great Oz and I can do
everything. anything. But first you must do something for me. I want
"I shall never get back to Kansas now," she said sadly. you to kill the Wicked Witch of the West."
Her friends were very sorry, but they could not help her. "But you asked Dorothy to kill the Witch!" the Scarecrow
Dorothy went back to her green room with Toto. Then she replied.
lay down on the green bed and cried until she fell asleep. "I don't care who kills the Witch," Oz told the Scarecrow.
"But you will have no brains until she is dead. You can go
The next morning, the Scarecrow was taken to see Oz. now."
"I must not be afraid of a Head," the Scarecrow said to The Scarecrow was very sad. He went back to his friends
himself, as he walked into the Throne Room. Dorothy had and told them everything. The next morning, it was the Tin
told the Scarecrow about her meeting with Oz the day before. Man's turn to see the Wizard.
She had explained that Oz was a Head with no hair, two When the Tin Man saw the Great Oz, he was very afraid.
eyes, a nose and a mouth. This time, the Great Wizard was a Huge Animal. The Huge
But when the Scarecrow looked up he saw, not a Head, Animal had five eyes, five arms and five legs. It was covered
but a beautiful Woman sitting on the throne. She was dressed in long hair. It was much bigger than the Cowardly Lion.
in green and her hair was green too. She had two huge "I am Oz, the Great and the Terrible," the Huge Animal
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wings that moved all the time. roared. "Who are you and why are you here?"
"Who are you?" the Scarecrow asked in surprise. "I am a woodman," the Tin Man said. "As you can see, I
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