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am made of tin and so I have you courage," the Wizard said. "What do you think of that?"
no heart. Please give me a The Cowardly Lion was too afraid to answer. He ran back
heart, Great Oz. Then I can to his friends and told them everything.
love and be happy." "What can we do now?" Dorothy asked sadly.
"We must find the Wicked Witch and kill her," the
Cowardly Lion said. "If we don't, I will never have courage."
"And I will never have brains," said the Scarecrow.
"And I will never have a heart," said the Tin Man.
"And I will never see Aunt Em and Uncle Henry again,"
said Dorothy. And her tears fell onto her beautiful green
dress.
"Don't cry, you'll spoil your dress," the Tin Man told her.
So Dorothy stopped crying and said,
"First you must kill the "We must find the Witch, but I don't want to kill her."
Wicked Witch of the "I'll go with you, but I am a coward," the Lion replied.
West," the Huge Animal "I have no brains, but I will go with you," the Scarecrow
roared. "Then I will give said.
you a heart." "I don't want to kill anyone, but I will go with you too,"
"Well, it will be my turn the Tin Man said. "We'll all go together and find the Wicked
tomorrow," the Cowardly Witch."
Lion said when the Tin Man had returned to his friends. "I "We'll go tomorrow," Dorothy said, and Toto barked
am ready for the Head, the Green Woman or the Huge loudly.
Animal. I will roar and the Great Oz will be afraid of me."
But when the Cowardly Lion saw Oz, he had a surprise.
This time, the Great Wizard was a Ball of Fire, hot and 11
bright. The Cowardly Lion was very afraid.
"I am Oz, the Great and the Terrible," the Ball of Fire The Wicked Witch of the West
roared. "Who are you and why are you here?"
"I'm the Cowardly Lion and I'm always afraid," the Lion he friends got up early the next morning and had a good
said. "Please give me courage so I can be King of the Tbreakfast. The green girl filled Dorothy's basket with
animals." food. Then the green soldier took them back to the gate.
The Ball of Fire became hotter and hotter and the "Which road will take us to the Wicked Witch of the
Cowardly Lion had to move further away. West?" Dorothy asked the Guardian of the Gate.
"When the Wicked Witch of the West is dead, I will give "There isn't a road," he replied. "No one goes that way."
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