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"We will find them at once," the King replied. Witch. Dorothy was a good girl and she worked hard. But she
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The Winged Monkeys flew off , laughing and talking. was very sad and she thought of her home in Kansas every
They soon found Dorothy and her friends. Some of the day.
Monkeys picked up the Tin Man and dropped him on some The Cowardly Lion was still tied up. Every time that the
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sharp rocks. The poor Tin Man's body was badly damaged . Wicked Witch went near him, he roared.
Other Monkeys caught the Scarecrow and pulled out all his "I won't give you any food and you'll die!" the Witch
straw. They carried his clothes and dropped them on top of a cried. But the Cowardly Lion did not die because every night,
tall tree. Dorothy gave him some of her own food. Then they would
Then three or four Winged Monkeys tied up the talk sadly and sometimes Dorothy cried. But they could not
Cowardly Lion with a thick rope. They carried him back to leave the castle, because it was full of the Witch's slaves.
the Witch's castle. The Wicked Witch wanted Dorothy's Silver Shoes
The King of the Monkeys looked at Dorothy and he saw because she knew they had great power. But the girl loved her
the mark of the Good Witch's kiss. shoes and she always wore them. She only took them off at
"We cannot kill the girl," he told the other Monkeys. night, or when she had a bath.
"She is protected by the Power of Good. The Power of Good The Wicked Witch was afraid of the dark. She was afraid
is stronger than the Power of Evil. Carry her and the dog of water too.
back to the castle and leave her there." Then the Wicked Witch thought of a plan. She put a
When Dorothy and Toto were outside the castle, the King long piece of wood in the middle of the kitchen floor. Then
of the Winged Monkeys found the Wicked Witch. she put magic on the wood, so that Dorothy could not see it.
"The Tin Man and the Scarecrow are dead," he told her. When Dorothy walked across the kitchen, she fell over the
"The Lion is tied up with rope. But we can't kill the girl and wood. One of her Silver Shoes came off and the Witch
her dog. You have used us for the last time. Goodbye." picked it up. The wicked old woman put the Silver Shoe on
As the Winged Monkeys flew off, the Wicked Witch her own foot and laughed.
looked at Dorothy. When the Witch saw the mark of the "Give me back my shoe!" Dorothy cried.
Good Witch's kiss and the Silver Shoes, she felt afraid. "It's not your shoe, it's mine now!" the Wicked Witch
"This girl is a powerful Witch," the Wicked Witch said to replied. "And I'll soon get the other one from you!"
herself. But then the Wicked Witch looked into Dorothy's The Witch laughed again. Dorothy was so angry that she
eyes and laughed. She knew Dorothy was too simple and picked up a bucket of water that stood nearby. She threw the
good to use her power. water all over the Wicked Witch.
"Come with me, my girl," the Witch said to Dorothy. "I "Look what you have done! The water will kill me!" the
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have a lot of hard work for you to do." Witch cried. "I am melting away! Help me!"
Dorothy did not want to stay in the castle, but she was "I'm very sorry," Dorothy said. "It was a mistake. But you
very glad that the Witch had not killed her. The girl began to made me very angry."
work in the kitchen, cleaning and washing for the Wicked "And now you have killed me!" the Wicked Witch cried.
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