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"In a few minutes, there will be nothing left of me. I am
going, going, go ..."
Dorothy looked down on the floor. The Wicked Witch
had melted. There was nothing left of her but the Silver
Shoe.
So the girl cleaned the kitchen floor with some more
water. Then she cleaned the Silver Shoe and put it on. She
told the Cowardly Lion the good news and untied his rope.
"The Wicked Witch of the West is dead!" Dorothy cried.
All the Winkies ran up to her. They were laughing
happily.
"The Wicked Witch is dead!" they cried. "We are free!"

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Dorothy and the Winged Monkeys

he Winkies had been the Wicked Witch's slaves for
Tmany years. They were very happy that Dorothy had
killed her.
"Is there anything that we can do for you?" one of the
Winkies asked Dorothy.
"We had two good friends, a Tin Man and a Scarecrow,"
Dorothy replied. "Can you find them for us?"
"Of course," the Winkies replied. They looked everywhere
and at last they found the Tin Man. They carried him back to
the castle and showed him to Dorothy.
The Tin Man's body was rusted and bent.
"Oh, poor Tin Man," the girl said. "What can we do?"
"Some of us are tinsmiths," a Winkie told her. "We can
make him like new."
So the tinsmiths worked for three days, straightening 72
and polishing" the Tin Man's body until he was better than

"Look what you have done! The water will kill me!" the Witch 51
cried. "I am melting away! Help me!"