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15 The Scarecrow thought again. Then he called the green
soldier into the Throne Room.
The Journey to the South "My friend Dorothy wishes to cross the desert," the
Scarecrow said to him. "How can she do that?"
orothy cried for a long time after Oz left. "No one ever crosses the desert," the green soldier replied.
D "How will I ever get back to Kansas now?" she said. "Please think," Dorothy said. "Can anyone help me?"
"I'll never see Aunt Em and Uncle Henry again." "There is Glinda, the Witch of the South," the green
"I am sorry," the Tin Man said. "Oz was a humbug, but he soldier said slowly. "She is the most powerful of all the
gave me my heart." witches. She rules over the Quadlings and her castle is very
The friends were in the Throne Room. The Scarecrow near the desert. She may be able to help you."
was now the King of the Emerald City. He was sitting on the "Is Glinda a good witch?" Dorothy asked.
throne and the others were standing in front of him. "Glinda is good and kind. And she is beautiful too," the
"I have been very lucky," the Scarecrow said. "Not long green soldier replied. "But the journey to the Land of the
ago, I was on a pole in a field. Now I am King of this beautiful South is very dangerous. Quadlings never come to the
city. We can all be happy, if Dorothy can forget her home in Emerald City."
Kansas." Then the green soldier bowed and left the Throne Room.
"But I don't want to forget Kansas!" the poor girl cried. "I "So I must go to the Land of the South," Dorothy said.
think about my home every day. I want to go back." "I will go with you," the Lion said. "You will need me to
"Well then, we must try to help you," the Tin Man said. help you. I am a wild animal and I am tired of living in a city.
The Scarecrow was thinking very hard with his new I want to see the forest again."
brains. "I will go with you," the Tin Man said. "I'll take my axe."
"Why don't you call the Winged Monkeys?" he asked at "When do we start?" the Scarecrow asked.
last. "They can carry you over the desert." "But you are the King of the Emerald City!" his friends
Dorothy ran to get her Golden Cap. Then she said the said. They were all speaking at the same time.
magic words and the Winged Monkeys arrived at once. "I must help Dorothy," the Scarecrow replied. "She found
"This is your second wish. How can we help you?" the me in the cornfield and brought me here."
King of the Winged Monkeys asked. "Thank you," Dorothy said. "You are all very kind."
"I want you to carry me back to Kansas," Dorothy said. The next morning, the friends left the Emerald City.
"I'm sorry. We can't do that," the King of the Winged "You have all looked after me very well," Dorothy said to
Monkeys replied. "We can only fly in this country. Winged the Guardian of the Gate. "I will never forget my time here."
Monkeys never go to Kansas. Goodbye." And the King of the "I wish that you could stay," the Guardian replied, "but I
Winged Monkeys flew away. know that Kansas is your home."
"Now I have used two of the Golden Cap's wishes," "We will do our best to help her," the Scarecrow said. "I
Dorothy said sadly. "I have only one wish left." will be back as soon as Dorothy is on her way to Kansas."
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