Chapter X.
teIt AS SOME tIME BEFORE t wruck o find ill alive.
quot;I ran as fast as I could,quot; ting do;but too strong for me. me out?”
told he Cowardly Lion laughed, and said:
quot;I myself very big and terrible; yet suctle to killing me, and sucrange it all is! But, comrades, w shall we do now?”
quot;e must journey on until ; said Dorot;and to ty.”
So, te arted upon tly enjoying t, fres long before turned again toy .
try about iful, so t travelers rejoiced in leaving t far be t in its gloomy s beside t ted green, and also ed green. ternoon, and sometimes people came to t to ask questions; but no one came near to t Lion, of whey were very much afraid.
ts like the Munchkins.
quot;t be t; said Dorot;and ting near ty.”
quot;Yes,quot; ans;Everytry of te color. But t seem to be as friendly as to find a place to pass t.”
quot;I so eat besides fruit,quot; said t;and Im sure toto is nearly starved. Let us stop at t alk to the people.”
So, he door and knocked.
A just far enougo look out, and said, quot; do you , c great Lion h you?”
quot;e h you, if you will allow us,”
ans;and t you for the world.”
quot;Is ame?quot; asked ttle wider.
quot;O; said t;and cooo. han you are of him.”
quot;ell,quot; said ter t over and taking anot t;if t is to sleep.”
So tered to see so strange a company, and he man asked:
quot;here are you all going?”
quot;to ty,quot; said Dorot;to see t Oz.”
quot;O; exclaimed t;Are you sure t Oz will see you?”
quot;?quot; she replied.
quot; is said t s anyone come into o ty many times, and it is a beautiful and I ted to see t Oz, nor do I know of any living person who has seen him.”
quot;Does ?quot; asked the Scarecrow.
quot;Never. s day after day in t t upon see o face.”
quot; is ; asked the girl.
quot;t is o tell,quot; said tfully. quot;You see, Oz is a Great izard, and can take on any form some say ; and some say . to otiful fairy, or a bro pleases well.”
quot;t is very strange,quot; said Dorot;but try, in some o see hing.”
quot;o see terrible Oz?quot; asked the man.
quot;I o give me some brains,quot; said the Scarecrow eagerly.
quot;O easily enoug; declared the man.
quot;han he needs.”
quot;And I o give me a ,quot; said tin ood- man.
quot;t trouble ; continued t;for Oz ion of s, of all sizes and shapes.”
quot;And I o give me courage,quot; said the Cowardly Lion.
quot;Oz keeps a great pot of courage in ; said t;o keep it from running over. o give you some.”
quot;And I o send me back to Kansas,quot; said Dorothy.
quot;; asked th surprise.
quot;I dont kno; replied Dorot;but it is my s somewhere.”
quot;Very likely. ell, Oz can do anyt first you must get to see izard does not like to see anyone, and ?quot; inued, speaking to toto. toto only range to say, speak.
to t supper able and Dorote some deli- cious porridge and a dise of nice did not care for it, saying it s and oats in oodman ate not all. toto ate a little of everyto get a good supper again.
to sleep in, and toto lay do be disturbed. tin oodman stood up in a corner and kept quiet all nig sleep.
t morning, as soon as tarted on tiful green glo before them.
quot;t must be ty,quot; said Dorothy.
As ter and brig seemed t at last travels. Yet it ernoon before to t surrounded ty. It was green color.
In front of t te, all studded glittered so in t even ted eyes of their brilliancy.
te, and Dorotton and inkle sound e sened less emeralds.
Before tood a little man about to , and even int. At his side was a large green box.
; do you wisy?”
quot;e came o see t Oz,quot; said Dorothy.
t t doo t over.
quot;It o see Oz,”
y. quot;errible, and if you come on an idle or fooliso botions of t izard, be angry and destroy you all in an instant.”
quot;But it is not a foolis; replied t;it is important. And Oz is a good izard.”
quot;So ; said t;and y to t , or errible, and feo see t Oz I must take you to first you must put on tacles.”
quot;; asked Dorothy.
quot;Because if you did not acles tness and glory of ty y must acles nig
built, and I hem.”
it acles of every size and ses found a pair t fit Dorot tened to t passed around togettle key t tes ake t of course s y, so shing.
tted spectacles for tin oodman and ttle toto; and all he key.
tes put on old to so taking a big golden key from a peg on te, and tal into treets of ty.
L. Frank Baum