Волшебник страны Оз
Away to the South
"Citylifedoesnotagreewithmeatall,"remarkedtheLion,astheywalkedalongatabriskpace. "IhavelostmuchfleshsinceIlivedthere,andnowIamanxiousforachancetoshowtheotherbeastshowcourageousIhavegrown."
TheynowturnedandtookalastlookattheEmeraldCity. Alltheycouldseewasamassoftowersandsteeplesbehindthegreenwalls,andhighupaboveeverythingthespiresanddomeofthePalaceofOz.
"OzwasnotsuchabadWizard,afterall,"saidtheTinWoodman,ashefelthisheartrattlingaroundinhisbreast.
"Heknewhowtogivemebrains,andverygoodbrains,too,"saidtheScarecrow.
"IfOzhadtakenadoseofthesamecouragehegaveme,"addedtheLion,"hewouldhavebeenabraveman."
Dorothysaidnothing. Ozhadnotkeptthepromisehemadeher,buthehaddonehisbest,sosheforgavehim. Ashesaid,hewasagoodman,evenifhewasabadWizard.
Thefirstday’sjourneywasthroughthegreenfieldsandbrightflowersthatstretchedabouttheEmeraldCityoneveryside. Theysleptthatnightonthegrass,withnothingbutthestarsoverthem; andtheyrestedverywellindeed.
Inthemorningtheytraveledonuntiltheycametoathickwood. Therewasnowayofgoingaroundit,foritseemedtoextendtotherightandleftasfarastheycouldsee; and,besides,theydidnotdarechangethedirectionoftheirjourneyforfearofgettinglost. Sotheylookedfortheplacewhereitwouldbeeasiesttogetintotheforest.
