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Away to the South
TheScarecrow,whowasinthelead,finallydiscoveredabigtreewithsuchwide-spreadingbranchesthattherewasroomforthepartytopassunderneath. Sohewalkedforwardtothetree,butjustashecameunderthefirstbranchestheybentdownandtwinedaroundhim,andthenextminutehewasraisedfromthegroundandflungheadlongamonghisfellowtravelers.
ThisdidnothurttheScarecrow,butitsurprisedhim,andhelookedratherdizzywhenDorothypickedhimup.
"Hereisanotherspacebetweenthetrees,"calledtheLion.
"Letmetryitfirst,"saidtheScarecrow,"foritdoesn’thurtmetogetthrownabout." Hewalkeduptoanothertree,ashespoke,butitsbranchesimmediatelyseizedhimandtossedhimbackagain.
"Thisisstrange,"exclaimedDorothy. "Whatshallwedo?"
"Thetreesseemtohavemadeuptheirmindstofightus,andstopourjourney,"remarkedtheLion.
"IbelieveIwilltryitmyself,"saidtheWoodman,andshoulderinghisaxe,hemarcheduptothefirsttreethathadhandledtheScarecrowsoroughly. WhenabigbranchbentdowntoseizehimtheWoodmanchoppedatitsofiercelythathecutitintwo. Atoncethetreebeganshakingallitsbranchesasifinpain,andtheTinWoodmanpassedsafelyunderit.
