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Away to the South
"Comeon!"heshoutedtotheothers. "Bequick! "Theyallranforwardandpassedunderthetreewithoutinjury,exceptToto,whowascaughtbyasmallbranchandshakenuntilhehowled. ButtheWoodmanpromptlychoppedoffthebranchandsetthelittledogfree.
Theothertreesoftheforestdidnothingtokeepthemback, sotheymadeuptheirmindsthatonlythefirstrowoftreescouldbenddowntheirbranches,andthatprobablythesewerethepolicemenoftheforest,andgiventhiswonderfulpowerinordertokeepstrangersoutofit.
Thefourtravelerswalkedwitheasethroughthetreesuntiltheycametothefartheredgeofthewood. Then,totheirsurprise,theyfoundbeforethemahighwallwhichseemedtobemadeofwhitechina. Itwassmooth,likethesurfaceofadish,andhigherthantheirheads.
"Whatshallwedonow?"askedDorothy.
"Iwillmakealadder,"saidtheTinWoodman,"forwecertainlymustclimboverthewall."
