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Attacked by the Fighting Trees
WhenallweresafelydowntheypickeduptheScarecrow,whosebodywasquiteflattenedout,andpattedhisstrawintoshapeagain.
"Wemustcrossthisstrangeplaceinordertogettotheotherside,"saidDorothy,"foritwouldbeunwiseforustogoanyotherwayexceptdueSouth."
Theybeganwalkingthroughthecountryofthechinapeople,andthefirstthingtheycametowasachinamilkmaidmilkingachinacow. Astheydrewnear,thecowsuddenlygaveakickandkickedoverthestool,thepail,andeventhemilkmaidherself,andallfellonthechinagroundwithagreatclatter.
Dorothywasshockedtoseethatthecowhadbrokenherlegoff,andthatthepailwaslyinginseveralsmallpieces,whilethepoormilkmaidhadanickinherleftelbow.
"There!"criedthemilkmaidangrily. "Seewhatyouhavedone!Mycowhasbrokenherleg,andImusttakehertothemender’sshopandhaveitgluedonagain. Whatdoyoumeanbycominghereandfrighteningmycow?"
"I’mverysorry,"returnedDorothy."Pleaseforgiveus."
Buttheprettymilkmaidwasmuchtoovexedtomakeanyanswer. Shepickedupthelegsulkilyandledhercowaway,thepooranimallimpingonthreelegs. Assheleftthemthemilkmaidcastmanyreproachfulglancesoverhershoulderattheclumsystrangers,holdinghernickedelbowclosetoherside.
Dorothywasquitegrievedatthismishap.
