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The Council with the Munchkins
"Icannottell,"shereturned,"butyoumaycomewithme,ifyoulike. IfOzwillnotgiveyouanybrainsyouwillbenoworseoffthanyouarenow."
"Thatistrue,"saidtheScarecrow."Yousee,"hecontinuedconfidentially, "Idon’tmindmylegsandarmsandbodybeingstuffed,becauseIcannotgethurt.Ifanyonetreadsonmytoesorsticksapinintome,itdoesn’tmatter,forIcan’tfeelit. ButIdonotwantpeopletocallmeafool,andifmyheadstaysstuffedwithstrawinsteadofwithbrains,asyoursis,howamIevertoknowanything?"
"Iunderstandhowyoufeel,"saidthelittlegirl,whowastrulysorryforhim. "IfyouwillcomewithmeI’llaskOztodoallhecanforyou."
"Thankyou,"heansweredgratefully.
Theywalkedbacktotheroad.Dorothyhelpedhimoverthefence,andtheystartedalongthepathofyellowbrickfortheEmeraldCity.
Totodidnotlikethisadditiontothepartyatfirst. Hesmelledaroundthestuffedmanasifhesuspectedtheremightbeanestofratsinthestraw,andheoftengrowledinanunfriendlywayattheScarecrow.
"Don’tmindToto,"saidDorothytohernewfriend. "Heneverbites."
"Oh,I’mnotafraid,"repliedtheScarecrow. "Hecan’thurtthestraw. Doletmecarrythatbasketforyou. Ishallnotmindit,forIcan’tgettired. I’lltellyouasecret,"hecontinued,ashewalkedalong. "ThereisonlyonethingintheworldIamafraidof."
