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The Journey to the Great Oz
"AndIshouldgetnoheart,"saidtheTinWoodman.
"AndIshouldnevergetbacktoKansas,"saidDorothy.
"WemustcertainlygettotheEmeraldCityifwecan,"theScarecrowcontinued,andhepushedsohardonhislongpolethatitstuckfastinthemudatthebottomoftheriver. Then,beforehecouldpullitoutagain—orletgo—theraftwassweptaway,andthepoorScarecrowleftclingingtothepoleinthemiddleoftheriver.
"Good-bye!"hecalledafterthem,andtheywereverysorrytoleavehim. Indeed,theTinWoodmanbegantocry,butfortunatelyrememberedthathemightrust,andsodriedhistearsonDorothy’sapron.
OfcoursethiswasabadthingfortheScarecrow.
"IamnowworseoffthanwhenIfirstmetDorothy,"hethought. "Then,Iwasstuckonapoleinacornfield,whereIcouldmake-believescarethecrows,atanyrate. ButsurelythereisnouseforaScarecrowstuckonapoleinthemiddleofariver. IamafraidIshallneverhaveanybrains,afterall!"
Downthestreamtheraftfloated,andthepoorScarecrowwasleftfarbehind.ThentheLionsaid:
"Somethingmustbedonetosaveus. IthinkIcanswimtotheshoreandpulltheraftafterme,ifyouwillonlyholdfasttothetipofmytail."
Sohesprangintothewater,andtheTinWoodmancaughtfastholdofhistail. ThentheLionbegantoswimwithallhismighttowardtheshore.
