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The Journey to the Great Oz
"Runfast,"saidtheScarecrowtotheLion,"andgetoutofthisdeadlyflowerbedassoonasyoucan. Wewillbringthelittlegirlwithus,butifyoushouldfallasleepyouaretoobigtobecarried."
SotheLionarousedhimselfandboundedforwardasfastashecouldgo.Inamomenthewasoutofsight.
"Letusmakeachairwithourhandsandcarryher,"saidtheScarecrow. SotheypickedupTotoandputthedoginDorothy’slap,andthentheymadeachairwiththeirhandsfortheseatandtheirarmsforthearmsandcarriedthesleepinggirlbetweenthemthroughtheflowers.
Onandontheywalked,anditseemedthatthegreatcarpetofdeadlyflowersthatsurroundedthemwouldneverend. Theyfollowedthebendoftheriver,andatlastcameupontheirfriendtheLion,lyingfastasleepamongthepoppies. Theflowershadbeentoostrongforthehugebeastandhehadgivenupatlast,andfallenonlyashortdistancefromtheendofthepoppybed,wherethesweetgrassspreadinbeautifulgreenfieldsbeforethem.
"Wecandonothingforhim,"saidtheTinWoodman,sadly; "forheismuchtooheavytolift.Wemustleavehimheretosleeponforever,andperhapshewilldreamthathehasfoundcourageatlast."
"I’msorry,"saidtheScarecrow. "TheLionwasaverygoodcomradeforonesocowardly. Butletusgoon."
Theycarriedthesleepinggirltoaprettyspotbesidetheriver,farenoughfromthepoppyfieldtopreventherbreathinganymoreofthepoisonoftheflowers,andheretheylaidhergentlyonthesoftgrassandwaitedforthefreshbreezetowakenher.
