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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. 

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