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The Wonderful City of Oz
ThewildcrowsflewinonegreatflocktowardDorothyandhercompanions. Whenthelittlegirlsawthemcomingshewasafraid.
ButtheScarecrowsaid,"Thisismybattle,soliedownbesidemeandyouwillnotbeharmed."
SotheyalllayuponthegroundexcepttheScarecrow,andhestoodupandstretchedouthisarms. Andwhenthecrowssawhimtheywerefrightened,asthesebirdsalwaysarebyscarecrows,anddidnotdaretocomeanynearer.ButtheKingCrowsaid:
"Itisonlyastuffedman.Iwillpeckhiseyesout."
TheKingCrowflewattheScarecrow,whocaughtitbytheheadandtwisteditsneckuntilitdied. Andthenanothercrowflewathim,andtheScarecrowtwisteditsneckalso. Therewerefortycrows,andfortytimestheScarecrowtwistedaneck,untilatlastallwerelyingdeadbesidehim. Thenhecalledtohiscompanionstorise,andagaintheywentupontheirjourney.
WhentheWickedWitchlookedoutagainandsawallhercrowslyinginaheap,shegotintoaterriblerage,andblewthreetimesuponhersilverwhistle.
Forthwiththerewasheardagreatbuzzingintheair,andaswarmofblackbeescameflyingtowardher.
"Gotothestrangersandstingthemtodeath!"commandedtheWitch, andthebeesturnedandflewrapidlyuntiltheycametowhereDorothyandherfriendswerewalking. ButtheWoodmanhadseenthemcoming,andtheScarecrowhaddecidedwhattodo.
