The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum:
Excerpt from Chapter 16‐The Magic Art of the Great Humbug
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“Oh, yes; sit down in that chair, please,” replied Oz. “You must excuse me
for taking your head off, but I shall have to do it in order to put your brainsin their proper place.”“That’s all right,” said the Scarecrow. “You are quite welcome to take myhead off, as long as it will be a better one when you put it on again.”So the Wizard unfastened his head and emptied out the straw. Then heentered the back room and took up a measure of bran, which he mixed witha great many pins and needles. Having shaken them together thoroughly, hefilled the top of the Scarecrow’s head with the mixture and stuffed the rest of
the space with straw, to hold it in place. When he had fastened theScarecrow’s head on his body again he said to him,
“Hereafter you will be a great man, for I have given you a lot of brandnew brains.”
The Scarecrow was both pleased and proud at the fulfilment of hisgreatest wish and having thanked Oz warmly he went back to his friends.
Dorothy looked at him curiously. His head was quite bulging out at thetop with brains.
“How do you feel?” she asked.
“I feel wise, indeed,” he answered, earnestly. “When I get used to mybrains I shall know everything.”“Why are those needles and pins sticking out of your head?” asked theTin Woodman.
“That’s proof that he is sharp,” remarked the Lion.
“Well, I must go to Oz and get my heart,” said the Woodman. So hewalked to the Throne Room and knocked at the door.
“Come in,” called Oz, and the Woodman entered and said,“I have come for my heart.”21

中学生―Ｄ部門“I have come for my brains,” remarked the Scarecrow, a little uneasily.

“Very well,” answered the little man.
“But I shall have to cut a hole in your breast, so I can put your heartin the right place. I hope it won’t hurt you.”“Oh, no;” answered the Woodman. “I shall not feel it at all.”
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So Oz brought a pair of tinner’s shears and cut a small, square hole in
the left side of the Tin Woodman’s breast. Then, going to a chest of drawers,
he took out a pretty heart, made entirely of silk and stuffed with sawdust.
“Isn’t it a beauty?” he asked.
“It is, indeed!” replied the Woodman, who was greatly pleased. “But is
it a kind heart?”“Oh, very!” answered Oz. He put the heart in the Woodman’s breast
and then replaced the square of tin, soldering it neatly together where it had
been cut.
“There,” said he; “now you have a heart that any man might be proudof. I’m sorry I had to put a patch on your breast, but it really couldn’t behelped.
“Never mind the patch,” exclaimed the happy Woodman. “I am very
grateful to you, and shall never forget your kindness.”“Don’t speak of it,” replied Oz.
Then the Tin Woodman went back to his friends, who wished him
every joy on account of his good fortune.
The Lion now walked to the Throne Room and knocked at the door.
“Come in,” said Oz.
“I have come for my courage,” announced the Lion, entering the room.
“Very well,” answered the little man; “I will get it for you.”
He went to a cupboard and, reaching up to a high shelf, took down asquare green bottle, the contents of which he poured into a green gold dish,beautifully carved. Placing this before the Cowardly Lion, who sniffed at it as
if he did not like it, the Wizard said,“Drink.”“What is it?” asked the Lion.
“Well, answered Oz, “if it were inside of you, it would be courage. You
know, of course, that courage is always inside one; so that this really cannot22be called courage until you have swallowed it. Therefore I advise you to drink
it as soon as possible.”
The Lion hesitated no longer, but drank till the dish was empty.
“How do you feel now?” asked Oz.

friends to tell them of his good fortune.
Oz, left to himself, smiled to think of his success in giving theScarecrow and the Tin Woodman and the Lion exactly what they thought
they wanted. “How can I help being a humbug,” he said, “when all thesepeople make me do things that everybody knows can’t be done? It was easy
to make the Scarecrow and the Lion and the Woodman happy, because they
imagined I could do anything. But it will take more than imagination to carry
Dorothy back to Kansas, and I’m sure I don’t know how it can be done.”23

中学生―Ｄ部門“Full of courage,” replied the Lion, who went joyfully back to his