The Glenwood post., 1909-11-06

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ately died. AS soon as he could raise
his ak another wolf came up, and he
also fell under the sharp edge of the
Tin Woodman's weapon. There were
40 wolves, and 40 times a wolf was
killed; so that at last they all lay
dead In heap before the Woodman
Then he put down his ak and sat
beside the Scarec.ow. who said:
ut was a good fight, friend"
They waited until Dorothy awoke
the next morning. The little girl was
quite frightened when she saw the
great pile of shaggy wolves, but the
Tin Woodman told her ALL She
thanked him for saving them and sat
down to breakfast, after which they
started again upon their journey.
Now this same morning the Wicked
Witch came to the door of her castle
and looked out with her one eye that
could see afar of. She saw all her
wolves lying dead. and the strangers
still travelling through her country.
| This made her angrier than before,
and she blew her silver whistle twice.
Straightway great flock of wild
crows came flying toward her, enough
to darken the sky. And the Wicked
| Witch said to the King Crow:
Fly at once to the strangers; peck
out their eyes and tear them to
pieces"
The wild crows flew In one great
flock toward Dorothy and her com.
panions. When the little girl saw them
coming she was afraid. But the Scare.
crow said:
This is my battle; so lie down be
side me and you will not be harmed" 4"
So they all lay upon the ground ex
cept the Scarecrow, and he stood up
and stretched out his arms. And when
the crows saw him they were fright
ened, as these birds always are by
scarecrows, and did not dare to come
any nearer. But the King Grow said:
1T is only stuffed man. l will
peck his eyes out"
The King Grow flew at the Scare
crow, who caught it by the head and
twisted its neck until it died. And
then another crow flew at him, and
the Scarecrow twisted its neck also
There were 40 crows and 40 times
the Scarecrow twisted neck, until at
last all were lying dead beside him
Then he called to his companions to
rise, and again they went upon their
journey.
When the Wicked Witch looked out
again and saw all her crows lying in
heap. she got into a terrible rage
and blew three times upon her silver
whistle.
Forthwith there was heard a great
buzzing in the air, and a swarm of
black bees came flying towards her
Go to the strangers and sting them
to DEATH" commanded the Witch. and
the bees turned and flew rapidly until
they came to where Dorothy and her
friends were walking. But the Wood
man had seen them coming and the
Scarecrow had decided what to do.
Take out my straw and scatter it
over the little girl and the dog and the
lion," he said to the Woodman, "and
the bees cannot sting them" This the
Woodman did, and as Dorothy lay
close beside the Lion and held Toto
in her arms. the straw covered them
entirely.
The bees came and found no one
but the Woodman to sting, so they flew
at him and broke off all their stings
against the tin, without hurting the
Woodman at all. And as bees cannot
live when their stings are broken that
was the end of the black bees, and
they lay scattered thick about the
Woodman, like little heaps of fine
coal
Then Dorothy and the Lion got up,
and the girl helped the Tin Woodman
put the straw back into the Scare
crow again, until he was as good as
ever. So they started upon their jour-
ney once more.
The Wicked Witch was so angry
when she saw her black bees in little
heaps like fine coal that she STAMPED
her foot and tore her hair and gnashed
her teeth. And then she called a
dozen of her slaves, who were the
Wrinkles, and gave them sharp spears,
| telling them to go to the strangers and
| destroy them.
The Wrinkles were not brave peo-
| pie, but they had to do as they were
told; SO they marched away until they
came near to Dorothy. Then the Lion
gave great roar and sprang toward
them, and the poor Wrinkles were so
frightened that they ran back as fast
as they could.
When they returned to the castle
the Wicked Witch beat them well with
a strap, and sent them back to their
work, after which she sat down to
think what she should do next She
could not understand how all her
plans to destroy these strangers had
failed; but she was powerful
Witch, as well as a wicked one, and
she soon made up her mind how to act.
There was, in her cupboard, a gold.
en- cap, with circle of diamonds
and rubies running round it. This gold.
en- cap had a charm. Whoever owned
it could call three times upon the
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