The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-09-10

be rough. and the walking grew &c
dtfncult that the Scrarecrow often
stumbled over the yellow brick. which
were here very uneven. Sometimes
indeed. they were broken or missing
altogether. leaving holes that Toto
jumped across and Dorothy walked
around. AS for the Scarecrow. having
no brains he walked straight ahead
and 80 stepped into the holes and fell
at full length on the hard bricks. II
never hurt him. however. and Dorothy
would pick him up and set him upon
his feet again. while he Joined her In
laughing merrily At his own mishap.
The farms were not nearly so we'll
cared for here as they were farther
back. There were fewer houses and
fewer fruit trees. and the farther they
the country became.
At noon they sat down beside the
roadside. near little brook. and Doro
thy opened her basket and got out
some bread. She offered = piece to
the Scarecrow, but he refused.
Il am never hungry" he said: land
Il Is lucky thing / am not. For my
mouth Is only painted. and II should
cut hole in 1t SO l could eat, the
straw l am stuffed with would come
out, and that would spoil the shape Of
my head"
Dorothy saw at once that this waa
true. SO she only nodded and went on
eating her bread.
Tell me something about yourself
and the country you came FROM" said
the Scarecrow, when she had finished
her dinner. So she told him all about
Kansas. and how gray everything was
there, and how the cyclone had carried
her to this queer land Of Or. The
Scarecrow listened carefully, and said:
Il cannot understand why you
should wish to leave this beautiful
country and go back to the dry, gray
place you call Kansas"
That is because you have nc
brains" answered the girl. mo mat
ter how dreary and gray our homes
are, we people Of flesh and blood
would rather live there than in any
other country. be 1t ever so beautiful
There is no place like home"
The Scarecrow sighed.
'Of course l cannot understand it. ;
he said. III your heads were stuffed
with straw. like mine. you would prob
ably all live in the beautiful places
and then Kansas would have no people
at all. 1t Is fortunate for Kansas that
you have brains"
Won't you tell me a story. while
We are resting?" asked the child.
The Scarecrow looked at her 10
proachfully. and answered:
my life has been so short that
rea.ly know nothing whatever. va,
only made day before yesterday. What
happened in the world before thai
time is all unknown to me. Luckily
when the farmer made my head, ont
Of the first things he did was to pain
my ears. so that heard what was go
ing on. There was another Munchkir
with him, and the first thing l heart
was the farmer saying:
How do you like those ears!'
They aren't straight answered
the other.
Never mind. said the farmer
they are ears Just the same which
was true enough.
Nov I'll make the eyes, said tn,
farmer So he painted my right eye
and as soon rs 1t was finished foun,
myself looking at him and at every
thing around me with q great deal o
curiosity, for this was my first glimps'
Of the world.
That's 4 rather pretty eye.' re
marked the Munchkin who was watch
ing the farmer; blue paint IL Just tn
coler for eyes
~ think I'll make the other q littl
bigger said the farmer: and when tn
second eye was done l could sec mucl
better than before. Then he made m
nose and my mouth: but I did no
speak. because at that time I didn'
know what mouth was for. ha,
the fun of watching them make m
1 haAr ~