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seemed a very polite
creature, and very grateful.
"I might have stood there always if you had not come along," he said;
"so you have certainly saved my life. How did you happen to be here?"
"We are on our way to the Emerald City to see the Great Oz," she
answered, "and we stopped at your cottage to pass the night."
... | When I began chopping again, my axe slipped and cut off my right
leg. Again I went to the tinsmith, and again he made me a leg out of
tin. After this the enchanted axe cut off my arms, one after the other;
but, nothing daunted, I had them replaced with tin ones. The Wicked
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?" he asked.
"I want him to send me back to Kansas, and the Scarecrow wants him to
put a few brains into his head," she replied.
The Tin Woodman appeared to think deeply for a moment. Then he said:
"Do you suppose Oz could give me a heart?"
"Why, I guess so," Dorothy answered. "It would be as easy as to give
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"I thought I had beaten the Wicked Witch then, and I worked harder than
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he thanked
them again and again for his release, for he seemed a very polite
creature, and very grateful.
"I might have stood there always if you had not come along," he said;
"so you have certainly saved my life. How did you happen to be here?"
"We are on our way to the Emerald City to see the Great Oz," she
answer... | an I should not marry the pretty Munchkin
girl. When I began chopping again, my axe slipped and cut off my right
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your cottage to pass the night."
"Why do you wish to see Oz?" he asked.
"I want him to send me back to Kansas, and the Scarecrow wants him to
put a few brains into his head," she replied.
The Tin Woodman appeared to think deeply for a moment. Then he said:
"Do you suppose Oz could give me a heart?"
"Why, I guess ... | ed
Witch then made the axe slip and cut off my head, and at first I
thought that was the end of me. But the tinsmith happened to come
along, and he made me a new head out of tin.
"I thought I had beaten the Wicked Witch then, and I worked harder than
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. The
Winged Monkeys had also helped her in doing this. Only once more could
she use this Golden Cap, for which reason she did not like to do so
until all her other powers were exhausted. But now that her fierce
wolves and her wild crows and her stinging bees were gone, and her
slaves had been scared away by the Coward... | tempted to run away from Dorothy; but she happened
to look into the child's eyes and saw how simple the soul behind them
was, and that the little girl did not know of the wonderful power the
Silver Shoes gave her. So the Wicked Witch laughed to herself, and
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, so that at last they all lay dead in a heap
before the Woodman.
Then he put down his axe and sat beside the Scarecrow, who said, "It
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 tol... | with a circle of diamonds and
rubies running round it. This Golden Cap had a charm. Whoever owned it
could call three times upon the Winged Monkeys, who would obey any
order they were given. But no person could command these strange
creatures more than three times. Twice already the Wicked Witch had
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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 far off. She saw all her... | Witch had
used the charm of the Cap. Once was when she had made the Winkies her
slaves, and set herself to rule over their country. The Winged Monkeys
had helped her do this. The second time was when she had fought against
the Great Oz himself, and driven him out of the land of the West. The
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blew her silver
whistle twice.
Straightway a 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
companions. ... | did not like to do so
until all her other powers were exhausted. But now that her fierce
wolves and her wild crows and her stinging bees were gone, and her
slaves had been scared away by the Cowardly Lion, she saw there was
only one way left to destroy Dorothy and her friends.
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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
companions. When the little girl saw them coming she was afraid.
But the Scarecrow said, "This is my battle, so lie down beside me and
you will not be harmed."
So they all lay upon the ... | scared away by the Cowardly Lion, she saw there was
only one way left to destroy Dorothy and her friends.
So the Wicked Witch took the Golden Cap from her cupboard and placed it
upon her head. Then she stood upon her left foot and said, slowly:
"Ep-pe, pep-pe, kak-ke!"
Next she stood upon her right foot and said:
" | {
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traveling through her
country. This made her angrier than before, and she blew her silver
whistle twice.
Straightway a 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."
... | Only once more could
she use this Golden Cap, for which reason she did not like to do so
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wolves and her wild crows and her stinging bees were gone, and her
slaves had been scared away by the Cowardly Lion, she saw there was
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in bewilderment. "How was it
that you appeared to me as a great Head?"
"That was one of my tricks," answered Oz. "Step this way, please, and I
will tell you all about it."
He led the way to a small chamber in the rear of the Throne Room, and
they all followed him. He pointed to one corner, in which lay the great
Hea... | at all I soon found out that the Witches were really able to do
wonderful things. There were four of them in this country, and they
ruled the people who live in the North and South and East and West.
Fortunately, the Witches of the North and South were good, and I knew
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destroyed," said the girl.
"And you promised to give me brains," said the Scarecrow.
"And you promised to give me a heart," said the Tin Woodman.
"And you promised to give me courage," said the Cowardly Lion.
"Is the Wicked Witch really destroyed?" asked the Voice, and Dorothy
thought it trembled a little.
"Yes,"... | slats to keep their
sides out. As for the Ball of Fire, the false Wizard had hung that also
from the ceiling. It was really a ball of cotton, but when oil was
poured upon it the ball burned fiercely.
"Really," said the Scarecrow, "you ought to be ashamed of yourself for
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own tears fell thick
and fast at the joy of meeting her old friend again, and these tears
did not need to be wiped away. As for the Lion, he wiped his eyes so
often with the tip of his tail that it became quite wet, and he was
obliged to go out into the courtyard and hold it in the sun till it
dried.
"If we only had ... | great fields. They kept on walking, however, and at night
the moon came out and shone brightly. So they lay down among the sweet
smelling yellow flowers and slept soundly until morning-all but the
Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman.
The next morning the sun was behind a cloud, but they started on, as if
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made them all wipe their feet upon a green mat before entering
this room, and when they were seated he said politely:
"Please make yourselves comfortable while I go to the door of the
Throne Room and tell Oz you are here."
They had to wait a long time before the soldier returned. When, at
last, he came back, Dorothy... | like, and when I mentioned
your silver shoes he was very much interested. At last I told him about
the mark upon your forehead, and he decided he would admit you to his
presence."
Just then a bell rang, and the green girl said to Dorothy, "That is the
signal. You must go into the Throne Room alone."
She opened a litt... | {
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last he was straightened out into
his old form, and his joints worked as well as ever. To be sure, there
were several patches on him, but the tinsmiths did a good job, and as
the Woodman was not a vain man he did not mind the patches at all.
When, at last, he walked into Dorothy's room and thanked her for
rescuing hi... | Emerald City. When the four
travelers went in search of the Witch she had seen them coming, and so
sent the Winged Monkeys to bring them to her. It was much harder to
find their way back through the big fields of buttercups and yellow
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am invisible. I will now seat myself upon my throne, that you
may converse with me." Indeed, the Voice seemed just then to come
straight from the throne itself; so they walked toward it and stood in
a row while Dorothy said:
"We have come to claim our promise, O Oz."
"What promise?" asked Oz.
"You promised to send ... | of my voice wherever I wish, so that you thought it was coming out of
the Head. Here are the other things I used to deceive you." He showed
the Scarecrow the dress and the mask he had worn when he seemed to be
the lovely Lady. And the Tin Woodman saw that his terrible Beast was
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cannot move them at all; if I am well oiled I shall soon
be all right again. You will find an oil-can on a shelf in my cottage."
Dorothy at once ran back to the cottage and found the oil-can, and then
she returned and asked anxiously, "Where are your joints?"
"Oil my neck, first," replied the Tin Woodman. So she oil... | who was so beautiful that I soon
grew to love her with all my heart. She, on her part, promised to marry
me as soon as I could earn enough money to build a better house for
her; so I set to work harder than ever. But the girl lived with an old
woman who did not want her to marry anyone, for she was so lazy she
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and when they were seated he said politely:
"Please make yourselves comfortable while I go to the door of the
Throne Room and tell Oz you are here."
They had to wait a long time before the soldier returned. When, at
last, he came back, Dorothy asked:
"Have you seen Oz?"
"Oh, no," returned the soldier; "I have neve... | At last I told him about
the mark upon your forehead, and he decided he would admit you to his
presence."
Just then a bell rang, and the green girl said to Dorothy, "That is the
signal. You must go into the Throne Room alone."
She opened a little door and Dorothy walked boldly through and found
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be all right again. You will find an oil-can on a shelf in my cottage."
Dorothy at once ran back to the cottage and found the oil-can, and then
she returned and asked anxiously, "Where are your joints?"
"Oil my neck, first," replied the Tin Woodman. So she oiled it, and as
it was quite badly rusted the Scarecrow too... | my heart. She, on her part, promised to marry
me as soon as I could earn enough money to build a better house for
her; so I set to work harder than ever. But the girl lived with an old
woman who did not want her to marry anyone, for she was so lazy she
wished the girl to remain with her and do the cooking and the
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he did not mind the patches at all.
When, at last, he walked into Dorothy's room and thanked her for
rescuing him, he was so pleased that he wept tears of joy, and Dorothy
had to wipe every tear carefully from his face with her apron, so his
joints would not be rusted. At the same time her own tears fell thick
and fa... | daisies than it was being carried. They knew, of course, they must go
straight east, toward the rising sun; and they started off in the right
way. But at noon, when the sun was over their heads, they did not know
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the Woodman and the Lion, and one little
Monkey seized Toto and flew after them, although the dog tried hard to
bite him.
The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman were rather frightened at first, for
they remembered how badly the Winged Monkeys had treated them before;
but they saw that no harm was intended, so they rode th... | the other Monkeys at once agreed to the condition, and that is how
it happens that we are three times the slaves of the owner of the
Golden Cap, whosoever he may be."
"And what became of them?" asked Dorothy, who had been greatly
interested in the story.
"Quelala being the first owner of the Golden Cap," replied the ... | {
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, "What is your command?"
"We wish to go to the Emerald City," said the child, "and we have lost
our way."
"We will carry you," replied the King, and no sooner had he spoken than
two of the Monkeys caught Dorothy in their arms and flew away with her.
Others took the Scarecrow and the Woodman and the Lion, and one lit... | Gayelette
finally spared them, on condition that the Winged Monkeys should ever
after do three times the bidding of the owner of the Golden Cap. This
Cap had been made for a wedding present to Quelala, and it is said to
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and were nigh on top of a
certain low green ridge, they deemed that they heard men's voices anigh
and the clash of arms; and it must be said that by Ralph's rede they
journeyed somewhat silently. So Ralph, who was riding first with
Giles, bid all stay and let the crown of the ridge cover them. So did
they, and Giles... | giving true answers), do thy folk in these strongholds know of your
purpose of falling upon Upmeads?" "Nay," said the Burger. Said Ralph:
"And will they know otherwise if ye do them not to wit?" "Nay," again
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to see the chapmen enter, yet scarce so many
as might be looked for in so goodly a town; yea, and many of the folk
were clad foully, and were haggard of countenance, and cried on the
chapmen for alms. Howbeit some were clad gaily and richly enough, and
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know him?"
"Yea," she said, "I had from him what he had learned concerning thee
from the sergeants and others, and then I put words into his mouth."
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?"
She smiled and spake daintily: "Many folk tell me that which I would
know; and that is because whiles I conquer the tidings with my wits,
and whiles buy it with my body. Anyhow what I tell thee is the very
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called wise, some with prayers, and some with gifts also, to help
me to speech of her; but I gat nothing either by praying or giving;
they that would have helped me could not, and they that could would
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Wise Woman got the better of me, and I
promised to give no less than he would, trusting to beguile him after I
had got my desire, and be quit of him. So he led me to the woman and
went his ways. She dwelt all by herself in a nook of an ancient ruined
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erst abided; and
moreover, there thou shalt not altogether die of hunger. See, is it
not as if I had thought to meet thee here?"
"Yea, in good sooth," said he, "I wot that thou canst see the story of
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hailed him, and said:
"Oh, Knight! and hast thou come back to us? and has thou brought us
tidings of our Lady? Who is this fair woman that rideth with thee? Is
it she?"
Spake Ralph: "Nay; go look on her closely, and tell me thy deeming of
her."
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our folk, and
thee amidst of it with thy champions, and I see the staves of the
Shepherds rising round thee like a wood. In Wulstead I see a valiant
man with sword by side and sallet on head, and with him sitteth a tall
man-at-arms grizzle-headed and red-bearded, big-boned and mighty; they
sit at the wine in a fair c... | God be
praised for both. And now I am full, I will go look on thy wife."
So he went up to the bed and stood over Ursula, while she, who was not
fully awake, smiled up into his face. The old man smiled back at her
and bent down and kissed her mouth, and said: "I ask thy pardon, lady,
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heed of Ralph and
saw that he was sad and weary-hearted; so on the sixth day of their
abiding at Whitwall, in the morning when all the chapmen were gone
about their business, and he and Ralph were left alone in the Hall, he
spake to Ralph and said: "This is no prison, lord." "Even so," quoth
Ralph. "Nay, if thou dou... | ertain hopes and griefs as a young man can; yet have I
bought the knowledge of them dear enough, and have not forgotten.
Whereby I wot well that thy drearihead is concerning a woman. Is it not
so?" "Yea," quoth Ralph. Said Richard: "Now shalt thou tell me
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." Said Richard: "Wouldst thou have been better yesterday, lord,
or the day before?" "Nay," said Ralph. "Wilt thou be better
to-morrow?" said Richard. Ralph shook his head. Said Richard: "Yea,
but thou wilt be, or thou mayst call me a fool else." "Thou art kind,
Richard," said Ralph; "and I will come with thee, an... | tell me of one thing that thou
desirest more than another." Said Ralph: "I desire to die." And the
tears started in his eyes therewith. But Richard spake, smiling on him
kindly: "That way is open for thee on any day of the week. Why hast
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power--as I shall be? and thou mayst slay him--or me--when thou
wilt."
"Yea," he said, grimly, "when thou art weary of him. O art thou not
shameless amongst women! Yet must I needs pay thy price, though my
honour and the welfare of my life go with it. Yet how if he have no
will to fare with us?" She laughed and s... | than thou hast been this hour. But now I have
given thee life because of the asking of this lady; and therewith I
give thee leave to come thy ways with us: nay, rather I command thee to
come, for thou art my prisoner, to be kept or ransomed, or set free as
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Yea,"
quoth Richard, "and thou needest not tell me so much, dear youngling;
he who runs might read that in thee. But come forth."
So into the street they went, and Richard brought Ralph into the
market-place, and showed him where was Blaise's booth (for he was
thriving greatly) but Ralph would not go anigh it lest hi... | or the next?" Still Ralph spake no word; but
he wept. Quoth Richard: "Maybe I may help thee to a hope, though thou
mayest think my words wild. In the land and the thorp where I was born
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if he have no
will to fare with us?" She laughed and said: "Then shalt thou have him
with thee as thy captive and thrall. Hast thou not conquered him in
battle?" He stood silent a moment and then he said: "Thou sayest it;
he shall come with me, will he, nill he, unarmed, and as a prisoner,
and the spoil of my vali... | e thine armour and
weapons; and there is a cause for this, which mayhappen I will tell
thee hereafter. But now I bid thee drink of this water, and then do
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close to the very thicket. Whiles again they
mounted somewhat, and looked down on the thicket, leagues and leagues
thereof, which yet seemed but a little space because of the hugeness of
the mountain wall which brooded over it; but oftenest the forest hid
all but the near trees.
Thus they rode some twenty miles, and... | would have died for thee; and
if thou drink of the Well and come back whole and safe, I know not why
thou shouldest not go straight to Utterbol and have the damsel away
with thee, whosoever gainsay it. For they (if there be any such) who
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ast thou met with some foil and been held to ransom?"
Ralph found it hard and grievous and dull work to answer; for now again
his sorrow had taken hold of him: so he said: "Yea, Richard, I have
had adventures, and have lost rather than won; but at least I am a free
man, and have spent but little gold on my loss."
"T... | and he loved Ralph much,
more belike than Lord Blaise his proper master, whereas he had no mind
for chaffer, or aught pertaining to it: so he took heed of Ralph and
saw that he was sad and weary-hearted; so on the sixth day of their
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Blaise told him to Whitwall, where was much recourse of merchants
from many lands, and a noble market.
Back then cometh Richard leading a good horse while Ralph was pondering
his matter, and thinking that at such a town he might well hear tidings
concerning the Well at the World's End.
Now Ralph mounts, and they all... | but I must needs tell thee that my heart is sick." "Yea,"
quoth Richard, "and thou needest not tell me so much, dear youngling;
he who runs might read that in thee. But come forth."
So into the street they went, and Richard brought Ralph into the
market-place, and showed him where was Blaise's booth (for he was
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lives if we must needs sunder speedily: howbeit, it is thou must rule
herein, King's Son; for in my eyes thou art still greater than I, O my
master. For I can see in thine eyes and thy gait, and in thine also,
maiden, that ye have drunk of the Well at the World's End. Therefore I
pray you gently and heartily that ye ... | ll then,
how sayest thou? Or wilt thou run from me without leave-taking, as
thou didst ere-while at Goldburg?"
Ralph laughed at his word, and said that he would not be so churlish
this time, but would take his bidding with a good heart; and thereafter
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of his wrist, and said: "Master, master,
thou art but a sorry lawyer, or thou wouldst have said: 'Thou art my
thrall, and how shall a thrall have heritage?' Dost thou not see that I
cannot own her till I be free, and that thou wilt not give me my
freedom save for hers? There, now is all the matter of the service
duly... | I did was for kindred's sake, and then what followed after was the work
of need. Well, let it be! But since we must needs part hastily, this
at least I bid you, that ye abide with me for to-night, and the banquet
in the great pavilion. Howsoever ye may be busied, gainsay me not
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, I have now done my matters with this cloth-lord, Blaise, and he has
my florins in his pouch: so will not ye twain come with me and drink a
cup till he hath done his talk with these magnates?"
Ralph was nothing loth, for besides that he loved master Clement, and
that his being in company was like having a piece of hi... | ast, and the folk that love
thee."
Richard held his peace at this word, but Ralph said: "I thank thee,
Master Clement, for thy love and thy helping hand; and will promise
thee to abide thee here eight days at the least; and meanwhile I will
ponder the matter well."
Ralph Dreams a Dream Or Sees a Vision
Therewithall | {
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"Thou shalt pardon me for this, lord, for it is the kiss of the gossip
which she bade me give thee, if I fell in with thee, as now I have,
praised be the Saints! Yet it irks me that I shall see little more of
thee at this time, for to-morrow early I must needs join myself to my
company; for we are going south awhile t... | it is that their first error hath ended their quest. But
now, lord Ralph, I will tell thee one thing; to wit, that when I return
hither after eight days wearing, I shall be wending east, as I said
e'en now, and what will that mean save going somewhat nigher to the
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