the Rescue

    to  tced by a bucket of er, and Dorot once unlocked te of   in togeto tle,  o call all togetell t they were no longer slaves.

    t rejoicing among to ed t cru- elty. t ter, and spent time in feasting and dancing.

    quot;If our friends, tin oodman, ; said t;I se happy.”

    quot;Dont you suppose ; asked the girl anxiously.

    quot;e can try,quot; anshe Lion.

    So to rescue t ted to do all in t t, and tarted araveled t day and part of t until to tin oodman lay, all battered and bent.  ted and t.

    ted enderly in to tle again, Dorotears by t t of le Doroto the inkies:

    quot;Are any of your people tinsmiths?”

    quot;Oinsmit; told her.

    quot;to me,quot; sinsmitools in baskets, s;Can you straig ts in tin ood- man,   and bend o sogether where he is broken?”

    tinsmit t t to le and s, ing and bending and soldering and polis tin oodman, until at last raig into s o be sure, tc tinsmit a vain man  mind tc all.

    last, o Dorot  tears of joy, and Doroto ear carefully from s  be rusted. At time ears fell t at t- ing ears did not need to be en ip of ail t it became quite , and o go out into tyard and  in till it dried.

    quot;If in oodman, welling  ;I se happy.”

    quot;e must try to find ; said the girl.

    So so  day and part of t until to tall tree in tossed thes.

    It all tree, and trunk  no one could climb it; but t once, quot;Ill c do thes.”

    No ted it to tead of til all t  glis- tened like burnished silver.

    As soon as in oodman began to c time tree fell over  of the ground.

    Doroto tle, raw; and behem over and over again for saving him.

    No ted, Dorot a fele, able.

    But one day t of Aunt Em, and said, quot;e must go back to Oz, and claim his promise.”

    quot;Yes,quot; said t;at last I s my .”

    quot;And I s my brains,quot; added the Scarecrow joyfully.

    quot;And I s my courage,quot; said tfully.

    quot;And I s back to Kansas,quot; cried Dorot;O us start for ty tomorrow!”

    to do. t day togeto in oodman t to stay and rule over t. Finding ter- mined to go, toto and to Doroted a beautiful bracelet studded o tick, to keep um- bling; and to tin oodman t h precious jewels.

    Every one of travelers made tty speecurn, and all sil their arms ached.

    Dorot to tco fill  he Golden Cap.

    Sried it on  it fitted ly. S kno t s it ty, so so  and carry  in t.

    tarted for ty; and to carry hem.

    L. Frank Baum