Волшебник страны Оз
The Wonderful City of Oz
"TakeoutmystrawandscatteritoverthelittlegirlandthedogandtheLion,"hesaidtotheWoodman,"andthebeescannotstingthem." ThistheWoodmandid,andasDorothylayclosebesidetheLionandheldTotoinherarms,thestrawcoveredthementirely.
ThebeescameandfoundnoonebuttheWoodmantosting,sotheyflewathimandbrokeoffalltheirstingsagainstthetin,withouthurtingtheWoodmanatall. Andasbeescannotlivewhentheirstingsarebrokenthatwastheendoftheblackbees,andtheylayscatteredthickabouttheWoodman,likelittleheapsoffinecoal.
ThenDorothyandtheLiongotup,andthegirlhelpedtheTinWoodmanputthestrawbackintotheScarecrowagain,untilhewasasgoodasever.Sotheystartedupontheirjourneyoncemore.
TheWickedWitchwassoangrywhenshesawherblackbeesinlittleheapslikefinecoalthatshestampedherfootandtoreherhairandgnashedherteeth. Andthenshecalledadozenofherslaves,whoweretheWinkies,andgavethemsharpspears,tellingthemtogotothestrangersanddestroythem.
TheWinkieswerenotabravepeople,buttheyhadtodoastheyweretold. SotheymarchedawayuntiltheycameneartoDorothy. ThentheLiongaveagreatroarandsprangtowardsthem,andthepoorWinkiesweresofrightenedthattheyranbackasfastastheycould.
WhentheyreturnedtothecastletheWickedWitchbeatthemwellwithastrap,andsentthembacktotheirwork,afterwhichshesatdowntothinkwhatsheshoulddonext.
