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The Wonderful City of Oz
TheWickedWitchwasbothsurprisedandworriedwhenshesawthemarkonDorothy’sforehead,forsheknewwellthatneithertheWingedMonkeysnorshe,herself,darehurtthegirlinanyway. ShelookeddownatDorothy’sfeet,andseeingtheSilverShoes,begantotremblewithfear,forsheknewwhatapowerfulcharmbelongedtothem. AtfirsttheWitchwastemptedtorunawayfromDorothy; butshehappenedtolookintothechild’seyesandsawhowsimplethesoulbehindthemwas,andthatthelittlegirldidnotknowofthewonderfulpowertheSilverShoesgaveher. SotheWickedWitchlaughedtoherself,andthought, "Icanstillmakehermyslave,forshedoesnotknowhowtouseherpower." ThenshesaidtoDorothy,harshlyandseverely:
"Comewithme; andseethatyoumindeverythingItellyou,forifyoudonotIwillmakeanendofyou,asIdidoftheTinWoodmanandtheScarecrow."
Dorothyfollowedherthroughmanyofthebeautifulroomsinhercastleuntiltheycametothekitchen,wheretheWitchbadehercleanthepotsandkettlesandsweepthefloorandkeepthefirefedwithwood.
Dorothywenttoworkmeekly,withhermindmadeuptoworkashardasshecould; forshewasgladtheWickedWitchhaddecidednottokillher.
WithDorothyhardatwork,theWitchthoughtshewouldgointothecourtyardandharnesstheCowardlyLionlikeahorse; itwouldamuseher,shewassure,tomakehimdrawherchariotwhenevershewishedtogotodrive. ButassheopenedthegatetheLiongavealoudroarandboundedathersofiercelythattheWitchwasafraid,andranoutandshutthegateagain.
