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The Cowardly Lion

           Whenitwasdaylight,thegirlbathedherfaceinalittleripplingbrook,andsoonaftertheyallstartedtowardtheEmeraldCity. 

           Thiswastobeaneventfuldayforthetravelers. Theyhadhardlybeenwalkinganhourwhentheysawbeforethemagreatditchthatcrossedtheroadanddividedtheforestasfarastheycouldseeoneitherside. Itwasaverywideditch,andwhentheycreptuptotheedgeandlookedintoittheycouldseeitwasalsoverydeep,andthereweremanybig,jaggedrocksatthebottom. Thesidesweresosteepthatnoneofthemcouldclimbdown,andforamomentitseemedthattheirjourneymustend. 

           "Whatshallwedo?"askedDorothydespairingly. 

           "Ihaven’tthefaintestidea,"saidtheTinWoodman,andtheLionshookhisshaggymaneandlookedthoughtful. 

           ButtheScarecrowsaid, "Wecannotfly,thatiscertain. Neithercanweclimbdownintothisgreatditch. Therefore,ifwecannotjumpoverit,wemuststopwhereweare." 

           "IthinkIcouldjumpoverit,"saidtheCowardlyLion,aftermeasuringthedistancecarefullyinhismind. 

           "Thenweareallright,"answeredtheScarecrow,"foryoucancarryusalloveronyourback,oneatatime." 

           "Well,I’lltryit,"saidtheLion."Whowillgofirst?" 

           "Iwill,"declaredtheScarecrow,"for,ifyoufoundthatyoucouldnotjumpoverthegulf,Dorothywouldbekilled,ortheTinWoodmanbadlydentedontherocksbelow. 

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