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The Cowardly Lion

           ThentheLionputhisstrongfrontlegsagainstthetreeandpushedwithallhismight,andslowlythebigtreetippedandfellwithacrashacrosstheditch,withitstopbranchesontheotherside. 

           Theyhadjuststartedtocrossthisqueerbridgewhenasharpgrowlmadethemalllookup,andtotheirhorrortheysawrunningtowardthemtwogreatbeastswithbodieslikebearsandheadsliketigers. 

           "TheyaretheKalidahs!"saidtheCowardlyLion,beginningtotremble. 

           "Quick!"criedtheScarecrow. "Letuscrossover." 

           SoDorothywentfirst,holdingTotoinherarms,theTinWoodmanfollowed,andtheScarecrowcamenext. TheLion,althoughhewascertainlyafraid,turnedtofacetheKalidahs,andthenhegavesoloudandterriblearoarthatDorothyscreamedandtheScarecrowfelloverbackward,whileeventhefiercebeastsstoppedshortandlookedathiminsurprise. 

           But,seeingtheywerebiggerthantheLion,andrememberingthatthereweretwoofthemandonlyoneofhim,theKalidahsagainrushedforward,andtheLioncrossedoverthetreeandturnedtoseewhattheywoulddonext. Withoutstoppinganinstantthefiercebeastsalsobegantocrossthetree. AndtheLionsaidtoDorothy: 

           "Wearelost,fortheywillsurelytearustopieceswiththeirsharpclaws. Butstandclosebehindme,andIwillfightthemaslongasIamalive." 

           "Waitaminute!"calledtheScarecrow. Hehadbeenthinkingwhatwasbesttobedone,andnowheaskedtheWoodmantochopawaytheendofthetreethatrestedontheirsideoftheditch. 

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