Chapter 4
The road through the
forest
After a few hours the road began to be rough,
and the walking grew so difficult. There were fewer houses and fewer fruit
trees. Dorothy told him all about
Kansas, and how gray everything was there, and how the cyclone had carried her
to this queer Land of Oz. The Scarecrow listened carefully and asked her why
she wanted to return back to Kansas. Dorothy replied that no matter how dreary
and gray homes are, people of flesh and blood would rather live there than in
any other country as there is no place like home.
Then the scarecrow started to tell his story of
existence. Its life has been so short that it was only made day before
yesterday. The farmer made his head first, one of the first things he did was
to paint his ears, so that the scarecrow heard what was going on. There was
another Munchkin with the farmer. Then the farmer made his eyes with which the
scarecrow could everything around him with a great deal of curiosity, for that
was his first glimpse of the world.
Then he
made the nose and the mouth. The scarecrow then had the fun of watching them
make his body and his arms and legs; and when they fastened on the head he felt
very proud for he was just as good a man as anyone.
The farmer carried him under his arm to the
cornfield, and set the scarecrow up on a tall stick.Many crows and other birds
flew into the cornfield, but as soon as they saw the they flew away the scarecrow was a Munchkin;
an old crow flew near and found the scarecrow to be a straw stuffed man. Since then the scarecrow decided that brains
are the only things worth having in the world, no matter whether one is a crow
or a man.
So the
scarecrow wanted to ask the Great Oz to give him brains as soon as they got to
the Emerald City.
Soon they
found a cottage made of logs and Dorothy entered and found a bed of dried
leaves in one corner. She lay down at once, and with Toto beside her soon fell
into a sound sleep. The Scarecrow, who was never tired, stood up in another
corner and waited patiently until morning came.
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