At the night when they were tired and want the night rest, they set up their camp in the jungle under a big tree. as there was no house nearby. The tree made a good , thick covering to protect them from the dew, and the Tin Woodman chopped a great pile of wood with his axe and Dorothy built a splendid fire that warmed her and made her her feel less lonely. She and Toto ate the last of their bread and now she did not know what they would do for breakfast. The Lion wanted to kill a deer but Tin woodman did not want to see any animal to be killed. Otherwise he would weep and and his jaws would rust again. Lion went to jungle and found his own supper, here Scarecrow found a tree full of nuts and filled Dorothy's basket with the nuts. When it was day light the girl bathed her face in a little rippling brook and soon after they all started towards the Emerald City. In the centre of thr road there was a great ditch that crossed the road and divided the forest as far as they could see on either side. It was very vide ditch and when they crept up to the edge and looked into it they could see it was also very deep and in the bottom there were many big, jagged rocks. The side were se steep that none of them could climb down, and for a moment it seemed that their journey must end. Suddenly the coward Lion measured the distance carefully in his mind and said "I think I could jump over it and one by one I can carry you their."
It was a good idea and at the first jump he carried the Scarecrow on his back and crossed the ditch successfully. Then Dorothy with her little dog and last was Tin woodman crossed another side. They rest for half and hour and started their onward journey. The forest was very thick and they were going on the yellow brick, silently and steadily to come out from the forest as quickly as possible. They heard strange noises in the depth of the forest, the Lion whispered to them that "it was in this part of the country that the Kalidahs lived. They are monstrous beasts with bodies like bears and heads like tigers, with so long and sharp claws that they could tear any big animal, lion, bear, tiger etc. " They were talking about Kalidahs they saw another gulf across the road, this one was so broad and deep that the Lion knew that he could not leap across it. Tin chopped a big tree standing nearby and with help of Lion placed it across the the ditch. Now they crossed this obstacle easily. As soon as they crossed the ditch, a sharp growl made them all look up and to their horror they saw running towards them two great beasts with bodies of bears and heads like tigers. "Quick they are the Kalidahs," said the Lion , beginning to tremble. They were also running very fast. "Wait a minute " said the Scarecrow, A brainless Scarecrow was thinking what was best to do, he asked the Tin woodman to chop away the end of the tree that rested on their side of the ditch. Tin woodman obeyed without wasting any time and he chopped the end of the tree, and just as the two Kalidahs were nearly across, the tree fell with a crash into the gulf. carrying the ugly, snarling brutes, with it, and both were dashed to pieces on the sharp rocks at the bottom. They were relieved and relaxed. This adventure made the travellers more anxious than ever to get out of
the forest. Dorothy was tired so she ride on the back of Lion. They came upon a broad river, floating swiftly just before them. On the other side of the water they could see the road of yellow brick running through a beautiful country, with green meadows dotted with bright flowers and all the road bordered with trees hanging full of delicious fruits. they were greatly pleased to see this delightful country before them.
The Tin woodman though as an industrious untiring but could not make the raft before night fall. The slept well under a tree until morning. They awakened next morning refreshed and full of hope, Dorothy breakfasted like a princess off peaches and plums from the trees beside the river. They suffered many discouragements, but before them was a lovely, sunny country that seemed to beckon them on to the Emerald City. Raft was ready and they start their next journey through the river. They got along quite well at first, but when they reached the middle of the river the swift current swept the raft down stream, farther and farther far away fro the yellow brick: and the water grew so deep that the long poles would not touch the bottom. All were loosing their courage, but Scarecrow was firm on his job, he pushed so hard on his pole that it stuck fast in the mud at the bottom of the river. and before he could pull it out again, or let go, the raft was swept away and the poor Scarecrow left clinging to the pole in the middle of the river. No one can help him, they were very sorry to leave him behind. Scarecrow was stuck at the pole. Down the stream the raft floated, Lion said "something must be done to save us, otherwise we all will drowned." He asked them to hold fast to the tip of his tail, he sprang into the water with tin woodman, Dorothy and her little dog. Lion began to swim with all his might towards the shore. After a hard exercise they could reach the shore safely. They were all tired out. At this point they were very far away from their road of yellow brick. They start their journey along the river. It was a lovely country, with plenty of flowers and fruit trees and sunshine to cheer them, and had they not felt so sorry for the poor Scarecrow they could have been very happy. On their way they look back and saw the poor Scarecrow perched upon his pole in the middle of the water, looking very lonely. (continue in next part)
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