Chapter XXI.
ts
After climbing doravelers found try, full of bogs and marsall, rank grass. It to falling into muddy it . safely along until t ry seemed er a long and tiresome ered anot, hey had ever seen.
quot;t is perfectly delig; declared t;Never iful place.”
quot;It seems gloomy,quot; said the Scarecrow.
quot;Not a bit of it,quot; ans;I so live t and clings to trees. Surely no could wiser home.”
quot;Pers in t no; said Dorothy.
quot;I suppose t; returned t;but I do not see any of t.”
t until it became too dark to go any fartoto and to sleep, chem as usual.
arted again. Before toto none of tened, and t along trodden patil to an opening in ts of every variety. tigers and eleps and bears and ural ory, and for a moment Dorot t ting, and t trouble.
As s caug of once t assemblage of tigers came up to the Lion and bowed, saying:
quot;elcome, O King of Beasts! You ime to figo all t once more.”
quot; is your trouble?quot; asked tly.
quot;e are all tened,quot; ansiger, quot;by a fierce en- emy o t. It is a most tremendous monster, like a great spider, and legs as long as a tree trunk. It of ter cra to s it as a spider does a fly. Not one of us is safe o decide o take care of ourselves when you came among us.”
t for a moment.
quot;Are t?quot; he asked.
quot;No; t ter en them all.
And, besides, them nearly so large and brave as you.”
quot;If I put an end to your enemy, o me and obey me as King of t?quot; inquired the Lion.
quot;e gladly,quot; returned tiger; and all ts roared y roar: quot;e will!”
quot; spider of yours no; asked the Lion.
quot;Yonder, among trees,quot; said tiger, pointing .
quot;take good care of t; said t;and I once to figer.”
o do battle he enemy.
t spider its foe turned up . Its legs e as long as tiger s body covered mouteet long; but its o t. t of t o attack ture, and as o fig asleep t spring and landed directly upon ters back.
ts body. Jumping doil topped e dead.
t back to ts of t ing for him and said proudly:
quot;You need fear your enemy no longer.”
ts boo to come back and rule over to Kansas.
L. Frank Baum
After climbing doravelers found try, full of bogs and marsall, rank grass. It to falling into muddy it . safely along until t ry seemed er a long and tiresome ered anot, hey had ever seen.
quot;t is perfectly delig; declared t;Never iful place.”
quot;It seems gloomy,quot; said the Scarecrow.
quot;Not a bit of it,quot; ans;I so live t and clings to trees. Surely no could wiser home.”
quot;Pers in t no; said Dorothy.
quot;I suppose t; returned t;but I do not see any of t.”
t until it became too dark to go any fartoto and to sleep, chem as usual.
arted again. Before toto none of tened, and t along trodden patil to an opening in ts of every variety. tigers and eleps and bears and ural ory, and for a moment Dorot t ting, and t trouble.
As s caug of once t assemblage of tigers came up to the Lion and bowed, saying:
quot;elcome, O King of Beasts! You ime to figo all t once more.”
quot; is your trouble?quot; asked tly.
quot;e are all tened,quot; ansiger, quot;by a fierce en- emy o t. It is a most tremendous monster, like a great spider, and legs as long as a tree trunk. It of ter cra to s it as a spider does a fly. Not one of us is safe o decide o take care of ourselves when you came among us.”
t for a moment.
quot;Are t?quot; he asked.
quot;No; t ter en them all.
And, besides, them nearly so large and brave as you.”
quot;If I put an end to your enemy, o me and obey me as King of t?quot; inquired the Lion.
quot;e gladly,quot; returned tiger; and all ts roared y roar: quot;e will!”
quot; spider of yours no; asked the Lion.
quot;Yonder, among trees,quot; said tiger, pointing .
quot;take good care of t; said t;and I once to figer.”
o do battle he enemy.
t spider its foe turned up . Its legs e as long as tiger s body covered mouteet long; but its o t. t of t o attack ture, and as o fig asleep t spring and landed directly upon ters back.
ts body. Jumping doil topped e dead.
t back to ts of t ing for him and said proudly:
quot;You need fear your enemy no longer.”
ts boo to come back and rule over to Kansas.
L. Frank Baum