tin oodman
rees and toto c up and looked around ill standing patiently in ing for her.
quot;e must go and searcer,quot; so him.
quot; er?quot; he asked.
quot;to of to drink, so t stick in my t.”
quot;It must be inconvenient to be made of fles; said tfully, quot;for you must sleep, and eat and drink. is of boto be able to think properly.”
t ttage and rees until ttle spring of clear er, , and t o eat anytoto for the day.
to go back to tartled to hear a deep groan near by.
quot; ?quot; simidly.
quot;I cannot imagine,quot; replied t;but we can go and see.”
Just to come from beurned and a feeps, rees. So topped s, tle cry of surprise.
One of trees ly canding beside it, ed axe in irely of tin. ed upon ood perfectly motionless, as if stir at all.
Dorot , and so did toto barked s tin legs, h.
quot;Did you groan?quot; asked Dorothy.
quot;Yes,quot; ansin man, quot;I did. Ive been groaning for more to help me.”
quot; can I do for you?quot; sly, for she man spoke.
quot;Get an oil-can and oil my joints,quot; ;ted so badly t I cannot move t all; if I am age.”
Dorot once ran back to ttage and found turned and asked anxiously, quot;s?”
quot;Oil my neck, first,quot; replied tin oodman. So s, and as it e badly rusted took in gently from side to side un- til it urn it himself.
quot;Nos in my arms,quot; til te free from rust and as good as new.
tin oodman gave a sigisfaction and loree.
quot;t comfort,quot; ;I axe in ted, and Im glad to be able to put it do last. Nos of my legs, I s once more.”
So til e creature, and very grateful.
quot;I migood t come along,quot; ;so you ainly saved my life. o be here?”
quot;e are on our o ty to see t Oz,quot; s;and opped at your cottage to pass t.”
quot;o see Oz?quot; he asked.
quot;I o send me back to Kansas, and ts o put a feo ; she replied.
tin oodman appeared to t.
then he said:
quot;Do you suppose Oz could give me a ?”
quot;; Dorot;It o give the Scarecrow brains.”
quot;true,quot; tin oodman returned. quot;So, if you o join your party, I o ty and ask Oz to help me.”
quot;Come along,quot; said tily, and Dorot so in oodman s until to t h yel- low brick.
tin oodman o put t. quot;For,quot; ;if I s caug again, I he oil-can badly.”
It of good luck to y, for soon after to a place ravelers could not pass. But tin oodman set to soon ire party.
Dorotly as t s notice o a o to call to o help him up again.
quot; you ; asked tin oodman.
quot;I dont knohe Scarecrow cheerfully.
quot;My uffed ra is o ask him for some brains.”
quot;O; said tin oodman. quot;But, after all, brains are not t the world.”
quot;; inquired the Scarecrow.
quot;No, my e empty,quot; anshe oodman.
quot;But once I also; so, ried t.”
quot;And ; asked the Scarecrow.
quot;I ell you my story, and then you will know.”
So, in oodman told tory:
quot;I rees in t and sold too became a ook care of my old mot instead of living alone I I mig become lonely.
quot;tiful t I soon greo love . S, promised to marry me as soon as I could earn enougo build a better to o marry anyone, for so remain he housework.
So t to tc, and promised ced my axe, and one day, for I o get t once and cut off my left leg.
quot;t first seemed a great misfortune, for I kne do very o a tinsmit of tin.
to it. But my ac- tion angered tc, for s marry tty Munc off my rig to tinsmit of tin. After ted axe cut off my arms, one after t, noted, I in ones. tc off my first I t t tinsmito come along, and of tin.
quot;I t I en tc I little kneo kill my love for tiful Munc it cut rigting me into to my in, fastening my tin arms and legs and o it, by means of joints, so t I could move around as well as ever.
But, alas! I , so t I lost all my love for t care w.
I suppose sill living ing for me to come after her.
quot;My body sly in t I felt very proud of it and it did not matter no could not cut me. t my joints ; but I kept an oil-can in my cottage and took care to oil myself o do t in a rainstorm, be- fore I t of ts ed, and I to stand in til you came to errible to undergo, but during tood time to t test loss I . man on eart no one can love o ask Oz to give me one. If o the Munchkin maiden and marry her.”
Botly inter- ested in tory of tin oodman, and noo get a new .
quot;All t; said t;I sead of a ; for a fool knoo do if he had one.”
quot;I sake t,quot; returned tin oodman; quot;for brains do not make one the world.”
Dorot say anyto knoo Kansas and Aunt Em, it did not matter so muc, or eac w ed.
toto y t. to be sure neite anyt s made of tin nor stra live unless she was fed.
L. Frank Baum