how dorothy saved the scarecrow
when dorothy was left alone she began to feel hungry. so she went to the cupboard and cut herself some bread, which she spread with butter. she gave some to toto, and taking a pail from the shelf she carried it down to the little brook and filled it with clear, sparkling water. toto rao the trees and began to bark at the birds sitting there. dorothy went to get him, and saw such delicious fruit hanging from the brahat she gathered some of it, finding it just what she wao help out her breakfast.
then she went back to the house, and having helped herself and toto to a good drink of the cool, clear water, she set about making ready for the jouro the city of emeralds.
dorothy had only oher dress, but that happeo be and was hanging on a peg beside her bed. it was ging- ham, with checks of white and blue; and although the blue was somewhat faded with many washings, it was still a pretty frock. the girl washed herself carefully, dressed herself in the gingham, and tied her pink sunbo on her head. she took a little basket and filled it with bread from the cupboard, laying a white cloth over the top. then she looked down at her feet and noticed how old and worn her shoes were.
"they surely will never do for a long jouroto," she said. and toto looked up into her face with his little black eyes and wagged his tail to show he knew what she meant.
at that moment dorothy saw lying oable the silver shoes that had beloo the witch of the east.
"i wonder if they will fit me," she said to toto. "they would be just the thing to take a long walk in, for they could not wear out.”
she took off her old leather shoes and tried on the silver ones, which fitted her as well as if they had been made for her.
finally she picked up her basket.
"e along, toto," she said. "we will go to the emerald city and ask the great oz how to get back to kansas again.”
she closed the door, locked it, and put the key carefully in the pocket of her dress. and so, with toto trotting along soberly behind her, she started on her journey.
there were several roads near by, but it did not take her long to find the one paved with yellow bricks. within a short time she was walking briskly toward the emerald city, her silver shoes tinkling merrily on the hard, yellow road-bed.
the sun shone bright and the birds sang sweetly, and dorothy did not feel nearly so bad as you might think a little girl would
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