"Don't worry," the Scarecrow said. "Leave this to me."
When the crows saw the Scarecrow, at first they were
afraid of him. But then the King Crow said, "He's only stuffed
with straw. I will peck his eyes out."
The King Crow flew down, but the Scarecrow caught
him. He twisted the bird's neck until it was dead.
One by one, the crows flew at the Scarecrow. He caught
each one and twisted its neck. Soon, the forty black crows
were dead.
"You are safe now," the Scarecrow said to his friends. And
they started on their way again.
When the Wicked Witch
saw the dead crows, she was
more angry than before. She
blew three times on her silver
whistle and a swarm
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of black
bees came flying towards her.
"Sting
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those strangers to
death!" she cried. "Be quick!"
But the Scarecrow saw the
bees coming and he k n e w
what to do.
"Take out my straw and cover the girl, the dog and the
Lion with it," the Scarecrow said to the Tin Man. "Then
the bees can't sting them."
So when the bees came, there was only the Tin Man to
sting. But when they flew at him, the bees broke their stings
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and they all died.
Then Dorothy and the Lion got up. They helped the Tin
Man put the straw back into the Scarecrow and they all
started on their way again.
The Wicked Witch was so angry that she jumped up and
down. Then she called the Winkies, who were her slaves. She
gave them sharp spears
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to fight with.
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"Go and kill those strangers," she said. "Don't come back
until they are dead—or I will kill you!"
The Winkies did not like fighting, but they were afraid of
the Wicked Witch. They soon found Dorothy and her
friends. But when the Cowardly Lion roared, the Winkies
were very afraid and they ran back to the Witch's castle.
The Wicked Witch was very angry because all her plans
were going wrong. She beat the Winkies and gave them a lot
of hard work to do in her castle. Then she sat down and
thought hard.
Soon, she had an idea. The Wicked Witch had a magic
Golden Cap. The owner of the Golden Cap could ask for the
help of the Winged Monkeys. The Winged Monkeys would
help three times and three times only. Then the magic would
stop working. The Wicked Witch had already used the
Golden Cap twice.
"I will use the Golden Cap for the third time," the
Wicked Witch said to herself. "The Winged Monkeys will
kill these strangers for me, I am sure of that."
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