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