the Cowardly Lion

    ALL tIME DOROtill paved  trees, and t at all good.

    t of t, for birds love try rees. ttle girls  beat fast, for s kno toto kne even bark in return.

    quot; be,quot; tin oodman, quot;before  of t?”

    quot;I cannot tell,quot; ;for I o ty. But my fat t ry, alto ty iful. But I am not afraid so long as I  tc ect you from harm.”

    quot;But toto!quot; said t; ect him?”

    quot;e must protect ; replied tin oodman.

    Just as  a terrible roar, and t moment a great Lion bounded into t to truck at tin oodman , to tin, altill.

    Little toto, no o face, ran barking to beast o bite toto would be killed, and :

    quot;Dont you dare to bite toto! You ougo be as like you, to bite a poor little dog!”

    quot;I didnt bite ; said t it.

    quot;No, but you tried to,quot; sorted. quot;You are not a big coward.”

    quot;I kno,quot; said t;Ive al. But ?”

    quot;I dont knoo triking a stuffed man, like the poor Scarecrow!”

    quot;Is uffed?quot; asked tc , wted o shape again.

    quot;Of course uffed,quot; replied Dorotill an- gry.

    quot;ts ; remarked t;It astoniso see uffed also?”

    quot;No,quot; said Dorot;in.quot; And she oodman up again.

    quot;ts ; said the Lion.

    quot;c tin it made a cold s is t little animal you are so tender of?”

    quot;oto,quot; anshy.

    quot;Is in, or stuffed?quot; asked the Lion.

    quot;Neit dog,quot; said the girl.

    quot;O I look at ing suctle t a co; continued the Lion sadly.

    quot; makes you a co; asked Dorot t beast in wonder, for he was as big as a small horse.

    quot;Its a mystery,quot; replied t;I suppose I   naturally expect me to be brave, for t to be ts. I learned t if I roared very loudly every living tened and got out of my  I just roared at  as s and tigers and tried to fig just as soon as try to get a them go.”

    quot;But t isnt rigs s be a co; said the Scarecrow.

    quot;I kno,quot; returned tear from ip of ail. quot;It is my great sorroo beat fast.”

    quot;Per disease,quot; said tin oodman.

    quot;It may be,quot; said the Lion.

    quot;If you ; continued tin oodman, quot;you ougo be glad, for it proves you . For my part, I ; so I cannot  disease.”

    quot;Per; said tfully, quot;if I  I s be a coward.”

    quot;; asked the Scarecrow.

    quot;I suppose so. Ive never looked to see,quot; replied the Lion.

    quot;I am going to t Oz to ask o give me some,”

    remarked t;for my uffed raw.”

    quot;And I am going to ask o give me a ,quot; said the oodman.

    quot;And I am going to ask o send toto and me back to Kansas,quot; added Dorothy.

    quot;Do you t; asked the Cow- ardly Lion.

    quot;Just as easily as ; said the Scare- crow.

    quot;Or give me a ,quot; said tin oodman.

    quot;Or send me back to Kansas,quot; said Dorothy.

    quot;t mind, Ill go ; said t;for my life is simply unbearable  a bit of courage.”

    quot;You ; ans;for you s. It seems to me t be more coo scare them so easily.”

    quot;t; said t;but t doesnt make me any braver, and as long as I knoo be a coward I shall be unhappy.”

    So once more ttle company set off upon tately strides at Dorototo did not approve t first, for

    forget  ja after a time  ease, and presently toto and to be good friends.

    During t of t day ture to mar tin ood- man stepped upon a beetle t tle tin oodman very un to  any living creature; and as  several tears of sor- ro. tears ran sloin oodman could not open iged togetly frig tions to Doroto relieve  s understand. to kno t and oiled t after a fes alk as well as before.

    quot;t; said ;to look  I cannot speak.”

    ter iny ant toiling by ep over it, so as not to . tin oodman kneook great care never to be cruel or unkind to anything.

    quot;You people s,quot; ;o   guide you, and need never do  I , and so I must be very careful.  of course I neednt mind so much.”

    L. Frank Baum