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After climbing doravelers found try, full of bogs and marsall, rank grass. It to falling into muddy it . safely along until t ry seemed er a long and tiresome ered anot, hey had ever seen.
quot;t is perfectly delig; declared t;Never iful place.”
quot;It seems gloomy,quot; said the Scarecrow.
quot;Not a bit of it,quot; ans;I so live t and clings to trees. Surely no could wiser home.”
quot;Pers in t no; said Dorothy.
quot;I suppose t; returned t;but I do not see any of t.”
t until it became too dark to go any fartoto and to sleep, chem as usual.
arted again. Before toto none of tened, and t along trodden patil to an opening in ts of every variety. tigers and eleps and bears and ural ory, and for a moment Dorot t ting, and t trouble.
As s caug of once t assemblage of tigers came up to the Lion and bowed, saying:
quot;elcome, O King of Beasts! You ime to figo all t once more.”
quot; is your trouble?quot; asked tly.
quot;e are all tened,quot; ansiger, quot;by a fierce en- emy o t. It is a most tremendous monster, like a great spider, and legs as long as a tree trunk. It of ter cra to s it as a spider does a fly. Not one of us is safe o decide o take care of ourselves when you came among us.”
t for a moment.
quot;Are t?quot; he asked.
quot;No; t ter en them all.
And, besides, them nearly so large and brave as you.”
quot;If I put an end to your enemy, o me and obey me as King of t?quot; inquired the Lion.
quot;e gladly,quot; returned tiger; and all ts roared y roar: quot;e will!”
quot; spider of yours no; asked the Lion.
quot;Yonder, among trees,quot; said tiger, pointing .
quot;take good care of t; said t;and I once to figer.”
o do battle he enemy.
t spider its foe turned up . Its legs e as long as tiger s body covered mouteet long; but its o t. t of t o attack ture, and as o fig asleep t spring and landed directly upon ters back.
ts body. Jumping doil topped e dead.
t back to ts of t ing for him and said proudly:
quot;You need fear your enemy no longer.”
ts boo to come back and rule over to Kansas.
L. Frank Baum