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ลำดับตอนที่ #2 : Chapter 2 A scarecrow, a tinman and a lion (หุ่นไล่กา หุ่นกระป๋อง และสิงโต)

       Dorothy packed some food and set out for the city at once.  She walked brislky along the yellow road, her silver shoes tinkling on the bricks.
     As  she passed a field, a scarecrow winked at her.  Dorothy  jumped  in surprise.
        " How do you do?" he asked.
        " He talks too!"   thought  Dorothy.
        " H - hello, "  she said, shyly.  "  How are you?"
        " Not so good,"  the scarecrow said. 
"  It's very boring stuck up here ....."
        " Where are you off to?"  he asked, a moment later.
        " To see the wizard,"  Dorothy replied.  " I need help to get home."
" Wizard?  What wizard?"  said the scarecrow. " I don't know anything," he added sadly. " I have no brains.
        "Oh dear,"  said Dorothy.  " Well, why don't you come with me?"
     So  they went on together.  The land grew wildder until, by evening, they were walking through a thick forest.  That night, the sheltered in a log cabin.
     Dorothy woke to hear strange groans.  A man made of tin was standing, as still as a statue, by a pile of logs.
        " Are you alright?" she asked.   " No!" the tinman grunted.
        " I can't move.  I was caught in the rain and I 've rusted."
     Dorothy spotted an oil can and swiftly oiled the tinman's joints.
        " Thank you,"  he sighed.  " I might have stood there forever. What brings you here? "
        " The scarecrow and  I are going to see the Great Wizard," dorothy  told him.  " I want to go home and the scarecrow wants a brain."
      The tinman thought for a second.  " Do you think the wizard could give me a heart?"  he asked.

         " I expect so," said Dorothy.
         " Then I'll come too," he decided. 
      The new companions had just set off when a lion leaped onto the road.  Opening his slobbery jaws, he gave a terrible roar.
      As the lion towered over Toto, 
 Dorothy smacked him on the nose.
         " Stop it!"  she cried.  " You must be a coward to pick on a little dog."

       The lion looked ashamed.  " You're ritht, " he mumbled.  " I only roar to make people run away."
         " You should ask the wizard for courage," said Dorothy and told him where they were going.
        The lion nodded eagerly.  " I " ll come with you!"  he growled.