Road to the Wizard: A Topsy-Turvy Tale of Oz by Meg Cannistra

Author:Meg Cannistra
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Published: 2022-04-25T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

“Wake up, Dorothy!” Tin Girl laid Dorothy down next to Toto in the poppies.

Dorothy stayed asleep. “Ugh! This is bad.” Tin Girl turned to Scarecrow. “What do we do now?”

“Beats me.” Scarecrow shrugged.

“What?” Tin Girl stomped her foot. “What’s that supposed to mean? You said we should go through the poppies!”

“How was I supposed to know this would happen? I don’t have a brain, remember?”

Scarecrow squinted at her. “Are you tired?”

“Not one bit. You?”

Scarecrow shook his head.

“Well,” Tin Girl said. “That’s one good thing. I say we get out of here pronto.”

Scarecrow collected Toto off the ground while Tin Girl hoisted Dorothy over her shoulder. The pair carried their sleeping friends through the fragrant poppies. When they finally saw the faint glimmer of yellow bricks, they spotted Lion. He was sprawled on his back, dozing in the afternoon sun.

“Dude…,” Scarecrow murmured with a shake of his head. “He almost made it out.”

“Let’s get Dorothy and the dog safe first,” Tin Girl said. “Then we’ll deal with him.”

They brought Dorothy and Toto to rest under the shade of a large apple tree. The two snored soundly, both turning onto their sides to get more comfortable.

Scarecrow and Tin Girl went back for Lion. They leaned their backs against his body and pushed as hard as they could. Lion started to roll, and the pair kept their pattern of push, roll, push, roll, push, roll, until Lion was also completely out of the poppy field.

“Phew! If I were human, I’d be sweating by now,” Scarecrow said.

“I guess that’s one good thing about being turned to tin,” Tin Girl said. “Well, that and not being knocked out by the poppies.”

The pair sat next to their sleeping friends and waited the rest of the afternoon and all through the night. As the sun started to cast pink and purple light over the horizon, Dorothy, Toto, and Lion finally began to wake.

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