Chapter XVI.
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The Magic Art of the Great HumbugM THE Scarecrow said to his friends:
"gratulate me. I am going to Oz to get my brains at last.
When I return I shall be as other men are.”
"I have always liked you as you were," said Dorothy sim- ply.
"It is kind of you to like a Scarecrow," he replied. "But surely you will think more of me when you hear the splendid thoughts my new brain is going to turn out." Then he said good-bye to them all in a cheerful void went to the Throne Room, where he rapped upon the door.
"e in," said Oz.
The Scarecrow went in and found the little man sitting down by the window, engaged ihought.
"I have e for my brains," remarked the Scarecrow, a lit- tle uneasily.
"Oh, yes; sit down in that chair, please," replied Oz. "You must excuse me for taking your head off, but I shall have to do it in order to put your brains inbbr>.</abbr> their proper place.”
"Thats all right," said the Scarecrow. "You are quite wel- e to take my head off, as long as it will be a better one when you put it on again.”
So the Wizard unfastened his head aied out the straw. Theered the ba and took up a measure of bran, which he mixed with a great many pins and needles.
Having shakeogether thhly, he filled the top of the Scarecrows head with the mixture and stuffed the rest of the .space with straw, to hold it in place.
When he had fastehe Scarecrows head on his body again he said to him, "Hereafter you will be a great man, for I have given you a lot of bran-new brains.”
The Scarecrow was both pleased and proud at the fulfill- ment of his greatest wish, and having thanked Oz warmly he went back to his friends.
Dorothy looked at him curiously. His head was quite bulged out at the top with brains.
"How do you feel?" she asked.
"I feel wise indeed," he answered early. "When I get used to my brains I shall know everything.”
"Why are those needles and pins stig out of your head?" asked the Tin Woodman.
"That is proof that he is sharp," remarked the Lion.
"Well, I must go to Oz a my heart," said the Wood- man. So he walked to the Throne Room and k the door.
"e in," called Oz, and the Woodmaered and said, "I have e for my heart.”
"Very well," answered the little man. "But I shall have to cut a hole in your breast, so I put your heart in the right place. I hope it wont hurt you.”
"Oh, no," answered the Woodman. "I shall not feel it at all.”
So ht a pair of tinsmiths shears and cut a small, square hole in the left side of the Tin Woodmans breast.
Then, going to a chest of drawers, he took out a pretty heart, made entirely of silk and stuffed with sawdust.
"Isnt it a beauty?" he asked.
"It is, indeed!" replied the Woodman, who was greatly pleased. "But is it a ki?”
"Oh, very!" answered Oz. He put the heart in the Wood- mans breast and then replaced the square of tin, s it ly together where it had been cut.
"There," said he; "now you have a heart that any man might be proud of. Im sorry I had to put a pat your breast, but it really couldnt be helped.”
"Never mind the patch," exclaimed the happy Woodman. "I am very grateful to you, and shall never fet your kind- ness.”
"Dont speak of it," replied Oz.
Thein Woodma back to his friends, who wished him every joy on at of his good fortune.
The Lion now walked to the Throne Room and k the door.
"e in," said Oz.
"I have e for my ce," annouhe Lioe<q>99ｌｉｂ.</q>r- ing the room.
"Very well," answered the little man; "I will get it for you.”
He went to a cupboard and reag up to a high shelf took down a square green bottle, the tents of which he poured into a green-gold dish, beautifully carved. Plag this before the Cowardly Lion, who s it as if he did not like it, the Wizard said:
"Drink.”
"What is it?" asked the Lion.
"Well," answered Oz, "if it were inside of you, it would be ce. You know, of course, that ce is always inside one; so that this really ot be called ce until you have swallowed it. Therefore I advise you to drink it as soon as possible.”
The Lioated no l></big>, but drank till the dish was empty.
"How do you feel now?" asked Oz.
"Full of ce," replied the Lion, who went joyfully back to his friends to tell them of his good fortune.
Oz, left to himself, smiled to think of his success in giving the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman and the Lioly what they thought they wanted. "How I help being a hum- bug," he said, "when all these people make me do things that everybody knows t be do was easy to make the Scarecrow and the Lion and th<u>藏书网</u>e Woodman happy, because they imagined I could do anything. But it will take more than imagination to carry Dorothy back to Kansas, and Im sure I dont know how it be done.”
L. Frank Baum
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