If you go the the My Pants forum on the Brotherhood2.0 web site you can find a link to the second song in the section 'Nerdfighter Introductions and Songs' and then the Thread called 'NF Wynflete'. Sorry we haven't made the first song into a MP3.
Hey Deb, thanks for the great job on this. Matt was quite keen to see it too, so that will be one more viewing as well. Will let you know if we get any response!! LOL
I certainly hope that you do get SOME response ;) Even if people keep you in mind for later when the Christmas rush is over and people start having spare money again.
So the Scarecrow led her through the trees until they reached the cottage, and Dorothy entered and found a bed of dried leaves in one corner. She lay down at once, and with Toto beside her soon fell into a sound sleep. The Scarecrow, who was never tired, stood up in another corner and waited patiently until morning came.
"Certainly; that is why I know it," returned the Scarecrow. "If it required brains to figure it out, I never should have said it."
After an hour or so the light faded away, and they found themselves stumbling along in the darkness. Dorothy could not see at all, but Toto could, for some dogs see very well in the dark; and the Scarecrow declared he could see as well as by day. So she took hold of his arm and managed to get along fairly well.
"If this road goes in, it must come out," said the Scarecrow, "and as the Emerald City is at the other end of the road, we must go wherever it leads us."
There were no fences at all by the roadside now, and the land was rough and untilled. Toward evening they came to a great forest, where the trees grew so big and close together that their branches met over the road of yellow brick. It was almost dark under the trees, for the branches shut out the daylight; but the travelers did not stop, and went on into the forest.
"After the crows had gone I thought this over, and decided I would try hard to get some brains. By good luck you came along and pulled me off the stake, and from what you say I am sure the Great Oz will give me brains as soon as we get to the Emerald City."
"I hope so," said Dorothy earnestly, "since you seem anxious to have them."
"I felt sad at this, for it showed I was not such a good Scarecrow after all; but the old crow comforted me, saying, `If you only had brains in your head you would be as good a man as any of them, and a better man than some of them. Brains are the only things worth having in this world, no matter whether one is a crow or a man.'
"`I wonder if that farmer thought to fool me in this clumsy manner. Any crow of sense could see that you are only stuffed with straw.' Then he hopped down at my feet and ate all the corn he wanted. The other birds, seeing he was not harmed by me, came to eat the corn too, so in a short time there was a great flock of them about me.
"I did not like to be deserted this way. So I tried to walk after them. But my feet would not touch the ground, and I was forced to stay on that pole. It was a lonely life to lead, for I had nothing to think of, having been made such a little while before. Many crows and other birds flew into the cornfield, but as soon as they saw me they flew away again, thinking I was a Munchkin; and this pleased me and made me feel that I was quite an important person.
"`This fellow will scare the crows fast enough,' said the farmer. `He looks just like a man.'
"`Why, he is a man,' said the other, and I quite agreed with him. The farmer carried me under his arm to the cornfield, and set me up on a tall stick, where you found me. He and his friend soon after walked away and left me alone.
"`I think I'll make the other a little bigger,'" said the farmer. And when the second eye was done I could see much better than before. Then he made my nose and my mouth. But I did not speak, because at that time I didn't know what a mouth was for. I had the fun of watching them make my body and my arms and legs; and when they fastened on my head, at last, I felt very proud, forI thought I was just as good a man as anyone.
"`Never mind,'" said the farmer. "`They are ears just the same,'" which was true enough.
"`Now I'll make the eyes,'" said the farmer. So he painted my right eye, and as soon as it was finished I found myself looking at him and at everything around me with a great deal of curiosity, for this was my first glimpse of the world.
"My life has been so short that I really know nothing whatever. I was only made day before yesterday. What happened in the world before that time is all unknown to me. Luckily, when the farmer made my head, one of the first things he did was to paint my ears, so that I heard what was going on. There was another Munchkin with him, and the first thing I heard was the farmer saying, `How do you like those ears?'
"Of course I cannot understand it," he said. "If your heads were stuffed with straw, like mine, you would probably all live in the beautiful places, and then Kansas would have no people at all. It is fortunate for Kansas that you have brains."
"Won't you tell me a story, while we are resting?" asked the child.
The Scarecrow looked at her reproachfully, and answered:
"That is because you have no brains" answered the girl. "No matter how dreary and gray our homes are, we people of flesh and blood would rather live there than in any other country, be it ever so beautiful. There is no place like home."
"Tell me something about yourself and the country you came from," said the Scarecrow, when she had finished her dinner. So she told him all about Kansas, and how gray everything was there, and how the cyclone had carried her to this queer Land of Oz.
The Scarecrow listened carefully, and said, "I cannot understand why you should wish to leave this beautiful country and go back to the dry, gray place you call Kansas."
"I am never hungry," he said, "and it is a lucky thing I am not, for my mouth is only painted, and if I should cut a hole in it so I could eat, the straw I am stuffed with would come out, and that would spoil the shape of my head."
Dorothy saw at once that this was true, so she only nodded and went on eating her bread.
The farms were not nearly so well cared for here as they were farther back. There were fewer houses and fewer fruit trees, and the farther they went the more dismal and lonesome the country became.
At noon they sat down by the roadside, near a little brook, and Dorothy opened her basket and got out some bread. She offered a piece to the Scarecrow, but he refused.
As for the Scarecrow, having no brains, he walked straight ahead, and so stepped into the holes and fell at full length on the hard bricks. It never hurt him, however, and Dorothy would pick him up and set him upon his feet again, while he joined her in laughing merrily at his own mishap.
After a few hours the road began to be rough, and the walking grew so difficult that the Scarecrow often stumbled over the yellow bricks, which were here very uneven. Sometimes, indeed, they were broken or missing altogether, leaving holes that Toto jumped across and Dorothy walked around.
"Oh, I'm not afraid," replied the Scarecrow. "He can't hurt the straw. Do let me carry that basket for you. I shall not mind it, for I can't get tired. I'll tell you a secret," he continued, as he walked along. "There is only one thing in the world I am afraid of."
"What is that?" asked Dorothy; "the Munchkin farmer who made you?"
"No," answered the Scarecrow; "it's a lighted match."
Toto did not like this addition to the party at first. He smelled around the stuffed man as if he suspected there might be a nest of rats in the straw, and he often growled in an unfriendly way at the Scarecrow.
"Don't mind Toto," said Dorothy to her new friend. "He never bites."
"That is true," said the Scarecrow. "You see," he continued confidentially, "I don't mind my legs and arms and body being stuffed, because I cannot get hurt. If anyone treads on my toes or sticks a pin into me, it doesn't matter, for I can't feel it. But I do not want people to call me a fool, and if my head stays stuffed with straw instead of with brains, as yours is, how am I ever to know anything?"
While Dorothy was looking earnestly into the queer, painted face of the Scarecrow, she was surprised to see one of the eyes slowly wink at her. She thought she must have been mistaken at first, for none of the scarecrows in Kansas ever wink; but presently the figure nodded its head to her in a friendly way. Then she climbed down from the fence and walked up to it, while Toto ran around the pole and barked.
On the feet were some old boots with blue tops, such as every man wore in this country, and the figure was raised above the stalks of corn by means of the pole stuck up its back.
Dorothy leaned her chin upon her hand and gazed thoughtfully at the Scarecrow. Its head was a small sack stuffed with straw, with eyes, nose, and mouth painted on it to represent a face. An old, pointed blue hat, that had belonged to some Munchkin, was perched on his head, and the rest of the figure was a blue suit of clothes, worn and faded, which had also been stuffed with straw.
She bade her friends good-bye, and again started along the road of yellow brick. When she had gone several miles she thought she would stop to rest, and so climbed to the top of the fence beside the road and sat down. There was a great cornfield beyond the fence, and not far away she saw a Scarecrow, placed high on a pole to keep the birds from the ripe corn.
"I do not know," answered Boq gravely, "for I have never been there. It is better for people to keep away from Oz, unless they have business with him. But it is a long way to the Emerald City, and it will take you many days. The country here is rich and pleasant, but you must pass through rough and dangerous places before you reach the end of your journey."
She ate a hearty breakfast, and watched a wee Munchkin baby, who played with Toto and pulled his tail and crowed and laughed in a way that greatly amused Dorothy. Toto was a fine curiosity to all the people, for they had never seen a dog before.
When she had tired watching the dancing, Boq led her into the house, where he gave her a room with a pretty bed in it. The sheets were made of blue cloth, and Dorothy slept soundly in them till morning, with Toto curled up on the blue rug beside her.
"It is kind of you to wear that," said Boq. "Blue is the color of the Munchkins, and white is the witch color. So we know you are a friendly witch."
Dorothy did not know what to say to this, for all the people seemed to think her a witch, and she knew very well she was only an ordinary little girl who had come by the chance of a cyclone into a strange land.
The people greeted Dorothy kindly, and invited her to supper and to pass the night with them; for this was the home of one of the richest Munchkins in the land, and his friends were gathered with him to celebrate their freedom from the bondage of the Wicked Witch.
Dorothy ate a hearty supper and was waited upon by the rich Munchkin himself, whose name was Boq. Then she sat upon a settee and watched the people dance.
Toward evening, when Dorothy was tired with her long walk and began to wonder where she should pass the night, she came to a house rather larger than the rest. On the green lawn before it many men and women were dancing. Five little fiddlers played as loudly as possible, and the people were laughing and singing, while a big table near by was loaded with delicious fruits and nuts, pies and cakes, and many other good things to eat.
Once in a while she would pass a house, and the people came out to look at her and bow low as she went by; for everyone knew she had been the means of destroying the Wicked Witch and setting them free from bondage. The houses of the Munchkins were odd-looking dwellings, for each was round, with a big dome for a roof. All were painted blue, for in this country of the East blue was the favorite color.
She was surprised, as she walked along, to see how pretty the country was about her. There were neat fences at the sides of the road, painted a dainty blue color, and beyond them were fields of grain and vegetables in abundance. Evidently the Munchkins were good farmers and able to raise large crops.
There were several roads near by, but it did not take her long to find the one paved with yellow bricks. Within a short time she was walking briskly toward the Emerald City, her silver shoes tinkling merrily on the hard, yellow road-bed. The sun shone bright and the birds sang sweetly, and Dorothy did not feel nearly so bad as you might think a little girl would who had been suddenly whisked away from her own country and set down in the midst of a strange land.
She closed the door, locked it, and put the key carefully in the pocket of her dress. And so, with Toto trotting along soberly behind her, she started on her journey.
"They surely will never do for a long journey, Toto," she said. And Toto looked up into her face with his little black eyes and wagged his tail to show he knew what she meant.
At that moment Dorothy saw lying on the table the silver shoes that had belonged to the Witch of the East.
"I wonder if they will fit me," she said to Toto. "They would be just the thing to take a long walk in, for they could not wear out."
The girl washed herself carefully, dressed herself in the clean gingham, and tied her pink sunbonnet on her head. She took a little basket and filled it with bread from the cupboard, laying a white cloth over the top. Then she looked down at her feet and noticed how old and worn her shoes were.
Dorothy had only one other dress, but that happened to be clean and was hanging on a peg beside her bed. It was gingham, with checks of white and blue; and although the blue was somewhat faded with many washings, it was still a pretty frock.
Then she went back to the house, and having helped herself and Toto to a good drink of the cool, clear water, she set about making ready for the journey to the City of Emeralds.
Toto ran over to the trees and began to bark at the birds sitting there. Dorothy went to get him, and saw such delicious fruit hanging from the branches that she gathered some of it, finding it just what she wanted to help out her breakfast.
When Dorothy was left alone she began to feel hungry. So she went to the cupboard and cut herself some bread, which she spread with butter. She gave some to Toto, and taking a pail from the shelf she carried it down to the little brook and filled it with clear, sparkling water.
The three Munchkins bowed low to her and wished her a pleasant journey, after which they walked away through the trees. The Witch gave Dorothy a friendly little nod, whirled around on her left heel three times, and straightway disappeared, much to the surprise of little Toto, who barked after her loudly enough when she had gone, because he had been afraid even to growl while she stood by.
"The road to the City of Emeralds is paved with yellow brick," said the Witch, "so you cannot miss it. When you get to Oz do not be afraid of him, but tell your story and ask him to help you. Good-bye, my dear."
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violafinishda 1 year ago
nerdfighters unite!
54spiritedwill54 3 years ago
i love this video
joinjohnny 3 years ago
Thanks. It was an honour to make it for the project.
-Debbie
wynflete 3 years ago
i dont know what i'm going to do in 2008...they better keep going, i mean they're so huge they cant just leave us now!!!
PLEASE KEEP GOING JOHN AND HANK!!
nerdyfizz2772 4 years ago
You might get some ideas for what to do in 2008 in the Scavenger Hunt Thread in My Pants.
Please head that way ;)
And have a happy new year.
-Debbie
wynflete 4 years ago
THAT was cute! xD
wowsisters 4 years ago
where can we get these songs????
PogoFONG 4 years ago
I was just wondering the same thing
bookwyrm333 4 years ago
If you go the the My Pants forum on the Brotherhood2.0 web site you can find a link to the second song in the section 'Nerdfighter Introductions and Songs' and then the Thread called 'NF Wynflete'. Sorry we haven't made the first song into a MP3.
-Debbie
wynflete 4 years ago
thanks!
PogoFONG 4 years ago
wait, i went there, and now what do i do? there's no link, or anything...
PogoFONG 4 years ago
Just click on the blue picture with the little people of the song that you want and that will take you to a sight where you can down load the songs,
-Debbie
wynflete 4 years ago
I love it when Stu and Natalie high five!
songsfromahat 4 years ago
comment!!!!!
Herooftimex 4 years ago
Aww, Nerdfighter babies! So cute!
phloxyloxy 4 years ago
love it and repair the world
seadame 4 years ago
Wonderful!! wOOt! It's not "Nerd Kings?"
Ohhh... just looked at the lyrics. Now it makes sense... :-)
~Trav
MuseCast5 4 years ago
Totally awesome. Go Nerdfighters!!
I was so lovin this video.
Great job.. Have a Great Holiday Season!
gidgetblogs 4 years ago
Aww, little nerdfighters are the best! Great video!
HalfAsianNinja 4 years ago
This video is still made of awesome, even if we have relinquished control over youtube!
Ho Ha, Nerdfighters!
LAshlieH 4 years ago
Hey Deb, thanks for the great job on this. Matt was quite keen to see it too, so that will be one more viewing as well. Will let you know if we get any response!! LOL
loobylindy 4 years ago
I certainly hope that you do get SOME response ;) Even if people keep you in mind for later when the Christmas rush is over and people start having spare money again.
Love to you (Mwah Mwah)
-Debbie
wynflete 4 years ago
LOL Stuart just admitted to thinking that the first line that I sang was ...
"today is a day for singing to My Nerd Kings!!!!!" LOL
No wonder he looked at me funny :P
-Debbie
(woh, these numbers are getting scary!)
wynflete 4 years ago
lol i can see how he thought you said "today is a day for singing to my nerd kings" your videos are amazing by the way
bowloforanges07 4 years ago
good
seadame 4 years ago
omgwtfhejustkepspostingwhatshisproblem?
themightykhan84 4 years ago
skabadaba wikawika skubadu bap bap
themightykhan84 4 years ago
and it don't stop, uh-huh, uh-huh, it don't stop
themightykhan84 4 years ago
three three three times
themightykhan84 4 years ago
and again
themightykhan84 4 years ago
comment
themightykhan84 4 years ago
accio deathly hallows:
filmlady24p 4 years ago
i'm gettin' kinda tired of this
(feel free to jump in)
filmlady24p 4 years ago
i'm gettin' kinda tired of this
...prepublication media blitz
filmlady24p 4 years ago
prepublication media blitz
...you've got all of muggle-kind under your spell
filmlady24p 4 years ago
you've got all of muggle-kind under your spell
...don't you know the whole world's already gone
filmlady24p 4 years ago
don't you know the whole world's already gone
...and reserved a copy at amazon
filmlady24p 4 years ago
and reserved a copy at amazon
...how many more books could you sell?
filmlady24p 4 years ago
how many more books could you sell?
...so give me my book
filmlady24p 4 years ago
"how many more books could you sell?
SO GIVE ME MY BOOK OR GOT TO...."
go go grindylow
neeshaknowsall 4 years ago
priscillaandpathos, wynflete and woof wuf are also reasonably close to overtaking a non-nerdfighter vid.
priscilla and pathos are 75 comments shy of taking over "type at home for cash"
we are not nerdfighters if we can't best them.
i will be singing hank's songs in these three vlogs. anyone who wants to can join me.
filmlady24p 4 years ago
damn!!!!! high production value!!!! 5 stars!
DWackt 4 years ago
Still adorable, and DFTBA!
lingeringnight 4 years ago
Alright Nerd Fighters! FTW!
sunnygirl34685 4 years ago
cool video
jim43 4 years ago
...no, it's RATED RED! Reducing Worldsuck...
gr8piper 4 years ago
R E T A R D E D
Pigie50 4 years ago
hey debbie and co. Just wanted to say that this Project has been amazing! This video amazing, seeing it helps me cope with the end of B20
DFTBA,
abby
songsfromahat 4 years ago
Thanks.
Honestly, between you, me, and the entire internet, I can't see them leaving us. But for now we have songs from a hat to look forward too :D Hurray!
I'm glad the song helps. The point of writing it was to say, 'we can be like the first song, or we can chose to be thankful like the second'
-Debbie
wynflete 4 years ago
Awesome!!
A11Smi1es 4 years ago
nerdfighters unite!
mrdirk 4 years ago
you are doing an awesome job at reducing worldsuck!
JulieKauppila 4 years ago
i approve of this message
nerdfighters ftw!!
cptcrash86 4 years ago
I love the song!
katgirl21 4 years ago
Australian nerdfighters! Awesomenesses.
katgirl21 4 years ago
This song is so jokes!
Eletha 4 years ago
meow. comment to raise the awareness.
kaylin762004 4 years ago
Way to be awesome! Cool clips
AntiEverything 4 years ago
must catch huckabee
shitou 4 years ago
that is made with soooo much awsome it's crazy!!
stirfrie2005 4 years ago
I love your song.
And I love your charity even more.
maggiehanna 4 years ago
I love your charity!
kagebunshinnojitsu 4 years ago
aww, little nerdfighters!
larisalg 4 years ago
awesome song!
Heidirs 4 years ago
wow. i sure wish i could play the guitar like that. thats one thing i plan to practice over winter break!!! Thats soooo cool!!!!!!!!!
Pumpkie234 4 years ago
A T T M
awesome to the max!
Flycoe 4 years ago
Wow, this is awsome
KyandiKat17 4 years ago
Wow! you did not forget to be awesome with that one.
annawritedraw 4 years ago
SO AWESOME!!! AHHH!!! :)
Kach249 4 years ago
NerdFighters = Made of Awesome
whackthemutt 4 years ago
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Spamalope 4 years ago
i love your songs. you are so awesome, it's a bit intimidating.
i often find myself singing "i don't have time for this" under my breath. maybe even more often than Accio.
filmlady24p 4 years ago
Great Vid!
ImKTBQ 4 years ago
awesome song. awesome charity
rbrtblknp 4 years ago
awesome!!!!!!
tuerebel 4 years ago
At what level can you handle your first hirocic(sp) dungeon for WoW?
GWKYOU 4 years ago
yay calvin has his own channel... i didnt know that.. whoo hoo
kiwiwomble 4 years ago
where is everyone today?
kiwiwomble 4 years ago
Awesome video!
peachykeen1493 4 years ago
I love you guys.
You're great :D
-Debbie
wynflete 4 years ago
We love you
CrazyChic534 4 years ago
Debbie, Hope you've recovered from the early morning yesterday.
CrazyChic534 4 years ago
Love you guys so much!
DFTBA!
whackthemutt 4 years ago
I love the little kid in glasses
rezurrxtion 4 years ago
That's Calvin in the Uncle John glasses. Check out his impersonation video at CalvinMaxwell. It's made of awesome
CrazyChic534 4 years ago
me too!
coffeeshopgirl 4 years ago
Thanks Debbie for all you did to help make Project for Awesome a success.
Hope you know how wonderfully talented you are.
Love from across the pond.
CrazyChic534 4 years ago
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CrazyChic534 4 years ago
I have to go celebrate my graduation! Bye!
bibliocat4 4 years ago
Goooooo Nerdfighters...
By the power of Awesome...
TheCinephile 4 years ago
Great Vid!
shamelessboyz 4 years ago
OH and Debbie.. I have 'Sad Song' stuck in my head now.. lol
kiwiwomble 4 years ago
so until then... hooo haaaa NERDFIGHTERS...
kiwiwomble 4 years ago
*waves to Debbie, Stu, Natalie, Calvin and all the nerdfighters*
kiwiwomble 4 years ago
but until then.. keep up the good work..
kiwiwomble 4 years ago
hopefully should be back this afternoon for some more singing..
kiwiwomble 4 years ago
and its prize giving.. so i have to go and clap and cheer for all the kiddies..
kiwiwomble 4 years ago
I cant stick around today.. I wish I could but its last day at school
kiwiwomble 4 years ago
its a shame those two are still holding out on the front page though..
kiwiwomble 4 years ago
Good morning nerdfighters.. good to see Wynflete still on the up and up.. and nerdfighters are taking over the front page..
kiwiwomble 4 years ago
hahahaha.. last night singing.. now story telling... AMAZING.. AWESOME..
kiwiwomble 4 years ago
41 Honors! OMG the nerdfighters are awesome!
natztheflip 4 years ago
LMFAO. thrawnda, that is an absolutely BRILLIANT idea!
Aiffox 4 years ago
nice video.
checkitwill 4 years ago
(( end of chapter 4, back in a minute with 5 ))
thrawnda 4 years ago
So the Scarecrow led her through the trees until they reached the cottage, and Dorothy entered and found a bed of dried leaves in one corner. She lay down at once, and with Toto beside her soon fell into a sound sleep. The Scarecrow, who was never tired, stood up in another corner and waited patiently until morning came.
thrawnda 4 years ago
"If you see any house, or any place where we can pass the night," she said, "you must tell me; for it is very uncomfortable walking in the dark."
Soon after the Scarecrow stopped.
"I see a little cottage at the right of us," he said, "built of logs and branches. Shall we go there?"
"Yes, indeed," answered the child. "I am all tired out."
thrawnda 4 years ago
"Certainly; that is why I know it," returned the Scarecrow. "If it required brains to figure it out, I never should have said it."
After an hour or so the light faded away, and they found themselves stumbling along in the darkness. Dorothy could not see at all, but Toto could, for some dogs see very well in the dark; and the Scarecrow declared he could see as well as by day. So she took hold of his arm and managed to get along fairly well.
thrawnda 4 years ago
"If this road goes in, it must come out," said the Scarecrow, "and as the Emerald City is at the other end of the road, we must go wherever it leads us."
"Anyone would know that," said Dorothy.
thrawnda 4 years ago
There were no fences at all by the roadside now, and the land was rough and untilled. Toward evening they came to a great forest, where the trees grew so big and close together that their branches met over the road of yellow brick. It was almost dark under the trees, for the branches shut out the daylight; but the travelers did not stop, and went on into the forest.
thrawnda 4 years ago
"Oh, yes; I am anxious," returned the Scarecrow. "It is such an uncomfortable feeling to know one is a fool."
"Well," said the girl, "let us go." And she handed the basket to the Scarecrow.
thrawnda 4 years ago
"After the crows had gone I thought this over, and decided I would try hard to get some brains. By good luck you came along and pulled me off the stake, and from what you say I am sure the Great Oz will give me brains as soon as we get to the Emerald City."
"I hope so," said Dorothy earnestly, "since you seem anxious to have them."
thrawnda 4 years ago
"I felt sad at this, for it showed I was not such a good Scarecrow after all; but the old crow comforted me, saying, `If you only had brains in your head you would be as good a man as any of them, and a better man than some of them. Brains are the only things worth having in this world, no matter whether one is a crow or a man.'
thrawnda 4 years ago
"`I wonder if that farmer thought to fool me in this clumsy manner. Any crow of sense could see that you are only stuffed with straw.' Then he hopped down at my feet and ate all the corn he wanted. The other birds, seeing he was not harmed by me, came to eat the corn too, so in a short time there was a great flock of them about me.
thrawnda 4 years ago
By and by an old crow flew near me, and after looking at me carefully he perched upon my shoulder and said:
thrawnda 4 years ago
"I did not like to be deserted this way. So I tried to walk after them. But my feet would not touch the ground, and I was forced to stay on that pole. It was a lonely life to lead, for I had nothing to think of, having been made such a little while before. Many crows and other birds flew into the cornfield, but as soon as they saw me they flew away again, thinking I was a Munchkin; and this pleased me and made me feel that I was quite an important person.
thrawnda 4 years ago
"`This fellow will scare the crows fast enough,' said the farmer. `He looks just like a man.'
"`Why, he is a man,' said the other, and I quite agreed with him. The farmer carried me under his arm to the cornfield, and set me up on a tall stick, where you found me. He and his friend soon after walked away and left me alone.
thrawnda 4 years ago
"`I think I'll make the other a little bigger,'" said the farmer. And when the second eye was done I could see much better than before. Then he made my nose and my mouth. But I did not speak, because at that time I didn't know what a mouth was for. I had the fun of watching them make my body and my arms and legs; and when they fastened on my head, at last, I felt very proud, forI thought I was just as good a man as anyone.
thrawnda 4 years ago
"`That's a rather pretty eye,'" remarked the Munchkin who was watching the farmer. "`Blue paint is just the color for eyes.'
thrawnda 4 years ago
"`Never mind,'" said the farmer. "`They are ears just the same,'" which was true enough.
"`Now I'll make the eyes,'" said the farmer. So he painted my right eye, and as soon as it was finished I found myself looking at him and at everything around me with a great deal of curiosity, for this was my first glimpse of the world.
thrawnda 4 years ago
"My life has been so short that I really know nothing whatever. I was only made day before yesterday. What happened in the world before that time is all unknown to me. Luckily, when the farmer made my head, one of the first things he did was to paint my ears, so that I heard what was going on. There was another Munchkin with him, and the first thing I heard was the farmer saying, `How do you like those ears?'
"`They aren't straight,'" answered the other.
thrawnda 4 years ago
"Of course I cannot understand it," he said. "If your heads were stuffed with straw, like mine, you would probably all live in the beautiful places, and then Kansas would have no people at all. It is fortunate for Kansas that you have brains."
"Won't you tell me a story, while we are resting?" asked the child.
The Scarecrow looked at her reproachfully, and answered:
thrawnda 4 years ago
"That is because you have no brains" answered the girl. "No matter how dreary and gray our homes are, we people of flesh and blood would rather live there than in any other country, be it ever so beautiful. There is no place like home."
The Scarecrow sighed.
thrawnda 4 years ago
"Tell me something about yourself and the country you came from," said the Scarecrow, when she had finished her dinner. So she told him all about Kansas, and how gray everything was there, and how the cyclone had carried her to this queer Land of Oz.
The Scarecrow listened carefully, and said, "I cannot understand why you should wish to leave this beautiful country and go back to the dry, gray place you call Kansas."
thrawnda 4 years ago
"I am never hungry," he said, "and it is a lucky thing I am not, for my mouth is only painted, and if I should cut a hole in it so I could eat, the straw I am stuffed with would come out, and that would spoil the shape of my head."
Dorothy saw at once that this was true, so she only nodded and went on eating her bread.
thrawnda 4 years ago
The farms were not nearly so well cared for here as they were farther back. There were fewer houses and fewer fruit trees, and the farther they went the more dismal and lonesome the country became.
At noon they sat down by the roadside, near a little brook, and Dorothy opened her basket and got out some bread. She offered a piece to the Scarecrow, but he refused.
thrawnda 4 years ago
As for the Scarecrow, having no brains, he walked straight ahead, and so stepped into the holes and fell at full length on the hard bricks. It never hurt him, however, and Dorothy would pick him up and set him upon his feet again, while he joined her in laughing merrily at his own mishap.
thrawnda 4 years ago
After a few hours the road began to be rough, and the walking grew so difficult that the Scarecrow often stumbled over the yellow bricks, which were here very uneven. Sometimes, indeed, they were broken or missing altogether, leaving holes that Toto jumped across and Dorothy walked around.
thrawnda 4 years ago
Chapter 4 - The Road Through the Forest
thrawnda 4 years ago
Chapter 4 - The Road Through the Forest
thrawnda 4 years ago
the boy with the nerd glasses makes me smile inside
coffeeshopgirl 4 years ago
(( Um I mean chapter 4, that was 3 ))
thrawnda 4 years ago
(( Need more tea, back in a minute with chapter 3 ))
thrawnda 4 years ago
"Oh, I'm not afraid," replied the Scarecrow. "He can't hurt the straw. Do let me carry that basket for you. I shall not mind it, for I can't get tired. I'll tell you a secret," he continued, as he walked along. "There is only one thing in the world I am afraid of."
"What is that?" asked Dorothy; "the Munchkin farmer who made you?"
"No," answered the Scarecrow; "it's a lighted match."
thrawnda 4 years ago
Toto did not like this addition to the party at first. He smelled around the stuffed man as if he suspected there might be a nest of rats in the straw, and he often growled in an unfriendly way at the Scarecrow.
"Don't mind Toto," said Dorothy to her new friend. "He never bites."
thrawnda 4 years ago
"I understand how you feel," said the little girl, who was truly sorry for him. "If you will come with me I'll ask Oz to do all he can for you."
"Thank you," he answered gratefully.
They walked back to the road. Dorothy helped him over the fence, and they started along the path of yellow brick for the Emerald City.
thrawnda 4 years ago
"That is true," said the Scarecrow. "You see," he continued confidentially, "I don't mind my legs and arms and body being stuffed, because I cannot get hurt. If anyone treads on my toes or sticks a pin into me, it doesn't matter, for I can't feel it. But I do not want people to call me a fool, and if my head stays stuffed with straw instead of with brains, as yours is, how am I ever to know anything?"
thrawnda 4 years ago
Dorothy was puzzled at this, for it sounded queer to hear a stuffed man speak, and to see him bow and walk along beside her.
"Who are you?" asked the Scarecrow when he had stretched himself and yawned. "And where are you going?"
"My name is Dorothy," said the girl, "and I am going to the Emerald City, to ask the Great Oz to send me back to Kansas."
"Where is the Emerald City?" he inquired. "And who is Oz?"
thrawnda 4 years ago
"Can't you get down?" asked Dorothy.
"No, for this pole is stuck up my back. If you will please take away the pole I shall be greatly obliged to you."
Dorothy reached up both arms and lifted the figure off the pole, for, being stuffed with straw, it was quite light.
"Thank you very much," said the Scarecrow, when he had been set down on the ground. "I feel like a new man."
thrawnda 4 years ago
"Good day," said the Scarecrow, in a rather husky voice.
"Did you speak?" asked the girl, in wonder.
"Certainly," answered the Scarecrow. "How do you do?"
"I'm pretty well, thank you," replied Dorothy politely. "How do you do?"
"I'm not feeling well," said the Scarecrow, with a smile, "for it is very tedious being perched up here night and day to scare away crows."
thrawnda 4 years ago
While Dorothy was looking earnestly into the queer, painted face of the Scarecrow, she was surprised to see one of the eyes slowly wink at her. She thought she must have been mistaken at first, for none of the scarecrows in Kansas ever wink; but presently the figure nodded its head to her in a friendly way. Then she climbed down from the fence and walked up to it, while Toto ran around the pole and barked.
thrawnda 4 years ago
On the feet were some old boots with blue tops, such as every man wore in this country, and the figure was raised above the stalks of corn by means of the pole stuck up its back.
thrawnda 4 years ago
Dorothy leaned her chin upon her hand and gazed thoughtfully at the Scarecrow. Its head was a small sack stuffed with straw, with eyes, nose, and mouth painted on it to represent a face. An old, pointed blue hat, that had belonged to some Munchkin, was perched on his head, and the rest of the figure was a blue suit of clothes, worn and faded, which had also been stuffed with straw.
thrawnda 4 years ago
DOWN WITH WORLDSUCK!
NERDFIGHTERS RULE!
:)
(don't forget to be awesome)
shimobe94 4 years ago
She bade her friends good-bye, and again started along the road of yellow brick. When she had gone several miles she thought she would stop to rest, and so climbed to the top of the fence beside the road and sat down. There was a great cornfield beyond the fence, and not far away she saw a Scarecrow, placed high on a pole to keep the birds from the ripe corn.
thrawnda 4 years ago
This worried Dorothy a little, but she knew that only the Great Oz could help her get to Kansas again, so she bravely resolved not to turn back.
thrawnda 4 years ago
"I do not know," answered Boq gravely, "for I have never been there. It is better for people to keep away from Oz, unless they have business with him. But it is a long way to the Emerald City, and it will take you many days. The country here is rich and pleasant, but you must pass through rough and dangerous places before you reach the end of your journey."
thrawnda 4 years ago
"How far is it to the Emerald City?" the girl asked.
thrawnda 4 years ago
She ate a hearty breakfast, and watched a wee Munchkin baby, who played with Toto and pulled his tail and crowed and laughed in a way that greatly amused Dorothy. Toto was a fine curiosity to all the people, for they had never seen a dog before.
thrawnda 4 years ago
When she had tired watching the dancing, Boq led her into the house, where he gave her a room with a pretty bed in it. The sheets were made of blue cloth, and Dorothy slept soundly in them till morning, with Toto curled up on the blue rug beside her.
thrawnda 4 years ago
"It is kind of you to wear that," said Boq. "Blue is the color of the Munchkins, and white is the witch color. So we know you are a friendly witch."
Dorothy did not know what to say to this, for all the people seemed to think her a witch, and she knew very well she was only an ordinary little girl who had come by the chance of a cyclone into a strange land.
thrawnda 4 years ago
When Boq saw her silver shoes he said, "You must be a great sorceress."
"Why?" asked the girl.
"Because you wear silver shoes and have killed the Wicked Witch. Besides, you have white in your frock, and only witches and sorceresses wear white."
"My dress is blue and white checked," said Dorothy, smoothing out the wrinkles in it.
thrawnda 4 years ago
The people greeted Dorothy kindly, and invited her to supper and to pass the night with them; for this was the home of one of the richest Munchkins in the land, and his friends were gathered with him to celebrate their freedom from the bondage of the Wicked Witch.
Dorothy ate a hearty supper and was waited upon by the rich Munchkin himself, whose name was Boq. Then she sat upon a settee and watched the people dance.
thrawnda 4 years ago
Toward evening, when Dorothy was tired with her long walk and began to wonder where she should pass the night, she came to a house rather larger than the rest. On the green lawn before it many men and women were dancing. Five little fiddlers played as loudly as possible, and the people were laughing and singing, while a big table near by was loaded with delicious fruits and nuts, pies and cakes, and many other good things to eat.
thrawnda 4 years ago
Once in a while she would pass a house, and the people came out to look at her and bow low as she went by; for everyone knew she had been the means of destroying the Wicked Witch and setting them free from bondage. The houses of the Munchkins were odd-looking dwellings, for each was round, with a big dome for a roof. All were painted blue, for in this country of the East blue was the favorite color.
thrawnda 4 years ago
She was surprised, as she walked along, to see how pretty the country was about her. There were neat fences at the sides of the road, painted a dainty blue color, and beyond them were fields of grain and vegetables in abundance. Evidently the Munchkins were good farmers and able to raise large crops.
thrawnda 4 years ago
There were several roads near by, but it did not take her long to find the one paved with yellow bricks. Within a short time she was walking briskly toward the Emerald City, her silver shoes tinkling merrily on the hard, yellow road-bed. The sun shone bright and the birds sang sweetly, and Dorothy did not feel nearly so bad as you might think a little girl would who had been suddenly whisked away from her own country and set down in the midst of a strange land.
thrawnda 4 years ago
She closed the door, locked it, and put the key carefully in the pocket of her dress. And so, with Toto trotting along soberly behind her, she started on her journey.
thrawnda 4 years ago
She took off her old leather shoes and tried on the silver ones, which fitted her as well as if they had been made for her.
Finally she picked up her basket.
"Come along, Toto," she said. "We will go to the Emerald City and ask the Great Oz how to get back to Kansas again."
thrawnda 4 years ago
That was awesome.
I loved the blunt-ness of the little boy - "give money!" hehe.
Sehguhsj 4 years ago
"They surely will never do for a long journey, Toto," she said. And Toto looked up into her face with his little black eyes and wagged his tail to show he knew what she meant.
At that moment Dorothy saw lying on the table the silver shoes that had belonged to the Witch of the East.
"I wonder if they will fit me," she said to Toto. "They would be just the thing to take a long walk in, for they could not wear out."
thrawnda 4 years ago
The girl washed herself carefully, dressed herself in the clean gingham, and tied her pink sunbonnet on her head. She took a little basket and filled it with bread from the cupboard, laying a white cloth over the top. Then she looked down at her feet and noticed how old and worn her shoes were.
thrawnda 4 years ago
Dorothy had only one other dress, but that happened to be clean and was hanging on a peg beside her bed. It was gingham, with checks of white and blue; and although the blue was somewhat faded with many washings, it was still a pretty frock.
thrawnda 4 years ago
Then she went back to the house, and having helped herself and Toto to a good drink of the cool, clear water, she set about making ready for the journey to the City of Emeralds.
thrawnda 4 years ago
Toto ran over to the trees and began to bark at the birds sitting there. Dorothy went to get him, and saw such delicious fruit hanging from the branches that she gathered some of it, finding it just what she wanted to help out her breakfast.
thrawnda 4 years ago
When Dorothy was left alone she began to feel hungry. So she went to the cupboard and cut herself some bread, which she spread with butter. She gave some to Toto, and taking a pail from the shelf she carried it down to the little brook and filled it with clear, sparkling water.
thrawnda 4 years ago
Hey this vid is trouly awesome...I love this Australian family! :) and the song is great too! :)
BIGTomWellingFan 4 years ago
Chapter 3 - How Dorothy Saved the Scarecrow
thrawnda 4 years ago
(( end of chapter 2, I'll be back in a minute with chapter 3 ))
thrawnda 4 years ago
But Dorothy, knowing her to be a witch, had expected her to disappear in just that way, and was not surprised in the least.
thrawnda 4 years ago
The three Munchkins bowed low to her and wished her a pleasant journey, after which they walked away through the trees. The Witch gave Dorothy a friendly little nod, whirled around on her left heel three times, and straightway disappeared, much to the surprise of little Toto, who barked after her loudly enough when she had gone, because he had been afraid even to growl while she stood by.
thrawnda 4 years ago
"The road to the City of Emeralds is paved with yellow brick," said the Witch, "so you cannot miss it. When you get to Oz do not be afraid of him, but tell your story and ask him to help you. Good-bye, my dear."
thrawnda 4 years ago