Wizard of Oz: Chapter 05

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Sentence 1

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5.

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5.

Sentence 2

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The Rescue of the Tin Woodman

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The Rescue of the Tin Woodman

Sentence 3

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When Dorothy awoke the sun was shining through the trees and Toto had long been out chasing birds around him and squirrels.

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When Dorothy awoke the sun was shining through the trees and Toto had long been out chasing birds around him and squirrels.

Sentence 4

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She sat up and looked around her.

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She sat up and looked around her.

Sentence 5

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There was the Scarecrow, still standing patiently in his corner, waiting for her.

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There was the Scarecrow, still standing patiently in his corner, waiting for her.

Sentence 6

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"We must go and search for water," she said to him.

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"We must go and search for water," she said to him.

Sentence 7

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"Why do you want water?"

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"Why do you want water?"

Sentence 8

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he asked.

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he asked.

Sentence 9

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"To wash my face clean after the dust of the road, and to drink, so the dry bread will not stick in my throat."

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"To wash my face clean after the dust of the road, and to drink, so the dry bread will not stick in my throat."

Sentence 10

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"It must be inconvenient to be made of flesh," said the Scarecrow thoughtfully, "for you must sleep, and eat and drink.

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"It must be inconvenient to be made of flesh," said the Scarecrow thoughtfully, "for you must sleep, and eat and drink.

Sentence 11

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However, you have brains, and it is worth a lot of bother to be able to think properly."

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However, you have brains, and it is worth a lot of bother to be able to think properly."

Sentence 12

A1

They left the cottage and walked through the trees until they found a little spring of clear water, where Dorothy drank and bathed and ate her breakfast.

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They left the cottage and walked through the trees until they found a little spring of clear water, where Dorothy drank and bathed and ate her breakfast.

Sentence 13

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She saw there was not much bread left in the basket, and the girl was thankful the Scarecrow did not have to eat anything, for there was scarcely enough for herself and Toto for the day.

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She saw there was not much bread left in the basket, and the girl was thankful the Scarecrow did not have to eat anything, for there was scarcely enough for herself and Toto for the day.

Sentence 14

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When she had finished her meal, and was about to go back to the road of yellow brick, she was startled to hear a deep groan near by.

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When she had finished her meal, and was about to go back to the road of yellow brick, she was startled to hear a deep groan near by.

Sentence 15

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"What was that?"

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"What was that?"

Sentence 16

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she asked timidly.

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she asked timidly.

Sentence 17

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"I cannot imagine," replied the Scarecrow; "but we can go and see."

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"I cannot imagine," replied the Scarecrow; "but we can go and see."

Sentence 18

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Just then another groan reached their ears, and the sound seemed to come from behind them.

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Just then another groan reached their ears, and the sound seemed to come from behind them.

Sentence 19

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They turned and walked through the forest a few steps, when Dorothy discovered something shining in a ray of sunshine that fell between the trees.

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They turned and walked through the forest a few steps, when Dorothy discovered something shining in a ray of sunshine that fell between the trees.

Sentence 20

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She ran to the place and then stopped short, with a little cry of surprise.

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She ran to the place and then stopped short, with a little cry of surprise.

Sentence 21

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One of the big trees had been partly chopped through, and standing beside it, with an uplifted axe in his hands, was a man made entirely of tin.

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One of the big trees had been partly chopped through, and standing beside it, with an uplifted axe in his hands, was a man made entirely of tin.

Sentence 22

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His head and arms and legs were jointed upon his body, but he stood perfectly motionless, as if he could not stir at all.

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His head and arms and legs were jointed upon his body, but he stood perfectly motionless, as if he could not stir at all.

Sentence 23

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Dorothy looked at him in amazement, and so did the Scarecrow, while Toto barked sharply and made a snap at the tin legs, which hurt his teeth.

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Dorothy looked at him in amazement, and so did the Scarecrow, while Toto barked sharply and made a snap at the tin legs, which hurt his teeth.

Sentence 24

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"Did you groan?"

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"Did you groan?"

Sentence 25

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asked Dorothy.

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asked Dorothy.

Sentence 26

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"Yes," answered the tin man, "I did.

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"Yes," answered the tin man, "I did.

Sentence 27

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I've been groaning for more than a year, and no one has ever heard me before or come to help me."

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I've been groaning for more than a year, and no one has ever heard me before or come to help me."

Sentence 28

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"What can I do for you?"

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"What can I do for you?"

Sentence 29

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she inquired softly, for she was moved by the sad voice in which the man spoke.

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she inquired softly, for she was moved by the sad voice in which the man spoke.

Sentence 30

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"Get an oil-can and oil my joints," he answered.

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"Get an oil-can and oil my joints," he answered.

Sentence 31

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"They are rusted so badly that I cannot move them at all; if I am well oiled I shall soon be all right again.

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"They are rusted so badly that I cannot move them at all; if I am well oiled I shall soon be all right again.

Sentence 32

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You will find an oil-can on a shelf in my cottage."

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You will find an oil-can on a shelf in my cottage."

Sentence 33

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Dorothy at once ran back to the cottage and found the oil-can, and then she returned and asked anxiously, "Where are your joints?"

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Dorothy at once ran back to the cottage and found the oil-can, and then she returned and asked anxiously, "Where are your joints?"

Sentence 34

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"Oil my neck, first," replied the Tin Woodman.

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"Oil my neck, first," replied the Tin Woodman.

Sentence 35

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So she oiled it, and as it was quite badly rusted the Scarecrow took hold of the tin head and moved it gently from side to side until it worked freely, and then the man could turn it himself.

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So she oiled it, and as it was quite badly rusted the Scarecrow took hold of the tin head and moved it gently from side to side until it worked freely, and then the man could turn it himself.

Sentence 36

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"Now oil the joints in my arms," he said.

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"Now oil the joints in my arms," he said.

Sentence 37

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And Dorothy oiled them and the Scarecrow bent them carefully until they were quite free from rust and as good as new.

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And Dorothy oiled them and the Scarecrow bent them carefully until they were quite free from rust and as good as new.

Sentence 38

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The Tin Woodman gave a sigh of satisfaction and lowered his axe, which he leaned against the tree.

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The Tin Woodman gave a sigh of satisfaction and lowered his axe, which he leaned against the tree.

Sentence 39

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"This is a great comfort," he said.

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"This is a great comfort," he said.

Sentence 40

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"I have been holding that axe in the air ever since I rusted, and I'm glad to be able to put it down at last.

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"I have been holding that axe in the air ever since I rusted, and I'm glad to be able to put it down at last.

Sentence 41

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Now, if you will oil the joints of my legs, I shall be all right once more."

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Now, if you will oil the joints of my legs, I shall be all right once more."

Sentence 42

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So they oiled his legs until he could move them freely; and he thanked them again and again for his release, for he seemed a very polite creature, and very grateful.

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So they oiled his legs until he could move them freely; and he thanked them again and again for his release, for he seemed a very polite creature, and very grateful.

Sentence 43

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"I might have stood there always if you had not come along," he said; "so you have certainly saved my life.

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"I might have stood there always if you had not come along," he said; "so you have certainly saved my life.

Sentence 44

A1

How did you happen to be here?"

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How did you happen to be here?"

Sentence 45

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"We are on our way to the Emerald City to see the Great Oz," she answered, "and we stopped at your cottage to pass the night."

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"We are on our way to the Emerald City to see the Great Oz," she answered, "and we stopped at your cottage to pass the night."

Sentence 46

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"Why do you wish to see Oz?"

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"Why do you wish to see Oz?"

Sentence 47

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he asked.

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he asked.

Sentence 48

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"I want him to send me back to Kansas, and the Scarecrow wants him to put a few brains into his head," she replied.

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"I want him to send me back to Kansas, and the Scarecrow wants him to put a few brains into his head," she replied.

Sentence 49

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The Tin Woodman appeared to think deeply for a moment.

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The Tin Woodman appeared to think deeply for a moment.

Sentence 50

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Then he said:

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Then he said:

Sentence 51

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"Do you suppose Oz could give me a heart?"

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"Do you suppose Oz could give me a heart?"

Sentence 52

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"Why, I guess so," Dorothy answered.

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"Why, I guess so," Dorothy answered.

Sentence 53

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"It would be as easy as to give the Scarecrow brains."

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"It would be as easy as to give the Scarecrow brains."

Sentence 54

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"True," the Tin Woodman returned.

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"True," the Tin Woodman returned.

Sentence 55

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"So, if you will allow me to join your party, I will also go to the Emerald City and ask Oz to help me."

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"So, if you will allow me to join your party, I will also go to the Emerald City and ask Oz to help me."

Sentence 56

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"Come along," said the Scarecrow heartily, and Dorothy added that she would be pleased to have his company.

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"Come along," said the Scarecrow heartily, and Dorothy added that she would be pleased to have his company.

Sentence 57

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So the Tin Woodman shouldered his axe and they all passed through the forest until they came to the road that was paved with yellow brick.

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So the Tin Woodman shouldered his axe and they all passed through the forest until they came to the road that was paved with yellow brick.

Sentence 58

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The Tin Woodman had asked Dorothy to put the oil-can in her basket.

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The Tin Woodman had asked Dorothy to put the oil-can in her basket.

Sentence 59

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"For," he said, "if I should get caught in the rain, and rust again, I would need the oil-can badly."

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"For," he said, "if I should get caught in the rain, and rust again, I would need the oil-can badly."

Sentence 60

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It was a bit of good luck to have their new comrade join the party, for soon after they had begun their journey again they came to a place where the trees and branches grew so thick over the road that the travelers could not pass.

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It was a bit of good luck to have their new comrade join the party, for soon after they had begun their journey again they came to a place where the trees and branches grew so thick over the road that the travelers could not pass.

Sentence 61

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But the Tin Woodman set to work with his axe and chopped so well that soon he cleared a passage for the entire party.

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But the Tin Woodman set to work with his axe and chopped so well that soon he cleared a passage for the entire party.

Sentence 62

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Dorothy was thinking so earnestly as they walked along that she did not notice when the Scarecrow stumbled into a hole and rolled over to the side of the road.

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Dorothy was thinking so earnestly as they walked along that she did not notice when the Scarecrow stumbled into a hole and rolled over to the side of the road.

Sentence 63

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Indeed he was obliged to call to her to help him up again.

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Indeed he was obliged to call to her to help him up again.

Sentence 64

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"Why didn't you walk around the hole?"

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"Why didn't you walk around the hole?"

Sentence 65

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asked the Tin Woodman.

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asked the Tin Woodman.

Sentence 66

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"I don't know enough," replied the Scarecrow cheerfully.

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"I don't know enough," replied the Scarecrow cheerfully.

Sentence 67

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"My head is stuffed with straw, you know, and that is why I am going to Oz to ask him for some brains."

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"My head is stuffed with straw, you know, and that is why I am going to Oz to ask him for some brains."

Sentence 68

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"Oh, I see," said the Tin Woodman.

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"Oh, I see," said the Tin Woodman.

Sentence 69

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"But, after all, brains are not the best things in the world."

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"But, after all, brains are not the best things in the world."

Sentence 70

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"Have you any?"

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"Have you any?"

Sentence 71

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inquired the Scarecrow.

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inquired the Scarecrow.

Sentence 72

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"No, my head is quite empty," answered the Woodman.

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"No, my head is quite empty," answered the Woodman.

Sentence 73

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"But once I had brains, and a heart also; so, having tried them both, I should much rather have a heart."

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"But once I had brains, and a heart also; so, having tried them both, I should much rather have a heart."

Sentence 74

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"And why is that?"

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"And why is that?"

Sentence 75

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asked the Scarecrow.

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asked the Scarecrow.

Sentence 76

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"I will tell you my story, and then you will know."

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"I will tell you my story, and then you will know."

Sentence 77

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So, while they were walking through the forest, the Tin Woodman told the following story:

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So, while they were walking through the forest, the Tin Woodman told the following story:

Sentence 78

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"I was born the son of a woodman who chopped down trees in the forest and sold the wood for a living.

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"I was born the son of a woodman who chopped down trees in the forest and sold the wood for a living.

Sentence 79

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When I grew up, I too became a woodchopper, and after my father died I took care of my old mother as long as she lived.

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When I grew up, I too became a woodchopper, and after my father died I took care of my old mother as long as she lived.

Sentence 80

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Then I made up my mind that instead of living alone I would marry, so that I might not become lonely.

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Then I made up my mind that instead of living alone I would marry, so that I might not become lonely.

Sentence 81

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"There was one of the Munchkin girls who was so beautiful that I soon grew to love her with all my heart.

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"There was one of the Munchkin girls who was so beautiful that I soon grew to love her with all my heart.

Sentence 82

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She, on her part, promised to marry me as soon as I could earn enough money to build a better house for her; so I set to work harder than ever.

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She, on her part, promised to marry me as soon as I could earn enough money to build a better house for her; so I set to work harder than ever.

Sentence 83

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But the girl lived with an old woman who did not want her to marry anyone, for she was so lazy she wished the girl to remain with her and do the cooking and the housework.

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But the girl lived with an old woman who did not want her to marry anyone, for she was so lazy she wished the girl to remain with her and do the cooking and the housework.

Sentence 84

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So the old woman went to the Wicked Witch of the East, and promised her two sheep and a cow if she would prevent the marriage.

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So the old woman went to the Wicked Witch of the East, and promised her two sheep and a cow if she would prevent the marriage.

Sentence 85

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Thereupon the Wicked Witch enchanted my axe, and when I was chopping away at my best one day, for I was anxious to get the new house and my wife as soon as possible, the axe slipped all at once and cut off my left leg.

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Thereupon the Wicked Witch enchanted my axe, and when I was chopping away at my best one day, for I was anxious to get the new house and my wife as soon as possible, the axe slipped all at once and cut off my left leg.

Sentence 86

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"This at first seemed a great misfortune, for I knew a one-legged man could not do very well as a wood-chopper.

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"This at first seemed a great misfortune, for I knew a one-legged man could not do very well as a wood-chopper.

Sentence 87

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So I went to a tinsmith and had him make me a new leg out of tin.

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So I went to a tinsmith and had him make me a new leg out of tin.

Sentence 88

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The leg worked very well, once I was used to it.

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The leg worked very well, once I was used to it.

Sentence 89

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But my action angered the Wicked Witch of the East, for she had promised the old woman I should not marry the pretty Munchkin girl.

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But my action angered the Wicked Witch of the East, for she had promised the old woman I should not marry the pretty Munchkin girl.

Sentence 90

A1

When I began chopping again, my axe slipped and cut off my right leg.

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When I began chopping again, my axe slipped and cut off my right leg.

Sentence 91

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Again I went to the tinsmith, and again he made me a leg out of tin.

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Again I went to the tinsmith, and again he made me a leg out of tin.

Sentence 92

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After this the enchanted axe cut off my arms, one after the other; but, nothing daunted, I had them replaced with tin ones.

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After this the enchanted axe cut off my arms, one after the other; but, nothing daunted, I had them replaced with tin ones.

Sentence 93

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The Wicked Witch then made the axe slip and cut off my head, and at first I thought that was the end of me.

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The Wicked Witch then made the axe slip and cut off my head, and at first I thought that was the end of me.

Sentence 94

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But the tinsmith happened to come along, and he made me a new head out of tin.

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But the tinsmith happened to come along, and he made me a new head out of tin.

Sentence 95

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"I thought I had beaten the Wicked Witch then, and I worked harder than ever; but I little knew how cruel my enemy could be.

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"I thought I had beaten the Wicked Witch then, and I worked harder than ever; but I little knew how cruel my enemy could be.

Sentence 96

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She thought of a new way to kill my love for the beautiful Munchkin maiden, and made my axe slip again, so that it cut right through my body, splitting me into two halves.

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She thought of a new way to kill my love for the beautiful Munchkin maiden, and made my axe slip again, so that it cut right through my body, splitting me into two halves.

Sentence 97

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Once more the tinsmith came to my help and made me a body of tin, fastening my tin arms and legs and head to it, by means of joints, so that I could move around as well as ever.

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Once more the tinsmith came to my help and made me a body of tin, fastening my tin arms and legs and head to it, by means of joints, so that I could move around as well as ever.

Sentence 98

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But, alas!

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But, alas!

Sentence 99

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I had now no heart, so that I lost all my love for the Munchkin girl, and did not care whether I married her or not.

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I had now no heart, so that I lost all my love for the Munchkin girl, and did not care whether I married her or not.

Sentence 100

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I suppose she is still living with the old woman, waiting for me to come after her.

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I suppose she is still living with the old woman, waiting for me to come after her.

Sentence 101

A1

"My body shone so brightly in the sun that I felt very proud of it and it did not matter now if my axe slipped, for it could not cut me.

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"My body shone so brightly in the sun that I felt very proud of it and it did not matter now if my axe slipped, for it could not cut me.

Sentence 102

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There was only one danger--that my joints would rust; but I kept an oil-can in my cottage and took care to oil myself whenever I needed it.

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There was only one danger--that my joints would rust; but I kept an oil-can in my cottage and took care to oil myself whenever I needed it.

Sentence 103

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However, there came a day when I forgot to do this, and, being caught in a rainstorm, before I thought of the danger my joints had rusted, and I was left to stand in the woods until you came to help me.

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However, there came a day when I forgot to do this, and, being caught in a rainstorm, before I thought of the danger my joints had rusted, and I was left to stand in the woods until you came to help me.

Sentence 104

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It was a terrible thing to undergo, but during the year I stood there I had time to think that the greatest loss I had known was the loss of my heart.

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It was a terrible thing to undergo, but during the year I stood there I had time to think that the greatest loss I had known was the loss of my heart.

Sentence 105

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While I was in love I was the happiest man on earth; but no one can love who has not a heart, and so I am resolved to ask Oz to give me one.

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While I was in love I was the happiest man on earth; but no one can love who has not a heart, and so I am resolved to ask Oz to give me one.

Sentence 106

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If he does, I will go back to the Munchkin maiden and marry her."

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If he does, I will go back to the Munchkin maiden and marry her."

Sentence 107

A1

Both Dorothy and the Scarecrow had been greatly interested in the story of the Tin Woodman, and now they knew why he was so anxious to get a new heart.

A2

Both Dorothy and the Scarecrow had been greatly interested in the story of the Tin Woodman, and now they knew why he was so anxious to get a new heart.

Sentence 108

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"All the same," said the Scarecrow, "I shall ask for brains instead of a heart; for a fool would not know what to do with a heart if he had one."

A2

"All the same," said the Scarecrow, "I shall ask for brains instead of a heart; for a fool would not know what to do with a heart if he had one."

Sentence 109

A1

"I shall take the heart," returned the Tin Woodman; "for brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world."

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"I shall take the heart," returned the Tin Woodman; "for brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world."

Sentence 110

A1

Dorothy did not say anything, for she was puzzled to know which of her two friends was right, and she decided if she could only get back to Kansas and Aunt Em, it did not matter so much whether the Woodman had no brains and the Scarecrow no heart, or each got what he wanted.

A2

Dorothy did not say anything, for she was puzzled to know which of her two friends was right, and she decided if she could only get back to Kansas and Aunt Em, it did not matter so much whether the Woodman had no brains and the Scarecrow no heart, or each got what he wanted.

Sentence 111

A1

What worried her most was that the bread was nearly gone, and another meal for herself and Toto would empty the basket.

A2

What worried her most was that the bread was nearly gone, and another meal for herself and Toto would empty the basket.

Sentence 112

A1

To be sure, neither the Woodman nor the Scarecrow ever ate anything, but she was not made of tin nor straw, and could not live unless she was fed.

A2

To be sure, neither the Woodman nor the Scarecrow ever ate anything, but she was not made of tin nor straw, and could not live unless she was fed.