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dot co and now the Wizard of Oz by L Frank Baum chapter 10 the Guardian of the Gate. It was some time before the cowardly lion awakened,

for he had lain among the puppies a long while breathing in their

deadly fragrance but when he did open his eyes and roll off the truck he was very

glad to find himself still alive.

I ran as fast as I could.

He said, sitting down and yawning.

But the flowers are too strong for me.

How did you get me out?

Then they told him of the field mice, and how they had generously saved him from death.

And the cowardly lion laughed and said I've always thought

myself very big and terrible yet such little things as flowers came near to killing me and such small animals as mice have saved my life.

How strange it all is!

But comrades, what shall we do now we must journey on said Dorothy

Until we find the road of yellow brick again and then we can keep on to the Emerald City. So the lion being

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