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In this episode, I'll be reading The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chapter 10, The Guardian of the Gate, and Chapter 11, The Wonderful City of Oz, by L. Frank Baum.

So let your eyes fall heavy, and your breath soften, as we settle in for a peaceful night's sleep.

Chapter 10, The Guardian of the Gate

It was some time before the cowardly lion awakened, for he had lain among the poppies a long while, breathing in their deadly fragrance.

But when he did open his eyes and rolled 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 were too strong for me, how did you get me out?

Then they all told him of the field mice, and how they had generously saved him from death, and the cowardly lion laughed and said,

I have 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 until we find the road of yellow brick again, said Dorothy, and then we can keep on to the emerald city.

So, the lion being fully refreshed, and feeling quite himself again, they all started upon the journey, greatly enjoying the walk through the soft fresh grass, and it was not long before they reached the road to the yellow brick, and turned a game toward.

The road was smooth and well paved now, and the country about was beautiful, so that the travellers rejoiced in leaving the forest far behind, and with it the many dangers they had met in its gloomy shades.

Once more they could see fences built beside the road, but these were painted green, and when they came to a small house in which a farmer evidently lived, that also was painted green.

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