.NexttheKnighttookdownan
iron poker, which he handed to Dorothy.
Towakeusupwithheexplained.AndnowLadyDorothyifyou
arereadywewillstartontheQuestforthehonorableScarec rowandre-
membereverybody sing — Sing for your life!
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Singing Their Way Out of Pokes
TakingadeepbreathSirHokustheCowardlyLionandDorothy burst
out of the hall singing at the top of their voices.
Three blind mice —!
sang Dorothy.
Across the plain!
shouted Sir Hokus.
I am the Cowardly Lion of Oz!
roared the lion.
ThePokesweresotakenabackatthehorridsoundsthattheyr anscur-
ryingrightandleft.Inanotherminutethethreewereoutof thecastle
andsingingtheirwaythroughthegloomygarden.Dorothyst ucktothe
ThreeBlindMice.SirHokussangverseafterverseofanoldE nglishbal-
ladandtheCowardlyLionroaredandgurgledasongofhisown mak-
ingwhichconsideringitwasafirstattemptwasnotsobad:I amthe
CowardlyLionofOz!Begood!Begone!Beware!BecozWhenIam
scared full fierce I be; Br—rah—grr—rufflook out for me!
ThePokesstumbledthiswayandthatandallwentwelluntilt hey
rushedintoacompanyofPokeswhowereplayingcroquet.The slow-
nesswithwhichtheyraisedtheirmalletsfascinatedDorot hyandshe
stopped to watch them in spite of herself.
Don'tstop!Sing!
growledthyilai:
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