OzLand Page #3

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- Yeah, I wasn't that hungry.

What was that?

- Sounds like wolves.

- Wolves?

- Yeah, they won't

bother us though.

- Are you sure?

- Of course.

Fire will keep 'em away.

I'm better at it anyway.

- "I am oz, the

great and terrible,

"who are you, and

why do you seek me?"

"I am Dorothy, the

small and meek,

"i have come to you for help."

"I am only a scarecrow,

stuffed with straw,

"i come to you praying

that you will put brains

"in my head instead of straw."

"I am a woodman,

and made of tin,

"therefore I have no

heart, and cannot love."

"I am a cowardly lion,

afraid of everything,

"i come to you to beg

that you give me courage,

"so that in reality I may become

"the king of beasts,

as men call me."

And the voice said:

"Bring me proof that

"the wicked witch is

dead, and that moment

"i will give you your courage,

"the biggest and kindest

and most loving heart,

"such good brains

that you will be

"the wisest man in

all the land of oz,

"when you call tell

me she is dead,

"i will send you back to

Kansas, but not before."

Wow!

What is this place?

- Some kind of store I guess.

- What are these things?

I'm okay.

Don't worry em.

I'm not gonna cough up.

- What'cha got there?

- I wanna go, don't you?

- Where is it?

- It's in minneola.

At royal land.

Can we go?

Guess it's not as much

fun with no one around.

- What did you expect?

- I can imagine it.

A great lion, a not

so cowardly lion,

roars, and...

A woman with a beard,

, like yours!

Screams in terror, as the king

of the beasts stands proud.

And a man, spits

fire from his mouth.

And a dog...

Balances a ball on his nose.

And munchkins, emri look!

There are munchkins,

they're real!

There's so much we don't know.

What if this book is the

answer, clues to what happened.

- Or it's just a story

based off some real things.

I can see some small

people existing.

Ain't nobody munchkins,

it's just small people.

Walking and talking men made

out of straw and tin, witches,

and all that other

stuff, it's just made up.

- Okay, what about

this, witch hunt?

Witches have to

be real at least.

- I don't know.

What if there's more to

this world than we know?

What if ozland really exists

and that's where everyone is?

Maybe everyone there

hasn't dried up.

The streets are

golden, yellow brick,

and there's color and life,

and all sorts of

wonderful things.

- And wicked witches?

- Maybe not, maybe

Dorothy and them kill her.

I haven't gotten that far yet.

And what if the wicked

witch did all this?

What if she's no longer in oz?

You said that evil

would do something

like burn the scarecrow.

- Yeah, but I was just saying.

- But, if it is true, then

there must be a great wizard

who can give us that one

thing we really want.

- Yeah that would

be nice but how are

you gonna get to ozland?

- We can find a way.

- Listen, imagining or

dreaming things is fine,

but don't let it get in the way.

You can't forget what's

really around you.

Things you know are certain.

- I can't help it.

Are we still heading west?

- Yeah, we've been

going west a long time.

- Since before you

got the bee sting?

- Yeah, and a while before that.

- I didn't tell you the

last part that I read.

Dorothy and them leave the

city to go kill the witch,

and they head west, and as

they get closer the witch

sends animals to go kill them.

The witch sent bees,

and not just bees,

she sent wolves

and she sent crows.

The other night we were

surrounded by wolves

and the fire must've

protected us.

Now there are these crows.

- Leif, crows can't kill you.

And that bee just stung me,

and those wolves, they could've

killed us if they wanted to.

I just made up the

part about the fire

to make you feel better.

- You mean we

could've been eaten?

- Nah, they wouldn't

wanna eat us.

Let's get moving.

- No.

If ozland is real, then

the witch must be too.

I think she's the reason

everything is all dried up.

She's the evil

that did all this.

- In the book did Dorothy

and them kill the witch?

- Yeah, but--

- and didn't Dorothy

kill the only other one,

so there shouldn't be any left?

- But we don't

know that for sure.

- Exactly, we don't know

any of this for sure.

So let's go.

- There could be another witch!

One like the wicked

witch of the west.

And she's sending these

things as we get closer.

The only thing she hasn't

sent is flying monkeys.

- You're joking.

Leif there's no such

thing and you know it.

- I don't know it.

I didn't know that

munchkins exist.

Or scarecrow, or tinman.

So why can't there

be flying monkeys?

Those will kill us.

- I'm outta water.

And you don't have

much left either.

We'll die of thirst long

before some monkey kills us.

Now grab your stuff and lets go.

Can you check and see if

you can find some bottles?

It's getting really hot.

We're gonna need to

carry more water.

- Yeah.

- Did you find anything?

- I just found one.

- Yeah, okay,

guess that'll have to work.

- I'll do it.

- You sure?

- Yeah.

- Okay.

Guess I'll take a break.

Thanks.

- Y'all filled up?

- Yeah.

And uh, here's the extra.

Do you have room to carry it?

- Yeah, I can take it.

Have they made it

to see the oz yet?

- I haven't read that part.

- I'm not that tired, do

you wanna read some of it?

- Not tonight.

Emri?

Emri?!

Emri!!

- Leif, are you all right?

Whatever it was, it

was just a dream.

- The witch sent it.

- No problems, it

was just a dream.

- It flew right at me.

- But you're okay now.

Is it because we're going west?

- Do we have to go that way?

- I don't guess so.

Thought it was a good idea

for whatever reason but...

I don't want it to be like this.

So, if going in another

direction will fix that,

then that's what I want.

- Really?

- Of course.

You're all I got.

And I'm all you got.

We won't survive any other way.

We'll go another way.

- Maybe you'll find that

thing you were looking for.

You know what that says?

"Home is where the heart is".

If that were true, the

tin woodman shouldn't

have had such a hard

time trying to find his.

- I think it means

something different,

home is like a place of comfort.

- Did you and your

dad have a home?

- Yeah we had a

little place in the woods.

- Do you

remember where it is?

- Nah, I survived behind

but it seemed like the

animals got fewer and fewer

until I had to leave.

I couldn't remember where

it was now if I wanted.

- Do you ever

wanna go back home?

- You mean the one

i had with my dad?

- Yeah.

- With him gone it

wouldn't be a home.

- Maybe you need

to find a new home.

- That would be nice.

- I wish I could meet the oz.

So I can go back home.

And see my mother again.

Maybe you can ask for a home.

And that other thing you wanted.

- Maybe so.

- It's so hot.

- Drink something.

- I think I need a break, em.

- Yeah, i

could use one too.

Have you ever seen an oasis?

- Emri.

Emri wake up.

- What?

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