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Now she is on our mountain

with a small army.

She is more powerful than I thought.

What about the chicken?

There's no sign of the chicken.

This is terrible.

Suppose I meet another Gump.

I'd die a second time, of embarrassment.

I don't think you'll have to worry about

meeting any other Gumps up here.

Tell me who you are,

and why you have come

all the way to my kingdom

and what I can do to make you happy.

- It must be the Nome King.

- Where is he? I don't see anybody.

My name is Dorothy Gale, Your Majesty.

And these are my friends,

Tik-Tok, Jack and the Gump.

Not the Dorothy Gale from Kansas?

Yes, Your Majesty.

We've come to ask you to release the

Scarecrow and restore the Emerald City.

You believe that I have

stolen something, Dorothy,

and you want me to give it back?

Yes, Your Majesty.

If someone steals something,

you think they should give it back?

Yes, Your Majesty.

And what if they don't

want to give it back?

Well,

then we are here

with our army to conquer you

and force you to give it back.

Army?

Mom, why is he laughing?

Army!

An army!

- Look out!

- I am! I am!

- Dorothy!

- Mom!

All the precious stones in the world

are made here

in my underground dominions.

All made for me

by my Nomes.

So, imagine how we feel

when someone from the world above

digs down and steals my treasures.

All those emeralds in the Emerald City

really belong to me.

I was just taking back

what was mine to begin with.

- You have so much!

- Beg your pardon?

You have so much!

That is not the point.

I am not the thief.

- Dorothy!

- Scarecrow!

Your friend is the thief.

What's happened to the Scarecrow?

Oh, I transformed him into an ornament.

Into an amusing and beautiful ornament

for my palace.

I had been planning

to do it for some time,

and your coming here

reminded me.

Thank you.

He never stole anything!

They were there when he came!

He never stole the emeralds.

They were there when he came.

He...

The emeralds... He never stole.

No, no. Don't cry.

Poor, poor Dorothy Gale from Kansas.

I didn't realize

he meant so much to you.

He didn't steal the emeralds. They

were there when he became king.

All's not lost, Dorothy.

I know just the thing to cheer you up.

You and your friends

can play a little game,

and I bet that you get

the Scarecrow back after all.

You'd risk something for that,

wouldn't you?

All right, then, where's Dorothy?

Where's the chicken?

- They escaped.

- They went that way.

She went into the Nome King's mountain!

We have to warn him about that chicken!

Take me to the Nome King,

you stupid idiots.

You can go and inspect

my ornament collection.

Each of you has three chances

to guess which one is the Scarecrow.

If you touch the right object

and say the word "Oz" at the same time,

the Scarecrow will be restored

and you may leave the palace.

Sound fair enough?

What else can we do?

He's a very powerful magician.

We're lucky

he hasn't turned us to stone.

All right, we accept.

Oh, good!

Why doesn't the sofa go first?

But I don't have anything to touch with.

You can use your antlers.

I should've quit when I was ahead.

Good luck, Mr. Gump.

Shall we have some refreshment

while we wait?

- How is it?

- Good.

What is it?

Limestone pie

and hot melted silver.

Melted silver?

The King mentioned a risk.

What is it that we are risking?

What was that?

Next.

- Pick me up.

- I'm coming, Tik-Tok.

Pick me up. Pick me up.

- Thank you.

- Where's the Gump?

- He's turned into an ornament.

- What do you mean?

An ornament. A knickknack.

He failed to guess correctly,

and so now he's become

part of my collection.

- Oh, no!

- But that's not fair!

You said you were willing

to take a risk.

It sounds fair to me,

and what I think is all that matters.

But you didn't tell us about it.

Well, you didn't ask.

Perhaps you'd like to visit

my fiery furnace!

Next!

- Pumpkinhead.

- Me?

Being an ornament will probably be

hardest on you, Dorothy,

since you're used to eating and

sleeping and other such activities.

Since I never eat or sleep,

I won't miss them.

Don't talk that way, Jack.

We won't become ornaments.

Tik-Tok's not even alive.

I have always valued my lifelessness.

Be careful, Jack.

You too, Billina.

We're a long way from Kansas, Dorothy.

Faster! Faster!

Faster! Faster, faster!

You hear me? Faster! Faster!

You miserable, slow wretches!

I do not hold out much hope for Jack.

He has many excellent qualities,

but thinking is not one of them.

Maybe he'll be lucky.

Two guesses left.

- You need winding?

- My think-works could be tighter.

It's too bad they didn't make you

so you could wind yourself up.

Half the trouble you get into

comes from winding down.

Faster! Faster!

Faster!

Next, the Army of Oz!

Do not worry, Dorothy.

I am going to guess correctly.

Why did you come here?

I told you why.

You came all this way for a scarecrow?

Are you sure you didn't

come back for these?

- My ruby slippers!

- No. No.

No. My ruby slippers.

They just fell out of the sky one day.

You were so anxious to get home.

They're very powerful.

They made it possible for me

to conquer the Emerald City.

Thank you.

The Army of Oz has stopped guessing

and is standing perfectly still

in the middle of the room.

Your army

has stopped guessing

and is standing perfectly still

in the middle of the room.

His action must have run down.

I wound up his thought,

but I forgot to do his action.

Why don't you go in and wind him up?

Then you can stay in

and guess for yourself.

Dorothy.

You don't have to go down there.

I can use the ruby slippers

and send you home.

And when you get back,

you will never think of Oz again.

What about my friends?

Forget about them.

You can't help them now.

There's no place like home.

Tik-Tok!

Tik-Tok? Tik-Tok!

Tik-Tok, you're all wound up.

What's the matter? Why did you stop?

It was my way of getting you in here.

Pretend that you are

winding me up anyway.

I have an idea that may save us.

I have one guess left,

and if I guess incorrectly,

you can watch and see

what I am changed into.

That may give you a clue.

What a good idea!

My steel brains must be damaged

because I am having difficulty guessing.

Tik-Tok.

Don't cry.

Ready?

Oz.

Tik-Tok.

Tik-Tok?

Dorothy Gale, you're all that's left.

Stop!

Open up! Tell him it's important!

Oz.

Kneel.

Lower.

Lower!

Oz.

One guess left.

Dorothy Gale has come back.

Yes, I know. You were supposed

to bring her to me.

She stole my ruby key, my powder of life

and valuable antiques which

she made into a flying sofa,

and she's headed this way.

You know.

I know everything.

She's already here,

but not for much longer.

Why didn't you just

transform them all right away?

It's more fun this way.

But if she guesses right

and finds out about Ozma...

Ozma?

You haven't let her escape as well?

No. No.

Then there's nothing to worry about.

Soon there'll be no one left

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