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"

Just

to

amuse

myself

,

and

keep

the

good

people

busy

,

I

ordered

them

to

build

this

City

,

and

my

Palace

;

and

they

did

it

all

willingly

and

well

.

Then

I

thought

,

as

the

country

was

so

green

and

beautiful

,

I

would

call

it

the

Emerald

City

;

and

to

make

the

name

fit

better

I

put

green

spectacles

on

all

the

people

,

so

that

everything

they

saw

was

green

.

"

"

But

is

n't

everything

here

green

?

"

asked

Dorothy

.

"

No

more

than

in

any

other

city

,

"

replied

Oz

;

"

but

when

you

wear

green

spectacles

,

why

of

course

everything

you

see

looks

green

to

you

.

The

Emerald

City

was

built

a

great

many

years

ago

,

for

I

was

a

young

man

when

the

balloon

brought

me

here

,

and

I

am

a

very

old

man

now

.

But

my

people

have

worn

green

glasses

on

their

eyes

so

long

that

most

of

them

think

it

really

is

an

Emerald

City

,

and

it

certainly

is

a

beautiful

place

,

abounding

in

jewels

and

precious

metals

,

and

every

good

thing

that

is

needed

to

make

one

happy

.

I

have

been

good

to

the

people

,

and

they

like

me

;

but

ever

since

this

Palace

was

built

,

I

have

shut

myself

up

and

would

not

see

any

of

them

.

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"

One

of

my

greatest

fears

was

the

Witches

,

for

while

I

had

no

magical

powers

at

all

I

soon

found

out

that

the

Witches

were

really

able

to

do

wonderful

things

.

There

were

four

of

them

in

this

country

,

and

they

ruled

the

people

who

live

in

the

North

and

South

and

East

and

West

.

Fortunately

,

the

Witches

of

the

North

and

South

were

good

,

and

I

knew

they

would

do

me

no

harm

;

but

the

Witches

of

the

East

and

West

were

terribly

wicked

,

and

had

they

not

thought

I

was

more

powerful

than

they

themselves

,

they

would

surely

have

destroyed

me

.

As

it

was

,

I

lived

in

deadly

fear

of

them

for

many

years

;

so

you

can

imagine

how

pleased

I

was

when

I

heard

your

house

had

fallen

on

the

Wicked

Witch

of

the

East

.

When

you

came

to

me

,

I

was

willing

to

promise

anything

if

you

would

only

do

away

with

the

other

Witch

;

but

,

now

that

you

have

melted

her

,

I

am

ashamed

to

say

that

I

can

not

keep

my

promises

.

"

"

I

think

you

are

a

very

bad

man

,

"

said

Dorothy

.

"

Oh

,

no

,

my

dear

;

I

'm

really

a

very

good

man

,

but

I

'm

a

very

bad

Wizard

,

I

must

admit

.

"

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"

Ca

n't

you

give

me

brains

?

"

asked

the

Scarecrow

.

"

You

do

n't

need

them

.

You

are

learning

something

every

day

.

A

baby

has

brains

,

but

it

does

n't

know

much

.

Experience

is

the

only

thing

that

brings

knowledge

,

and

the

longer

you

are

on

earth

the

more

experience

you

are

sure

to

get

.

"

"

That

may

all

be

true

,

"

said

the

Scarecrow

,

"

but

I

shall

be

very

unhappy

unless

you

give

me

brains

.

"

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