--- title: Chapter XV. The Discovery of Oz, the Terrible — The Wonderful Wizard of Oz · full text with trees · page 2 description: Chapter XV. The Discovery of Oz, the Terrible, «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz» by L. Frank Baum: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: The four travelers walked up to the great gate of Emerald City and rang the bell. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/page/2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Wonderful Wizard of Oz](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/) / Chapter XV. The Discovery of Oz, the T… # Chapter XV. The Discovery of Oz, the Terrible · page 2 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/) **2** - [101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/101/) — “I was born in Omaha—” - [102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/102/) — “Why, that isn’t very far from Kansas!” cried Dorothy. - [103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/103/) — “No, but it’s farther from here,” he said, shaking his head at her sadly. — checked by a teacher - [104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/104/) — “When I grew up I became a ventriloquist, and at that I was very well trained by a great master. - [105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/105/) — I can imitate any kind of a bird or beast.” - [106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/106/) — Here he mewed so like a kitten that Toto pricked up his ears and looked everywhere to see where she was. - [107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/107/) — “After a time,” continued Oz, “I tired of that, and became a balloonist.” - [108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/108/) — “What is that?” asked Dorothy. - [109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/109/) — “A man who goes up in a balloon on circus day, so as to draw a crowd of people together and get them to pay to see the circus,” he explained. - [110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/110/) — “Oh,” she said, “I know.” - [111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/111/) — “Well, one day I went up in a balloon and the ropes got twisted, so that I couldn’t come down again. - [112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/112/) — It went way up above the clouds, so far that a current of air struck it and carried it many, many miles away. - [113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/113/) — For a day and a night I traveled through the air, and on the morning of the second day I awoke and found the balloon floating over a strange and beautiful country. - [114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/114/) — “It came down gradually, and I was not hurt a bit. - [115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/115/) — But I found myself in the midst of a strange people, who, seeing me come from the clouds, thought I was a great Wizard. - [116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/116/) — Of course I let them think so, because they were afraid of me, and promised to do anything I wished them to. - [117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/117/) — “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. - [118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/118/) — 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.” - [119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/119/) — “But isn’t everything here green?” asked Dorothy. - [120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/120/) — “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. - [121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/121/) — 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. - [122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/122/) — 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. - [123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/123/) — 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. - [124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/124/) — “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. - [125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/125/) — There were four of them in this country, and they ruled the people who live in the North and South and East and West. - [126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/126/) — 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. - [127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/127/) — 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. - [128](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/128/) — 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 cannot keep my promises.” - [129](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/129/) — “I think you are a very bad man,” said Dorothy. - [130](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/130/) — “Oh, no, my dear; I’m really a very good man, but I’m a very bad Wizard, I must admit.” - [131](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/131/) — “Can’t you give me brains?” asked the Scarecrow. - [132](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/132/) — “You don’t need them. - [133](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/133/) — You are learning something every day. - [134](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/134/) — A baby has brains, but it doesn’t know much. - [135](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/135/) — Experience is the only thing that brings knowledge, and the longer you are on earth the more experience you are sure to get.” - [136](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/136/) — “That may all be true,” said the Scarecrow, “but I shall be very unhappy unless you give me brains.” - [137](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/137/) — The false Wizard looked at him carefully. - [138](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/138/) — “Well,” he said with a sigh, “I’m not much of a magician, as I said; but if you will come to me tomorrow morning, I will stuff your head with brains. - [139](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/139/) — I cannot tell you how to use them, however; you must find that out for yourself.” - [140](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/140/) — “Oh, thank you—thank you!” cried the Scarecrow. - [141](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/141/) — “I’ll find a way to use them, never fear!” - [142](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/142/) — “But how about my courage?” asked the Lion anxiously. - [143](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/143/) — “You have plenty of courage, I am sure,” answered Oz. “All you need is confidence in yourself. - [144](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/144/) — There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger. - [145](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/145/) — The True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid, and that kind of courage you have in plenty.” - [146](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/146/) — “Perhaps I have, but I’m scared just the same,” said the Lion. - [147](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/147/) — “I shall really be very unhappy unless you give me the sort of courage that makes one forget he is afraid.” - [148](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/148/) — “Very well, I will give you that sort of courage tomorrow,” replied Oz. - [149](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/149/) — “How about my heart?” asked the Tin Woodman. - [150](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/150/) — “Why, as for that,” answered Oz, “I think you are wrong to want a heart. - [151](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/151/) — It makes most people unhappy. - [152](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/152/) — If you only knew it, you are in luck not to have a heart.” - [153](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/153/) — “That must be a matter of opinion,” said the Tin Woodman. - [154](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/154/) — “For my part, I will bear all the unhappiness without a murmur, if you will give me the heart.” - [155](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/155/) — “Very well,” answered Oz meekly. - [156](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/156/) — “Come to me tomorrow and you shall have a heart. - [157](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/157/) — I have played Wizard for so many years that I may as well continue the part a little longer.” - [158](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/158/) — “And now,” said Dorothy, “how am I to get back to Kansas?” - [159](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/159/) — “We shall have to think about that,” replied the little man. - [160](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/160/) — “Give me two or three days to consider the matter and I’ll try to find a way to carry you over the desert. - [161](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/161/) — In the meantime you shall all be treated as my guests, and while you live in the Palace my people will wait upon you and obey your slightest wish. - [162](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/162/) — There is only one thing I ask in return for my help—such as it is. - [163](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/163/) — You must keep my secret and tell no one I am a humbug.” - [164](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/164/) — They agreed to say nothing of what they had learned, and went back to their rooms in high spirits. - [165](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/17/165/) — Even Dorothy had hope that “The Great and Terrible Humbug,” as she called him, would find a way to send her back to Kansas, and if he did she was willing to forgive him everything. 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