Oz Postcard Project: Heleen de Vaan

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OzReceived #38

Received from Heleen (the Netherlands)

The next morning the sun was behind a cloud, but they started on, as if they were quite sure which way they were going.

"If we walk far enough," said Dorothy, "I am sure we shall sometime come to some place."

But day by day passed away, and they still saw nothing before them but the scarlet fields. The Scarecrow began to grumble a bit.

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

There were several roads near by, but it did not take her long to find the one paved with yellow bricks. Within a short time she was walking briskly toward the Emerald City, her silver shoes tinkling merrily on the hard, yellow road-bed.

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

OzReceived #36

Received fron Heleen (the Netherlands)

The Silver Shoes took but three steps, and then she stopped so suddenly that she rolled over upon the grass several times before she knew where she was.

At length, however, she sat up and looked about her.

"Good gracious!" she cried.

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

OzReceived #35

Received from Heleen (the Netherlands)

They carried the sleeping girl to a pretty spot beside the river, far enough from the poppy field to prevent her breathing any more of the poison of the flowers, and here they laid her gently on the soft grass and waited for the fresh breeze to waken her.

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

OzReceived #34

Received from Heleen (the Netherlands)

If you only had brains in your head you would be as good a man as any of them, and a better man than some of them. Brains are the only things worth having in this world, no matter whether one is a crow or a man.

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz