Bedtime Anytime Classic Stories for Children - The Marvelous Land of Oz - Pt 9

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 We continue with – The Marvelous Land of Oz. This is L. Frank Baum’s sequel to The Wonderful Wizard of OZ. Our 9th story/chapter is “The Scarecrow Plans an Escape”. You’ll have to have a listen to find out what Tip has gotten up to this time!!   So, cuddle up to your little ones, settle in, have a listen and enjoy.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hi, this is Stefanya. Welcome to the classic children's story podcast,
Stories for Bedtime, flay Time, anytime to keep your little
ones entertained and happy. We bring an international collection of stories,
Stories that teach, stories that entertain, and more. We're back
again with our story The Marvelous Land of Oz and

(00:29):
the Scarecrow seems to be using his straw nuggin. The
Scarecrow plans.

Speaker 2 (00:39):
And escape.

Speaker 1 (00:54):
Tip slipped away from the girls and follow swiftly after
the soldier with the green whiskers. The invading army entered
the city more slowly, for they stopped to dig emeralds
out of the walls and paving stones with the points
of their knitting needles. So the soldier and the boy
reached the palace before the news had spread that the

(01:15):
city was conquered. The Scarecrow and Jack Pumpkinhead were still
playing at quoits in the courtyard when the game was
interrupted by the abrupt entrance of the Royal Army of Oz,
who came flying in without his head or gun, his
clothes in sad disarray, and his longbeard floating a yard

(01:36):
behind him as he ran carly. One for me, said
the scarecrow, calmly, what's wrong, my man, he added, addressing
the soldier, woo, your majesty, Your majesty, the city is conquered,
guess the royal army, who was all out of breath.

(01:59):
This is sudden, said the scarecrow. But please go and
bar all the doors and windows of the bells while
I show this pumpkinhead out of throw a cood. The
soldier hastened to do this, while Tip would arrive at
his heels remained in the courtyard to look at the
scarecrow with wondering eyes. His majesty continued to throw the

(02:21):
quoids as coolly, as if no danger threatened his thrown.
But the pumpkinhead, having caught sight of Tip, ambled toward
the boy as fast as his two wooden legs would go.
Good after noon, noble parent, he cried, delightedly. I'm glad
to see you are here. That terrible sawhorse ran away

(02:44):
with me. I suspected it, said Tip. Did you get hurt?
Did you are you cracked all? No, I arroved safely,
answered Jack, And his Majesty has been very kind indeed
to me at this moment. The soldier with the green

(03:05):
whiskers returned, and the Scarecrow asked, by the way, who
has conquered me? A regiment of girls gathered from the
four corners of the land of Oz, replied the soldier,
still pale with fear. But where was my standing army
at the time, inquired his Majesty, looking at the soldier gravely.

(03:30):
Your standing army was running, answered the fellow. Honestly, for
no man could face the terrible weapons of the invaders. Well,
said the Scarecrow, after a moment's thought. I don't mind
much the loss of my throne, for it's a tiresome

(03:52):
job to roll over the Emerald city, and this crown
is so heavy that it makes my head ache. But
I hope the conquerors have no intention of injuring me
just because I happened to be the king. I hate them,
say remarked Tip, with some hesitation. That they intend to

(04:12):
make a rag carpet of your outside and stuff their
self a cushions with your inside, then I am really
in danger, declared his Majesty positively, And it will be
wise to me to consider a means to escape. Where
can you go, asked Jack Pumpkinhead. Why to my friend

(04:35):
the tin woodman who rules over the winkles and calls
himself their emperor, was the answer. I'm sure he will
protect me. Tip was looking out the window. The place
is surrounded by the enemy, said he. It is too
late to escape. They would soon tear you to pieces,
the scarecrow sighed. In an emergency, he announced, it is

(05:01):
always a good thing to pause and reflect. Please excuse
me while I pause and reflect. But we are also
in danger, said the pumpkinhead anxiously. If any of these
girls understand cooking, my end is not that far off nonsense,

(05:25):
exclaimed the scarecrow. You're too busy to cook, even if
they know how. But should I remain here a prisoner
for any length of time, protested Jack, I'm liable to
spoil ah, then you would not be fit to associate with,
returned the scarecrow. The matter is more serious than I

(05:47):
suspected you, said the pumpkinhead gloomily. Are liable to live
for many years. My life is necessarily short, so I
must take advantage of the few days that remained to
me there there. Don't worry, answered the scarecrow soothingly. If

(06:09):
you'll keep quiet long enough for me to think. I'll
try to find some way for us all to escape.
So the others waited in patient silence, while the scarecrow
walked to a corner and stood with his face to
the wall for a good five minutes. At the end

(06:31):
of that time, he faced them with a more cheerful
expression upon his painted face. Where is the sawhorse that
she rode here? He asked the pumpkinhead. Why. I said
he was a jewel, and so your man locked him
up in the Royal treasury, said Jack. It was the

(06:54):
only place I could think of, Your Majesty, added the soldier,
fearing he had made a blunder. He pleases me very much,
said the scarecrow. Has the animal been fed?

Speaker 2 (07:06):
Oh?

Speaker 1 (07:07):
Yes, I gave him a heaping pack of sawdust. Excellent,
said the scarecrow. Bring the horse here at once. The
soldier hastened away, and presently they heard the clattering of
the horse's wooden legs upon the pavement as he was
led into the courtyard. His Majesty regarded the steed critically.

(07:30):
He doesn't seem especially graceful, he remarked musingly. But I
suppose he can run. He can, indeed, said Tip gazing
upon the sawhorse admiringly. Then bearing us upon his back,
he must make a dash through the ranks of the
rebels and carry us to my friend the tin woodman,

(07:51):
and asked the scarecrow. He can't carry four, objected Tip, No,
but he may be induced to carry three. Said his majesty,
I shall therefore lead my royal army behind, For from
the ease with which he was conquered, I have little
confidence in his powers. Still he can run, declared Tip, laughing.

(08:19):
I expected this blow, said the soldiers sadly, but I
can bear it. I shall disguise myself by cutting off
my lovely green whiskers, and after that it is no
more dangerous to face those reckless girls than to ride
this fiery, untamed wooden horse. Are sure right, observed his Majesty,

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But for my part, not being a soldier, I am
fond of danger. Now, my boy, you must mount first,
and please sit as close to the horse's neck as possible.
Tip climbed quickly to his place, and the soldier and
the scarecrow managed to hoist the pumpkinhead to a seat

(09:07):
just behind him. There remained so little space for the
king that he was liable to fall off. As soon
as the horse started, fetch a clothesline, said the king
to his army, and tie us all together. Then if
one falls off, we will all fall off. And while
the soldier is gone for the clothes line, his majesty continued,

(09:31):
it is well for me to be careful, for my
very existence is in danger. I have to be careful
as you do, said Jack, not exactly, replied the scarecrow,
For for anything happened to me, that would be the
end of me. But if anything happened to you, they

(09:52):
could use you for seed. The soldier now returned with
a long line and tied all three together, also lashing
them to the body of the spores, so there seemed
little danger of their tumbling off. Now throw open the gates,
commanded the scarecrow, and we will make a dash to

(10:14):
liberty or to death. The courtyard in which they were
standing was located in the center of the great palace,
which surrounded it on all sides, but in one place
a passage led to an outer gateway, which the soldier

(10:35):
had barred by order of a servant. It was through
this gateway his Majesty proposed to escape, and the Royal
Army now led the sawhorse along the passage and unbarred
the gate, which swung backwards with a loud crash. Now
said Tip to the horse, you must save us. All.

(10:58):
Run as fast as you can for the gate of
the city, and don't let anything stop you would, answered
the sawhorse gruffly, and dashed away so suddenly that Tip
had to gasp for breath and hold firmly to the
posts he had driven into the creature's neck. Several of
the girls who stood outside guarding the pillows were knocked

(11:20):
over by the sawhorses mad rush. Others ran screaming out
of the way, and only one or two jabbed their
knitting needles frantically at the escaping prisoners. Tip got one
small perk in his left arm, which smarted for an
hour afterward, But the needles had no effect upon the
scarecrow or Jack Pumpkinhead, who never even suspected they were

(11:42):
being crowded. As for the sawhorse, he made a wonderful
record upsetting her fruit cart, overturning several meek looking men,
and finally bowling over the new garden.

Speaker 2 (11:56):
Of the gate.

Speaker 1 (11:57):
A fussy, little fat woman appointed by General ginger, nor
did the impetus charger stop them. Once outside the walls
of the Emerald city, he dashed along the road to
the west with fast and violent leaps that shook the
breath out of the boy and filled the scarecrow with wonder.

(12:20):
Jack had written at this mad pace once before. So
he devoted every effort to holding with both hands his
pumpkinhead upon his stick, and during meantime the dreadful jolting
with the courage of a philosopher, Slow him up, Slow
him up, shouted the scarecrow, My store is all shaking

(12:42):
down into my legs. But Tip had no breath to speak.
So the sawhorse continued his wild career unchecked and with
unabated speed. Presently they came to the banks of a
wide river, and without a pause, the wooden indeed gave
one final leap and launched them all in mid air.

(13:07):
A second later they were rolling, splashing and bobbing about
in the water, the horse struggling frantically to find the
rest for his feet, and his riders first being plunged
beneath the rapid current, and then floating upon the surface
like corks. And that's the end of today's story. I'll

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the journey to the tin Woodmen. Their dilemma is not
completely solved yet, they're still on the run. If you
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