THE DEADLY POOPY FIELD

orothy, the Scarecrow, the Tinman, the Lion and Toto continued their journey to the Emerald city. At the night camped under a large in the forest. The Tinman cut wood with his axe so Dorothy could make fire. The Lion hunted for food and the Scarecrow searched for nuts and barriers.

          After several days, they arrived at a lovely land. They saw a large field of scarlet poppies. Poppies are beautiful flowers, but when they are so many, the smell is very strong. Anyone who breathes it will fall asleep. Her eyes become heavy and she sat down to rest.

          The Tintam tried to awaken Dorothy, “come on. Don’t fall asleep. There’s no time to rest. We must hurry. “The Tintam and the Sc

          Dorothy was soon asleep. The poppies did not make the Tintam and the Scarecrow sleepy, because they were not Tintam. “We must go back to the Yellow brick Road. If we leave Dorothy here, she will die.”

          The Scarecrow had an idea. He told the lion to run through the field so he could escape the deadly flowers. Then, the Scarecrow and the Tintam carried Dorothy and Toto out Of the Poppy field.

          After a while, they came to a river. There, they found the lion. He was lying asleep. The smell from the poppies was so strong that the lion had given up and fallen asleep.

          The Scarecrow and the Tintam felt very sad. The Lion was very heavy so they could not carry him. They, then, left him there to sleep.

         

Taken From: English on sky