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The Lion now walked to the Throne Room and knocked at the door . “ Come in , ” said Oz . “ I have come for my courage , ” announced the Lion , entering the room . “ Very well , ” answered the little man ; “ I will get it for you . ” He went to a cupboard and reaching up to a high shelf took down a square green bottle , the contents of which he poured into a green - gold dish , beautifully carved . Placing this before the Cowardly Lion , who sniffed at it as if he did not like it , the Wizard said : “ Drink . ” “ What is it ? ” asked the Lion . “ Well , ” answered Oz , “ if it were inside of you , it would be courage . You know , of course , that courage is always inside one ; so that this really cannot be called courage until you have swallowed it . Therefore I advise you to drink it as soon as possible . ” The Lion hesitated no longer , but drank till the dish was empty . “ How do you feel now ? ” asked Oz . “ Full of courage , ” replied the Lion , who went joyfully back to his friends to tell them of his good fortune . Oz , left to himself , smiled to think of his success in giving the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman and the Lion exactly what they thought they wanted . “ How can I help being a humbug , ” he said , “ when all these people make me do things that everybody knows can’t be done ? It was easy to make the Scarecrow and the Lion and the Woodman happy , because they imagined I could do anything . But it will take more than imagination to carry Dorothy back to Kansas , and I’m sure I don’t know how it can be done . ” Chapter XVII How the Balloon Was Launched For three days Dorothy heard nothing from Oz . These were sad days for the little girl , although her friends were all quite happy and contented . The Scarecrow told them there were wonderful thoughts in his head ; but he would not say what they were because he knew no one could understand them but himself . When the Tin Woodman walked about he felt his heart rattling around in his breast ; and he told Dorothy he had discovered it to be a kinder and more tender heart than the one he had owned when he was made of flesh . The Lion declared he was afraid of nothing on earth , and would gladly face an army or a dozen of the fierce Kalidahs . Thus each of the little party was satisfied except Dorothy , who longed more than ever to get back to Kansas . On the fourth day , to her great joy , Oz sent for her , and when she entered the Throne Room he greeted her pleasantly : “ Sit down , my dear ; I think I have found the way to get you out of this country . ” “ And back to Kansas ? ” she asked eagerly . “ Well , I’m not sure about Kansas , ” said Oz , “ for I haven’t the faintest notion which way it lies . But the first thing to do is to cross the desert , and then it should be easy to find your way home . ”
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