1. Dorothy halts mid-stride with a little cry of surprise, her hand rising to her mouth, as a tiny glint of tin shines in a distant shaft of sunlight.

    Something shining

    Just then another groan reached their ears, and the sound seemed to come from behind them. They turned and walked through the forest a few steps, when Dorothy discovered something shining in a ray of sunshine that fell between the trees. She ran to the place and then stopped short, with a little cry of surprise.

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  2. In a sunbeam in the green forest shade, a rusted tin man stands frozen beside a half-chopped tree with his axe raised overhead.

    The tin man by the tree

    One of the big trees had been partly chopped through, and standing beside it, with an uplifted axe in his hands, was a man made entirely of tin. His head and arms and legs were jointed upon his body, but he stood perfectly motionless, as if he could not stir at all.

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  3. In a dim mossy glade, a girl oils the rusted neck of the tin man while a straw-stuffed scarecrow gently turns the shining tin head.

    Oil on the neck

    “Oil my neck, first,” replied the Tin Woodman. So she oiled it, and as it was quite badly rusted the Scarecrow took hold of the tin head and moved it gently from side to side until it worked freely, and then the man could turn it himself.

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  4. The oiled Tin Woodman touches his empty chest and asks if Oz could give him a heart

    Could Oz give me a heart?

    “Do you suppose Oz could give me a heart?”

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  5. In a dim green forest, the tin man explains why he would choose a heart over brains

    Happiness is best

    “I shall take the heart,” returned the Tin Woodman; “for brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world.”

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  6. Chapter 5

    The Tin Woodman is freed and joins

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