The Wizard of Oz by Lynam Frank Baum Chapter 14 Page 3

said the Cowardly Lion, with a whimper, “I haven't the courage to keep tramping forever, without getting anywhere at all.”

Then Dorothy lost heart.

She sat down on the grass and looked at her companions, and they sat down and looked at her, and Toto found that for the first time in his life he was too tired to chase a butterfly that flew past his head. So he put out his tongue and panted and looked at Dorothy as if to ask what they should do next.

“Suppose we call the field mice,” she suggested. “They could probably tell us the way to the Emerald City.”

“To be sure they could,” cried the Scarecrow. “Why didn't we think of that before?”