CHAPTER SIX

The path suddenly darkened around them, as if a storm was brewing, but Sam turned and saw that it was a forest, the forest, where Dorothy meets the Cowardly Lion. She began figuring out who it could be. She already had Jack and Teal'c, but there was still Daniel, General Hammond, and Cam. She remembered seeing Cam in the faces of some of the munchkins, like the ones from the Lollipop Guild, but that was it. She knew that he had to be somewhere else, but where? General Hammond would probably be the wizard, but would Daniel be a monkey or the lion? She was about to find out.

"Lions and tigers and bears oh my!," the group chanted until suddenly, out came…Daniel? He began terrorizing the group and scaring Teal'c and Jack, until suddenly he went after Toto and Dorothy slapped his nose.

"Shame on you!" Sam exclaimed.

"What'd you do that for? I didn't try to bite him!" Daniel cried.

"No, but you tried to," Sam whispered sternly. "It's bad enough picking on a straw man, but going around picking on little dogs?"

"Well you didn't have to go and hit me, did ya?" Daniel cried. "Is my nose bleeding?"

"No, of course not," Sam replied with sternness yet sympathy. "My goodness, what a fuss you're making. Naturally when you go around picking on things that are weaker than you are! Why, you're nothing by a great big coward!"

"I am a coward! I haven't got any courage at all! I even scare myself. Look at the circles under my eyes! I haven't slept in weeks!" Daniel cried.

"Why haven't you tried counting sheep?" Teal'c asked.

"That doesn't do any good; I'm afraid of them!" Daniel cried.

"Oh that's too bad. Don't you think the wizard can help him too?" Jack asked.

"I don't see why not. We're on out way to see the wizard now to give him a heart and him a brain. I'm sure he can give you some courage."

"Well wouldn't you feel degraded to be in the company of a cowardly lion? I would," Daniel cried.

"Oh, of course not!" Sam reassured.

"Gee, that's awfully nice of you. My life has been simply unbearable."

"Well, it's all right now. The wizard will fix everything," Sam smiled.

"It's been in me so long. I just can't begin to tell you how I feel," he cried. The movie then entered another musical sequence, and Sam watched, entertained. She had a few parts, but it was like her voice took care of itself.

Suddenly, they were on their way again, off towards Emerald City.