Kung Fu Oz

Chapter 6: Meeting The Scarecrow

Later, as Mei Ting, Po, and Toto walked along the trails that leads them to a cornfield filled with black crows flying right past them, they see two directions and they have no idea whether to choose the right one to follow.

"Now, which way do we go?", asked Mei Ting.

"Pardon me, but that way's a very nice way", said a voice and they turned around to see nothing.

"What was that?", asked Po.

"I don't know", said Mei Ting and Toto barks at a scarecrow that resembles Monkey's face before she looks at it, "Don't be silly, Toto. Scarecrows don't talk. That's just silly.

"It's pleasant down that way, too, you know", said the scarecrow pointing the other way.

"That's wierd", said Mei Ting, "Wasn't he pointing the other way a moment ago?"

"Well, of course", said the scarecrow, "People do both ways."

"Why, you did say something, didn't you?", asked Mei Ting after she sees the scarecrow move. He nods his head no, but yes at the right moment, "Are you doing that on purpose or can't you just make up your mind?"

"That's the trouble", said the Scarecrow, "I can't make up my mind. I haven't got a brain; only straw."

"Well, how can you talk if you haven't got a brain?", asked Po.

"I don't know", said the Scarecrow, "But some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don't they?"

"Yes, I guess you're right", said Mei Ting and walks towards the Scarecrow who is tied to a wooden pole, "We haven't really met properly, have we?"

"Why, no", said the Scarecrow.

"I'm Mei Ting", said Mei Ting.

"Nice to meet you, Mei Ting", said Scarecrow, "You can call me Scarecrow."

"How do you do?", asked Mei Ting.

"Not that well, but...", said Scarecrow, "How do you do?"

"Very well, thank you", said Mei Ting, "Why aren't you well?"

"You see, it's very tedious being stuck up here all day long with a pole up your back", explained Scarecrow.

"That must be uncomfortable", said Mei Ting, "Can't you get down?"

"Down? Well, you see, um...", said Monkey, "Can you help me get off this pole, please?"

"Yes, I'll help you", said Mei Ting and goes near the pole, "Now, where am I suppose to find-"

"Of course I'm not bright about doing things", said Scarecrow, "But if you'll just bend the nail down in the back, maybe I'll slip off."

"Oh, yes", said Mei Ting and pulls the nail off the back of the pole, thus releasing the Scarecrow before he hits the ground, "Are you alright?"

"Yes, I'm alright", said Scarecrow, "I just keep losing my straw and putting back on me again. My, it's great to be free."

Scarecrow then trips on the wooden plank near the field fence and Mei Ting screams in shock.

"Did I scare you?", asked Scarecrow and gets back up before he sits down on a tree stump.

"No, I thought you could've been hurt", said Mei Ting.

"But I didn't scare you?", asked Scarecrow.

"No, of course not", said Mei Ting.

"I knew it", said Scarecrow and a crow arrives before he eats one of his remaining straws, "You see? I can't even scare a crow. These stupid crows have always been coming to my field just to eat them and laugh at my face. I'm such a loser because I haven't got a brain."

"Well, what would you do with a brain if you have one?", asked Po.

"Well... if I have a brain, I could...", said Scarecrow and starts to sing his song.

Scarecrow:
I could wile away the hours
Conferrin' with the flowers
Consultin' with the rain
And my head I'd be scratchin'
While my thoughts were busy hatchin'
If I only had a brain

I'd unravel any riddle
For any individ'le
In trouble or in pain

Mei Ting:
With the thoughts you be thinkin'
You can be another Lincoln
If you only had a brain

Scarecrow:
Oh, I could tell you why
The ocean's near the shore
I could think of things I'd never thunk before
And then I sit and think some more

I would not be just a nothin'My head all full of stuffin'
My heart all full of pain
I would dance and be merry
Life would be a ding-a-derry
If I only had a brain

After the second verse of the song ends, we see the Scarecrow trying to get his last remaining straws, who has been stolen by one of the crows. He then jumps over the field, causing the crows to fly away before he sees his straw lying on the floor. He picks it up and trips on the plank again before he nearly bumps into the left and right sides of the field fences. Toto then jumps on a pumpkin before it rolls towards Scarecrow before he gets hit and flies into the sky. Then, he falls back to where the field fences are at and goes on reverse mode before he goes back to sing the third and final verse of the song.

Scarecrow:
Gosh, it would be awful pleasin'
To reason out the reason
For things I
can't explain
Then perhaps I'll deserve
And be even worthy of you
If I only had a brain

After the song ends, Scarecrow falls down again and Mei Ting and Po put back his straw together.

"Why, if we have any scarecrows back in Juitsu City, we would have crows that'll be scared to pieces", said Mei Ting.

"Oh, really?", asked Scarecrow, "Where's Juitsu City?"

"That's where I live", said Mei Ting, "and me and Po are on our way to the Emerald City to get the Wizard of Oz to help us."

"You're both going to see a wizard?", asked Scarecrow again.

"That's right", said Po.

"Um...", said Scarecrow, "Do you think that if I went with you two, this wizard would give me a brain?"

"I couldn't say", said Mei Ting, "Well, maybe if he didn't, you'd be no worse off than you are now."

"Well, that's true", said Scarecrow.

"Maybe you better not", said Po, "We've got a witch made at us and you might get into trouble."

"Witch?", said Scarecrow, "I'm not afraid of a witch and I'm not afraid of anything... except a lighted match."

"Well, we don't blame you for that", said Mei Ting.

"But I'll face a box full of chances at getting a brain", said Scarecrow, "Look, I won't be of any trouble because I don't eat a thing and I'll never try to manage things because I can't think. Won't you take me with you two?"

"Of course we will", said Po, "Besides, I can teach you a thing or two about kung fu if you want."

"Hooray!", shouted Scarecrow, "We're off to see a wizard!"

"Well, you're not starting out very well", said Mei Ting.

"I'll try", said Scarecrow, "Really I will!"

"Well, what do you say, pal?", asked Po, "To Oz?"

"To Oz!", said Scarecrow and they sing "We're Off To See The Wizard" as they head off into the right direction of the Yellow Brick Road.

"Po/Mei Ting/Scarecrow:
We're off to see the Wizard
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
We hear he is a whiz of a Wiz
If ever a Wiz there was
If ever oh ever a Wiz there was,
The Wizard of Oz
Is one because
Because, because, because, because, because
Because of the wonderful things he does.
We're off to see the Wizard
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz!


The next chapter will be the Tin Man; then, the story will get darker in the other next chapter, so stay tuned!