Kung Fu Oz
Chapter 7: Meeting The Tin Man
Later, as we see Po, Mei Ting, and the Scarecrow walking down into a forest that has a house near the trees, we see the Lady Xaisha watching them without getting noticed by them. Then, we see Mei Ting walking over to the trees that have apples on each of them.
"Look, Po", said Mei Ting, "Apples!"
Mei Ting takes one for herself and the other two for Po and Scarecrow, but suddenly, a tree branch takes away the apple she has put into her own basket that she carried all the way to the Yellow Brick Road.
"Ouch!", said Mei Ting, "What did you do that for?"
"For stealing something that isn't yours", said the apple tree.
"Well, we've been walking for a long time", said Mei Ting, "I was hungry and... did you just say something?"
"She was hungry", said the apple tree and points to the other apple tree.
"Yes, I was hungry", said the other apple tree.
"Well, how you like of someone came along and pick something off of you?", asked the apple tree.
"Oh", said Mei Ting, "Po, Scarecrow, I think I keep forgetting you and I aren't in Juitsu City anymore."
"Come along, Mei Ting", said Scarecrow, "You don't want any of those apples."
"Are you not hinting what my apples aren't, you straw-filled freak?", asked the apple tree.
"Oh, no", said Scarecrow, "It's just that she doesn't like little green worms!"
"Why you-", said the apple tree and tries to take Mei Ting, but Scarecrow quickly takes her away from the tree.
"I'll show you how to get apples", whispered Scarecrow and makes a "na-na-na-na-na" face, thus making the apple tree throw its apples at them along with the other apple tree, "Hooray! I guess that did it! Go on! Get some of those apples for us!"
Mei Ting goes off to get the apples that are near the ground and the yellow brick road, but little did she know that the two apples happened to be near a metal feet. She looks at it and taps it with her finger before she looks up and sees a leg, then a strange looking metal man.
"It's a man", said Mei Ting, "Guys, I found a man and he's made out of tin."
"Really?", asked Po and he and Scarecrow walked towards Mei Ting before they see the tin man, who resembles a Crane bird.
"Yes", said Mei Ting and suddenly, the tin man said something muffled.
"Did you say something?", asked Mei Ting.
"oilcan", said the muffled tin man.
"I think he said "oilcan", said Mei Ting.
"oilcan" what?", asked Scarecrow.
"oilcan?", asked Mei Ting and then sees a Oil can on a tree stump near the tin man. She takes it and opens it.
"Where do you want to be oiled first?", asked Mei Ting and the muffled tin man said, "mouth. mouth."
"He said his mouth", said Po and uses the Oil can on the metal man's mouth and on the other side. Then, the metal man moves his mouth a few more times before he spoke.
"My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my goodness", said the Tin Man, "I can talk again. Thank you very much for bringing me back to life. Oil my elbows and arm, please. Oil them, please."
Po and Scarecrow oiled both of his elbows and arms so he can be able to move them again.
"Thank you", said the Tin Man, "Can I have your names, please?"
"I'm Mei Ting and this is Po and Scarecrow", said Mei Ting, "We're walking on the Yellow Brick Road. What's yours?"
"You can call me Tin Man if you like", said Tin Man.
"Well, Tin Man, how did you ever get like this for so long?", asked Mei Ting.
"Well, about a year ago, I was chopping down this tree", explained Tin Man, "until suddenly, it began to rain. Right in the middle of my chop, I started to rust solid and I've been that way ever since. Thanks to you three, I'm finally free now and can do whatever I please."
"You're perfectly well now", said Mei Ting.
"Perfect?", asked Tin Man, "Bang on my chest if you think I'm actually perfect. Go ahead. Bang on it."
Mei Ting bangs on his chest with his paw and it made an echo.
"Beautiful", said Scarecrow, "What an echo!"
"It's empty", said Tin Man.
"Why is it empty?", asked Po.
"Well, it's just that...", said Tin Man, "The tinsmith forgot to give me a heart."
"No heart?", asked Mei Ting, Po, and Scarecrow together.
"No heart", said Tin Man, "All hollow."
"Well, can you tell us what would you do if you have a heart?", asked Scarecrow.
"Alright, I will",said Tin Man and starts to sing his own song.
Tin Man:
When a man's an empty kettle
He should be on his mettle
And yet I'm torn apart
Just because I'm presumin'
That I could be a human
If I only had a heart
I'd be tender, I'd be gentle
And awful sentimental
Regarding love and art
I'd be friends with the sparrows
And the boy that shoots the arrows
If I only had a heart
Picture me a balcony
Above a voice sings low
Snow White:
Wherefore art thou, Romeo?
Tin Man:
I hear a beat, how sweet!
Just to register emotion, jealousy, devotion
And really feel the part
I could stay young and chipper
And I'd lock it with a zipper
If I only had a heart
After the song ends, we see the Tin Man doing his dance moves in front of the three while they watch. After nearly a minute and six seconds, while Po and Mei Ting whispered to Scarecrow about what to do with Tin Man, he stops dancing and the three clapped their hands in applause.
"That was wonderful, Tin Man", said Mei Ting, "You're such a great dancer. You know... we were just wondering if you could come with us to the Emerald City to ask the Wizard of Oz for a heart?"
"Well, I love to, but what if he doesn't give me once when we get there?", asked Tin Man.
"He will, Tin Man, he must", said Mei Ting, "We've come such a long way already."
Before Tin Man could speak, however, they hear an evil laugh from not too far away from them. They turned around to see Lady Xaisha staring at them very darkly.
"You call that long?", asked Lady Xaisha, "Why, you've just begun! Helping the pretty lady along with you, my fine gentlemen? Well, stay away from her or I'll stuff a mattress with you! And you, I'd use you for a beehive!"
"What do you want, Xaisha?", asked Mei Ting sternly.
"I want those ruby slippers and you're going to give them to me now whether you like it or not!", said Lady Xaisha sternly.
"You can't have them", said Mei Ting.
"Then, I suppose my little babies would have to take them for me", said Lady Xaisha and unleashes three of her wolves, one of them resembling Wolf Boss' face.
"Hey there, kitty", said the first wolf.
"I'm afraid this is the end for us", said Scarecrow.
"Wolves, take no prisoners", said Lady Xaisha, "ATTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!"
The wolves then charged towards the three while Tin Man tries to battle the third wolf and Lady Xaisha laughs evily before she sends a fireball near the Scarecrow.
"Oh, no!", shouted Scarecrow and Po, without hesitation and after seeing Mei Ting getting a scratch from the first wolf, attacks the second wolf and makes a sneak attack on him before he takes him out with his kung fu. Tin Man then uses his axe to kill the second wolf offscreen after getting a few scratches before he sets out the fire with his metal cap.
"Mei Ting, Tin Man saved my life", said Scarecrow and they turned to Lady Xaisha who disappears into the flames in anger.
"I'm not afraid of her!", said Po.
"Yeah", said Scarecrow, "Me neither. I'll see you get safely to the Wizard now whether I get a brain or not! Stuff a mattress with me? Hah!"
"And I'll see you reach the Wizard whether I get a heart or not", said Crane, "Beehive? Bah! Just let her try and make a beehive out of me!"
"We're with you Mei Ting no matter what", said Scarecrow.
"Oh, you two are the best friends anybody ever had", said Mei Ting.
"Yeah and that's funny... but...", said Po, "It looks as if I've known you two all the time, but I couldn't have, could I?"
"I don't see how", said Scarecrow, "You weren't there was I was stuffed and sewned together, were you?"
"And I was just standing over there for the longest time", said Tin Man.
"Still, I wish I could remember, but I guess that doesn't matter now, anyway", said Po, "Besides, we know each other now, don't we?"
"That's right", said Tin Man, "You can use an axe warrior like me to help you out just in case."
"Looks like we do", said Mei Ting, "Would you really come with us?"
"I will", said Tin Man.
"To Oz?", asked Scarecrow.
"To Oz", said Tin Man and sang the reprise of "We're Off To See The Wizard".
Po/Mei Ting/Scarecrow/Tin Man:
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!
Next chapter, coming right up!
