NINE
Before Phoebe realized it, the small group was walking through a forest. She stopped and looked around. Cole and Darryl stopped with her.
"Is everything okay Dorothy?" asked Darryl.
"What?" questioned Phoebe. "Oh yeah. I was just remembering what comes next. This jumping from one scene to the next can be a bit confusing."
"Are there animals in here?" asked Cole.
"Some," said Phoebe.
"Mostly lions, and tigers and bears," said Darryl.
"Lions, and tigers and Bears?" questioned Cole. "Oh my."
"Oh please," said Phoebe. "I never realized just how hokey the dialogue in this movie was before now. Come on guys. There's a friend right up there."
The three continued down the path deeper into the forest. Phoebe kept looking around. She knew the cowardly lion was next. He should appear at any moment.
Suddenly, the lion came bounding out of the forest toward the path. Just as Phoebe had figured, Leo had been cast as the lion. Cole and Darryl tried to hide from the ferocious beast.
"Put 'em up, put 'em up," said Leo taking a boxers stance. "I'll fight you all at the same time. I'll fight you with one had tied behind my back. I'll fight you on one foot."
"Right on cue," said Phoebe. "Come on out, Cole and Darryl. He's no threat."
"But Dorothy," said Darryl, clanking in his metal suit, "he's a lion."
"That's right," said Phoebe. "A cowardly lion. He has no courage."
"Aw she's right," said Leo. "I'm afraid of my own shadow."
"Really?" asked Cole. "So he's not going to eat us."
"Lion's don't eat straw," said Phoebe. She turned back to Leo. "You don't know me do you Leo?"
"Uh no," said Leo. "Should I?"
"I guess not," said Phoebe. "Typical that the warlock should cast you as the lion. Confusing pacifism as cowardice. Okay, look, long story short, we're going to see the wizard. I'm sure he'll give you some courage so you're welcome to come along with us."
"Oh, you think he would?" asked Leo.
"I'm getting a brain," said Cole.
"I'm getting a heart," said Darryl.
"I'm getting a headache," said Phoebe. "Look, you'll be with us anyway. You might as well just come along."
"Okay," said Leo.
Once again the friends linked arms and continued down the yellow brick road. They hadn't gone more than a few feet when suddenly they were at the edge of the forest. A large field of brightly colored flowers stretched out before them. In the distance was a road that stretched towards the famed Emerald city that rose from the horizon in the distance.
"Oh yeah," said Phoebe. "The poppy field. I've never cared for this part of the movie. It never really made much sense."
"Look," said Cole, "the Emerald City. We're almost there come on."
"Hold on there," said Phoebe, holding Cole back. "I don't think I really want to do this. We go into the poppy field, the lion and I fall asleep and then Glenda makes it snow waking us up. Then, the woodsman rusts up again and we have to get him moving again. And we end up making it to the city anyway. I don't think so."
She turned to head back into the forest. Instead she found herself facing a set of huge doors. A voice boomed behind her.
"I am the great and powerful Oz," boomed the voice.
Phoebe turned to see the visage of the Wizard in the pyrotechnics of the castle. But instead of the face of the wizard in the movie, Phoebe found herself staring at the face of the warlock.
Before Phoebe realized it, the small group was walking through a forest. She stopped and looked around. Cole and Darryl stopped with her.
"Is everything okay Dorothy?" asked Darryl.
"What?" questioned Phoebe. "Oh yeah. I was just remembering what comes next. This jumping from one scene to the next can be a bit confusing."
"Are there animals in here?" asked Cole.
"Some," said Phoebe.
"Mostly lions, and tigers and bears," said Darryl.
"Lions, and tigers and Bears?" questioned Cole. "Oh my."
"Oh please," said Phoebe. "I never realized just how hokey the dialogue in this movie was before now. Come on guys. There's a friend right up there."
The three continued down the path deeper into the forest. Phoebe kept looking around. She knew the cowardly lion was next. He should appear at any moment.
Suddenly, the lion came bounding out of the forest toward the path. Just as Phoebe had figured, Leo had been cast as the lion. Cole and Darryl tried to hide from the ferocious beast.
"Put 'em up, put 'em up," said Leo taking a boxers stance. "I'll fight you all at the same time. I'll fight you with one had tied behind my back. I'll fight you on one foot."
"Right on cue," said Phoebe. "Come on out, Cole and Darryl. He's no threat."
"But Dorothy," said Darryl, clanking in his metal suit, "he's a lion."
"That's right," said Phoebe. "A cowardly lion. He has no courage."
"Aw she's right," said Leo. "I'm afraid of my own shadow."
"Really?" asked Cole. "So he's not going to eat us."
"Lion's don't eat straw," said Phoebe. She turned back to Leo. "You don't know me do you Leo?"
"Uh no," said Leo. "Should I?"
"I guess not," said Phoebe. "Typical that the warlock should cast you as the lion. Confusing pacifism as cowardice. Okay, look, long story short, we're going to see the wizard. I'm sure he'll give you some courage so you're welcome to come along with us."
"Oh, you think he would?" asked Leo.
"I'm getting a brain," said Cole.
"I'm getting a heart," said Darryl.
"I'm getting a headache," said Phoebe. "Look, you'll be with us anyway. You might as well just come along."
"Okay," said Leo.
Once again the friends linked arms and continued down the yellow brick road. They hadn't gone more than a few feet when suddenly they were at the edge of the forest. A large field of brightly colored flowers stretched out before them. In the distance was a road that stretched towards the famed Emerald city that rose from the horizon in the distance.
"Oh yeah," said Phoebe. "The poppy field. I've never cared for this part of the movie. It never really made much sense."
"Look," said Cole, "the Emerald City. We're almost there come on."
"Hold on there," said Phoebe, holding Cole back. "I don't think I really want to do this. We go into the poppy field, the lion and I fall asleep and then Glenda makes it snow waking us up. Then, the woodsman rusts up again and we have to get him moving again. And we end up making it to the city anyway. I don't think so."
She turned to head back into the forest. Instead she found herself facing a set of huge doors. A voice boomed behind her.
"I am the great and powerful Oz," boomed the voice.
Phoebe turned to see the visage of the Wizard in the pyrotechnics of the castle. But instead of the face of the wizard in the movie, Phoebe found herself staring at the face of the warlock.