Ch. 3: Enter The Not-So-Scary Scarecrow
When we last left our heroes, they had met the Wicked B**** of the West, Misty whom had swarn revenge on Bu-Ling and Cilan, after their house had killed her sister. After that, they met the Good Witch of the North, Iris whom had sent them both on a long journey to go to the Emerald City to seek the Wizard of Oz, in hopes of getting home. Iris also gave Bu-Ling the Sapphire Shoes before they left. After they bid her good-bye, they started on their quest...
We now find them walking down the yellow brick road. "Boy oh, boy... I need to rest a bit." the girl says, but there was nothing to rest upon. Her pet soon gets an idea. He lowers his body and motions for her to get on his back. Bu-Ling is a bit hasitant to do so, for fear she might break his back. 'I'll be ok. Remember we used to do this all the time when we were younger...' he signed, which was true. They would often give each other piggyback rides or Bu-Ling would play horse with him. "Ok." she says, as she hopped on. She was light to him and walked on.
After a while, they soon come to a fork in the road and dunno if they should take the left or the right path. "Maybe you can take the left" said a voice. Bu-Ling looked around. "Who said that?" 'Don't look at me' Cilan signed. The voice came again; "Or perhaps you can take the left path" it said. They turned and saw a scarecrow on a pole. The girl looked at it but it didn't do anything... that is until Cilan went up and bit one of the legs...
"OW! WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!" it screamed. The monkey ran and hid behind his owner. "So you can talk!" the girl chimed. "Of course I can talk. Who are you two anyway? Never seen your faces around here before" "I'm Bu-Ling and this is my pet monkey, Cilan" said the girl. 'We're on our way to see the Wizard of the Emerald City. ' the pet added. "Well, I'm Chili and do you two think I can tag along?" he asked. "Whats your wish?" "I want some brains, all i have is straw and stuffing in my head" said the scarecrow. "I sit up here all day and night and can't scare a single crow!" 'Of course you can come!' Cilan signed. "Thanks." said Chili.
The two then got the scarecrow down and decided to take the right path after all. What awaits them next time? Stay tuned...
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