
Dorothy let her concentration slip for an instant. One instant too long, it would appear, for the Tin Man took advantage of this turn of events to launch a counter-attack.
Knocking her out (for he knew that, should he not be able to locate the Scarecrow himself, she was worth more to him alive than dead) he left the building.
It wasn't hard to find Scarecrow. The skip he had been concealed in had leaked and the damp had soaked into his straw. Lacking a brain, he had lain himself out in full view next to the skip to dry out.
'You', growled the Tin Man,

'are coming with me'.
There was still unfinished business to attend to.
Previously...
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Knocking her out (for he knew that, should he not be able to locate the Scarecrow himself, she was worth more to him alive than dead) he left the building.
It wasn't hard to find Scarecrow. The skip he had been concealed in had leaked and the damp had soaked into his straw. Lacking a brain, he had lain himself out in full view next to the skip to dry out.
'You', growled the Tin Man,

'are coming with me'.
There was still unfinished business to attend to.
Previously...