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With Dorothy hard at work, the Witch thought she would go into the courtyard and harness the Cowardly Lion like a horse; it would amuse her, she was sure, to make him draw her chariot whenever she wished to go to drive. But as she opened the gate the Lion gave a loud roar and bounded at her so fiercely that the Witch was afraid, and ran out and shut the gate again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • If I cannot harness you,” said the Witch to the Lion, speaking through the bars of the gate, “I can starve you. <\/li>
  • You shall have nothing to eat until you do as I wish. So after that she took no food to the imprisoned Lion; but every day she came to the gate at noon and asked, “Are you ready to be harnessed like a horse? <\/li>
  • And the Lion would answer, “No. If you come in this yard, I will bite you. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    After the glimpse I had had of the Martians emerging from the cylinder in which they had come to the earth from their planet, a kind of fascination paralysed my actions. I remained standing knee-deep in the heather, staring at the mound that hid them. I was a battleground of fear and curiosity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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