The Wizard's Demands
from The Wizard Of Oz
Written by Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, Edgar Allen Woolf
Dorothy and her companions finally face the Great and Powerful Oz to ask for their hearts' desires, only to be met with a terrifying display of fire and booming authority. The stakes are raised when Oz demands the broomstick of the Wicked Witch of the West as payment for his help, forcing the fearful group to confront their greatest enemy.
LION: Oh! Look at that! Look at that! Oh -- Ohhhh -- I want to go home -- I want to go home!
OZ'S VOICE: I am Oz, the Great and Powerful! Who are you?
DOROTHY: I -- If you please, I - I am Dorothy, the small and meek. We've come to ask you --
OZ'S VOICE: Silence! The Great and Powerful Oz knows why you have come. Step forward, Tin Man!
TIN MAN: Ohhhh -- it's me!
OZ'S VOICE: You dare to come to me for a heart, do you? You clinking, clanking, clattering collection of caliginous junk!
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