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1. The Way to Butterfield

Please, miss," said the shaggy man, "can you tell me the road to Butterfield?"

Dorothy looked him over. Yes, he was shaggy, all right, but there was a

twinkle in his eye that seemed pleasant.

Oh yes," she replied; "I can tell you. But it isn't this road at all."

No?"

You cross the ten-acre lot, follow the lane to the highway, go north to the five

branches, and take--let me see--"

To be sure, miss; see as far as Butterfield, if you like," said the shaggy man.

You take the branch next the willow stump, I b'lieve; or else the branch by

the gopher holes; or else--"

Won't any of 'em do, miss?"

'Course not, Shaggy Man. You must take the right road to get to Butterfield."

And is that the one by the gopher stump, or--"

Dear me!" cried Dorothy. "I shall have to show you the way, you're so stupid.

Wait a minute till I run in the house and get my sunbonnet."

The shaggy man waited. He had an oat-straw in his mouth, which he chewed

slowly as if it tasted good; but it didn't. There was an apple-tree beside the

house, and some apples had fallen to the ground. The shaggy man thought

they would taste better than the oat-straw, so he walked over to get some. A

little black dog with bright brown eyes dashed out of the farm-house and ran

madly toward the shaggy man, who had already picked up three apples and

put them in one of the big wide pockets of his shaggy coat. The little dog

barked and made a dive for the shaggy man's leg; but he grabbed the dog by

the neck and put it in his big pocket along with the apples. He took more

apples, afterward, for many were on the ground; and each one that he tossed

into his pocket hit the little dog somewhere upon the head or back, and made

him growl. The little dog's name was Toto, and he was sorry he had been put

in the shaggy man's pocket.

The Road to Oz