Chapter 151 "Goodwill" Advice
Aurora and Dorothy met Pinocchio yesterday.
After this poor puppet was exiled in the land of Oz, he was unfamiliar with this place and was so sad that he burst into tears.
He thought of his father, the carpenter Geppetto, and of the magician Rhine who gave him life.
"Why am I so unlucky that I got involved out of nowhere and ended up in this mysterious country?"
After crying, the exhausted Pinocchio could only fumble around to find his way home.
He talked with the crows in the sky, the voles on the ground, and other small talking animals in this green field, trying to find a temporary place to stay.
Under the guidance of the little animals, Pinocchio sneaked into a munchkin's home.
It was raining outside and the weather was quite cold, so Pinocchio put his feet on the fire kang to keep warm, and then fell asleep.
Unexpectedly, when he woke up, Pinocchio found that his wooden feet had been burned off.
He was shocked and frightened, but could not stand up. He could only lie on the ground and cry.
"Why am I so pitiful?"
"It must be because I am a puppet, a moving piece of wood carved by a carpenter, not a real boy."
"If I were a real boy, my feet wouldn't be burned off so easily without even noticing."
"I don't know how to participate in a puppet show. I was dragged here for no reason."
The more Pinocchio thought about it, the more he cried.
Fortunately, not long after, Aurora and Dorothy happened to be passing by nearby and found Pinocchio with his feet burned off.
"I know that puppet, his name is Pinocchio. He was accidentally involved in this like me." Aurora exclaimed.
They commissioned a Munchkin carpenter to make a new foot for Pinocchio. The new foot was stronger and more beautiful than the previous one, which made Pinocchio very happy.
In this way, Pinocchio joined this team and headed to the Emerald City.
On the way, Pinocchio felt that the Tin Woodman and the Scarecrow looked like him - they were both made of different materials. Of course, the Tin Woodman said that he was once a human being with flesh and blood, unlike Pinocchio.
Pinocchio gradually learned that the Tin Woodman and the Scarecrow wanted to get a heart and a smart brain from Oz respectively.
The little puppet then thought about his wish:
"Then after I see Oz, in addition to asking him to take me home, I also want to ask him to turn me into a real boy!"
This is what happened before.
After listening to Aurora's words, Dorothy looked at the Tin Man, Scarecrow, Wood Man and Lion behind her, thought about it seriously and said:
“I don’t think any of the new members of our team is special?
"Well, it should be a lion? Because it is the only one with flesh and blood, or an animal? The other new members are either made of straw, or their bodies are steel, or their bodies are wood.
"But don't forget that Toto is also a small animal."
Toto was the name of Dorothy's dog.
Aurora felt that what Dorothy said seemed to make sense.
Although she vaguely felt that Pinocchio did not belong to this team, she could not find a reason - maybe it was because Pinocchio, like her and Dorothy, came from outside Oz, who knew?
"As I said, you two should also pray for Oz to become a real, flesh-and-blood person." Pinocchio said to the Tin Woodman and the Scarecrow, "Such a wish can just give you a Brain, can I give you a heart? Well, if Oz only wants to grant one wish for each of you."
At this moment, a cloaked figure stopped in front of the team.
"It seems that you want to visit Oz in the Emerald City? Ask him to fulfill your wish?"
"It's a pity that your wishes are destined to be impossible to realize. That liar will just find any excuse to excuse you, or simply drive you away." The cloaked figure said.
After seeing the brown skin and mustache under the hood of the visitor, Aurora's eyes quickly solidified.
Magrido!
"Why is it you!" Aurora put her hand on the sword at her waist vigilantly, and reminded her teammates:
"This guy is an evil magician from the world outside Oz and is on the same side as the Wicked Witch of the East!"
When he was in the White Kingdom, Rhine had been secretly monitoring the Witch of the East with birds, discovered her cooperation with Magrido, and informed Aurora about it.
The Ender warships that appeared later also confirmed this statement.
Pinocchio was startled, the Tin Woodman took out his axe, the puppy Toto barked at Magrido, the lion wanted to hide - but it was impossible to hide behind anyone because of its size. Have the courage to pretend to be calm.
When Maglido saw the vigilant people, he smiled:
"It seems that you are very wary of me. But it doesn't matter at all. I came here purely out of goodwill.
"I came here to tell you that the monarch of this green field, Oz, who claims to be the great magician, is a complete liar who cannot do magic.
"It's impossible for him to fulfill your wishes. Don't be fooled!"
Dorothy and several friends were stunned and didn't know whether to believe the stranger in front of them.
How could the great magician respected by everyone in this land be a liar who didn't know magic?
"It's impossible. People say that Oz is so majestic and terrifying that the combined magic power of several witches can't compare to him!" Dorothy questioned, "If he has no magic power at all, why do others think he is a big man?" Where is the magician?”
Maglido looked confident:
"I come from outside Oz, and now I am a magician in the great empire of Ender, which is not far from Oz's hometown.
"I checked. The liar named Oz was just a circus magician and balloon pilot who used his performances to please the audience.
"His so-called magic is just some magic. He uses those tricks to make others think that he is really a great magician, but in the eyes of people who really know magic, they are all ridiculous stuff."
When Dorothy heard this explanation, she suddenly felt somewhat believable. Because she had seen circuses and magic shows in her hometown—those performances looked like magic.
Magritto takes advantage of the victory and pursues it:
"Just in time, you are going to visit Oz in the Emerald City and ask him to fulfill your wishes.
"But he definitely doesn't have the ability to do this. He will probably find any reason to stall you.
"According to my understanding, Oz himself will hide behind a screen and deceive you with various magic shows, pretending that he is a very scary monster or something else. If you don't understand, you may really be fooled.
"But now, I remind you, you will definitely be able to expose his deception!"
"Why are you telling us this?" Dorothy asked doubtfully, "Do you need anything from us? I have nothing to give you."
She remembered that Aurora said that the other party was an evil magician, so she did not believe that this magician would do purely good things.
"I don't need anything." Maglido said, "But if you expose Oz's deception in the end, you must tell everyone in the city and tell everyone that they have been deceived by Oz!
"All you have to do is tell the truth about what you saw!"
The Tin Woodman, Scarecrow, Pinocchio, Lion and Dorothy looked at each other, obviously believing what Magrido said.
——They all have wishes that Oz can fulfill! If Oz was really a liar, he wouldn't be able to help them.
"Are you done talking nonsense?" Aurora said coldly, glaring at Maglido and pulling out the sword from his waist.
(End of chapter)