The Wonderful Land Of Oz

Chapter 7: (Deadly Poppies and the Mouse Queen)

(Deadly Poppies and the Mouse Queen)

*June 6th, 1900*

*Oz Prairies*

*Day 2, Evening*

Dorothy and the gang were walking across the beautiful prairies of Oz which truly amazed Dorothy as the scenery reminded her of Kansas.

"Oz is truly a beautiful yet dangerous place, I sure hope we can make it to the Emerald City in one piece" Dorothy had spoken out in awestruck while also keeping her guard up while Cowardly Lion nodded his head in agreement.

"I must agree with you on this matter, Those Kalidah also proved to be quite troublesome but I'm just glad we're safe and sound" Cowardly Lion had spoken back to Dorothy in a tone of relief while Tin Woodman nodded his head in agreement.

"Indeed, those Kalidah were quite vicious but let's not talk about it too much, we must get to the Emerald City as quick as possible" Tin Woodman had advised to his friends as everyone nodded their heads in understandment as the gang continued to walk across the beautiful prairies as the sunset was beaming on everyone's faces.

"It's evening, we should rest somewhere before it gets too dark, I just wish there was a map to the Emerald City so we can know the time and date of our arrival" Dorothy had spoken to her friends as everyone agreed with their friend as she and everyone else decided to find a place to stay for the rest of the evening and night as something caught Scarecrow's attention.

"Say, I think I see a house over there, we just gotta cross these scarlet poppy fields..." Scarecrow had advised his friends as he pointed over at the beautiful scarlet poppy fields.

The poppy flowers were more beautiful than any other poppy ever seen. They are big, bright, lively, luscious, and delicately scented. The meadow that is full of hundreds of thousands of them is vast and stretches out many, many miles in every direction at the borders of Munchkin Country.

"You're right! Let's quickly run across the fields so Dorothy and Lion can get some rest!" Tin Woodman cried out in joy.

He, Dorothy, Scarecrow, and Cowardly Lion began to run across the beautiful fields however, unknown to them, the flowers were enchanted to make those who inhale it's fragrance, fall right into a deep slumber as this only affects Dorothy and Cowardly Lion since they were actual living beings.

"Come on guys! The house isn't that far! Let's gooo!" Scarecrow cried out in joy as he continued to run across the fields however he turned back to notice Dorothy and Cowardly Lion slowly finding themselves to be awfully tired as this slowed down their movement.

"Gosh, I'm feeling tired...It could be since I've had a long day as well.." Dorothy had slowly spoken out in a tired tone of voice while yawning in the process as the little girl struggled to make it across the field alongside Cowardly Lion.

"Oooh man! I'm glad I'm not the only one to feel tired.." Cowardly Lion had spoken out while yawning quite loudly as this worried Scarecrow and Tin Woodman.

"Dorothy, Lion! You guys can't fall asleep out in the open! We're almost there!" Scarecrow cried out to his friends as unfortunately, the pair had collapsed on the ground, falling victim to the curse of the poppy flowers as this shocked Scarecrow and Tin Woodman.

"O-Oh no! They've fallen asleep! How could.." Tin Woodman uttered out as he suddenly remembered about the history of the poppy fields which made him feel guilty for not remembering to tell Dorothy and the others this earlier.

"O-Oh no, the flowers we've just crossed were the deadly poppy fields! A beautiful yet terrible area!" Tin Woodman had spoken out in shock as this confused Scarecrow.