But it takes time to make a raft

That is easily done, replied the Scarecrow. The Tin Woodman must
build us a raft, so we can float to the other side.
So the Woodman took his axe and began to chop down small trees to
make a raft, and while he was busy at this the Scarecrow found on the
riverbank a tree full of fine fruit. This pleased Dorothy, who had eaten
nothing but nuts all day, and she made a hearty meal of the ripe fruit.
But it takes time to make a raft, even when one is as industrious and
untiring as the Tin Woodman, and when night came the work was not done. So
they found a cozy place under the trees where they slept well until the
morning; and Dorothy dreamed of the Emerald City, and of the good Wizard
Oz, who would soon send her back to her own home again.

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