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"Which road leads to the Wicked Witch of the West?" asked Dorothy.

"There is no road," answered the Guardian of the Gates. "No one ever wishes to go that way."

"How, then, are we to find her?" inquired the girl.

"That will be easy," replied the man, "for when she knows you are in the country of the Winkies she will find you, and make you all her slaves."

"Perhaps not," said the Scarecrow, "for we mean to destroy her."

"Oh, that is different," said the Guardian of the Gates. "No one has ever destroyed her before, so I naturally thought she would make slaves of you, as she has of the rest. But take care; for she is wicked and fierce, and may not allow you to destroy her. Keep to the West, where the sun sets, and you cannot fail to find her."

-The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

I think what I love best about this book is how matter of fact everyone is.

Also, because Tin Man and Scarecrow are badasses.

You can read it here at Project Gutenberg along with the other books as it is out of print COPYRIGHT. I keep switching words lately.