I'm sure the Tin Woodman will do all in his power to help you to save your Unc Nunkie and poor Margolotte." "The next thing I must find," said the Munchkin boy, "is a gill of water from a dark well." "Indeed! Well, that is more difficult," said the Shaggy Man, scratching his left ear in a puzzled way.

"I've never heard of a dark well; have you ?" "No," said Ojo.
"Do you know where one may be found ?" inquired the Shaggy Man.
"I can't imagine," said Ojo.
"Then we must ask the Scarecrow." "The Scarecrow! But surely, sir, a scarecrow can't know anything." "Most scarecrows don't, I admit," answered the Shaggy Man.

"But this Scarecrow of whom I speak is very intelligent.

He claims to possess the best brains in all Oz." "Better than mine ?" asked Scraps.
"Better than mine ?" echoed the Glass Cat.

"Mine are pink, and you can see 'em work." "Well, you can't see the Scarecrow's brains work, but they do a lot of clever thinking," asserted the Shaggy Man.