The Wizard of Oz - sentence starters
1. âHow can you talk if you havenât got a brain?âÂ
2. âSome people without brains do an awful lot of talking. Donât they?âÂ
3. âOh, Iâm a failure, because I havenât got a brain!âÂ
4. âYou see? I canât even scare a crow. They come from miles around just to eat in my field and laugh in my face.âÂ
5. âYouâre going to see a wizard?âÂ
6. âDid I scare you?âÂ
7. âPardon me! That way is a very nice way. Itâs pleasant down that way too. Of course, people do go both ways.â Â
8. âDonât be silly, ______. Scarecrows donât talk.âÂ
9. âWhy, you did say something, didnât you?âÂ
10. âThatâs the trouble. I canât make up my mind. I havenât got a brain. Only straw.âÂ
11. âOh, Iâm not feeling at all well. You see, itâs very tedious being stuck up here all day long with a pole up your back.âÂ
12. âOh dear. That must be terribly uncomfortable. Canât you get down?âÂ
13. âWhoops! There goes some of me again.âÂ
14. âWonderful! Why, if our scarecrow back in ______ could do that, the crows would be scared to pieces.âÂ
15. âBut maybe youâd better not. Iâve got a witch mad at me, and you might get into trouble.âÂ
16. âWitch? Iâm not afraid of a witch! Iâm not afraid of anything!âÂ
17. âLook, I wonât be any trouble, because I donât eat a thing. And I wonât try to manage things because I canât think. Wonât you take me with you?âÂ
18. âHooray! Weâre off to see a wizard!âÂ
19. âWell, about a year ago, I was chopping that tree, when suddenly it began to rain. And right in the middle of a chop, I rusted solid. Iâve been that way ever since.âÂ
20. âPerfect? Bang on my chest if you think Iâm perfect. Go ahead, bang on it.âÂ
21. âBeautiful! What an echo!âÂ
22. âItâs empty. The ______ forgot to give me a heart.âÂ
23. âWhat did you do that for? I didnât bite him/her.âÂ
24. âWell, you didnât have to go and hit me, did you? Is my nose bleeding?âÂ
25. âWhy youâre nothing but a great big coward!âÂ
26. âYouâre right, I am a coward! I havenât any courage at all! I even scare myself!â
27. âWouldnât you feel degraded to be seen in the company of a cowardly ______? I would.âÂ
28. âItâs been in me so long. I just gotta tell you how I feel.âÂ
29. âS/he isnât coming yet, _____. Did s/he hurt you? S/he tried to, didnât s/he?âÂ
30. â______, please, Iâm trying to count.âÂ
31. âYou got my finger!âÂ
32. âNext time s/he squawks, walk right up to her/him and spit in her/his eye! Thatâs what Iâd do.âÂ
33. âWhatâs the matter? Gonna let a little old pig make a coward out of you?âÂ
34. âSomeplace where there isnât any trouble. Do you suppose there is such a place, _____?âÂ
35. âNo, no! I wonât let you take him/her/them! You go away, or Iâll bite you myself!âÂ
36. âTheyâll be coming back for you in a minute. Weâve got to get away! Weâve got to run away!âÂ
37. âWhy, itâs just like you could read what was inside of me.âÂ
38. â______, thatâs not polite! We havenât been asked yet.âÂ
39. âYouâd better close your eyes, _____, for a moment, in order to be better in tuned with the Infinite. We canât do these things without reaching out into the Infinite.âÂ
40. âYou donât suppose s/he could really be sick, do you?âÂ
41. âItâs a twister! Itâs a twister!âÂ
42. â_____âŚ. I have a feeling weâre not in _____ anymore.âÂ
43. âAre you a good witch, or a bad witch?âÂ
44. âBut I already told you, Iâm not a witch at all. Witches are old and ugly.âÂ
45. âI beg your pardon, but Iâve never heard of a beautiful witch before.âÂ
46. âLet the joyous news be spread, the wicked old witch at last is dead!âÂ
47. âI thought you said s/he was dead.âÂ
48. âWho killed my ______? Who killed ______? Was it you?âÂ
49. âNo. No, it was an accident. I didnât mean to kill anybody!âÂ
50. âItâs too late! There they are, and there theyâll stay.âÂ
51. âYou stay out of this, _____, or Iâll fix you as well!âÂ
52. âIâll get you, my pretty. And youâre little ______ too!âÂ
53. âIâm afraid youâve made rather a bad enemy of ______. The sooner you get out of _____ altogether, the safer youâll sleep.âÂ
54. âPeople come and go so quickly here!âÂ
55. âAre you hinting my apples arenât what they ought to be?âÂ
56. âIâll show you how to get apples.âÂ
57. âI donât like this forest. Itâs dark and creepy.âÂ
58. âOf course I donât know, but I think itâs gonna get darker before it gets lighter.âÂ
59. âDo you suppose weâll meet any wild animals?âÂ
60. âItâs beautiful, isnât it? Just like I knew it would be.âÂ
61. âI believe thereâs spooks around here.âÂ
62. âDonât you believe in spooks?âÂ
63. âWho would have thought that a good little girl/boy like you could destroy my beautiful wickedness?âÂ
64. âS/heâs dead. You killed her/him.âÂ
65. âYou canât rest now. Weâre nearly there.âÂ
66. âUnusual weather weâre having, ainât it?âÂ
67. âWho rang that bell?âÂ
68. âWhat kind of a horse is that? Iâve never seen a horse like that before!âÂ
69. âAnd I was so happy. I thought I was on my way home.âÂ
70. âI am _____, the great and powerful! Who are you?âÂ
71. âYou ought to be ashamed of yourself, frightening him/her/them like that when he/she/they came to you for help!âÂ
72. âYou see that? Thatâs how much longer youâve got to be alive. And it isnât long, _____, it isnât long!âÂ
73. âI hope my strength holds out.â
74. â______âs in that awful place?âÂ
75. âDo you think it would be polite, dropping in like this?âÂ
76. âCome on, Iâve got another idea.âÂ
77. âGoing so soon? I wouldnât hear of it. Why, my little partyâs just beginning.â
78. âIf you were really great and powerful, youâd keep your promises!âÂ
79. âIâm afraid itâs true. Thereâs no other wizard except me.âÂ
80. âHearts will never be practical until they are made unbreakable.âÂ
81. âFrightened? You are talking to a wo/man who has laughed in the face of death, sneered at doom, and chuckled at catastrophe. I was petrified.â Â
82. âI canât come back! I donât know how it works!âÂ
83. âNow I know Iâve got a heart, because itâs breaking.âÂ
84. âThereâs no place like home.â
85. âDoesnât anybody believe me?âÂ