The road brought them to a great gate. A little man gave each of them green spectacles and locked them on their heads. Inside, everything was green. The houses were green, the sky was green, and the people wore green clothes. They waited a long time, and then Oz called them one by one. Dorothy saw a huge head without a body. The Scarecrow saw a beautiful lady. The Tin Woodman saw a terrible beast. The Lion saw a ball of fire. But Oz said the same thing to each of them. "Kill the Wicked Witch of the West, and I will give you what you ask." The friends did not want to kill anybody, but they wanted to go home and to have brains and a heart and courage. So next morning they set out to the west.