<P> = = 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz , the living scarecrow encounters Dorothy Gale in a field in the Munchkin Country while she is on her way to the Emerald City . He tells her about his creation and of how he at first scared away the crows , before an older one realised he was a straw man , causing the other crows to start eating the corn . The old crow then told the Scarecrow of the importance of brains . The `` mindless '' Scarecrow joins Dorothy in the hope that The Wizard will give him a brain . They are later joined by the Tin Woodman and the Cowardly Lion . When the group goes to the West , he kills the Witch 's crows by twisting their necks . He is taken apart by the Flying Monkeys and his clothes thrown up a tree , but when his clothes are filled with straw he is back again . After Dorothy and her friends have completed their mission to kill the Wicked Witch of the West , the Wizard gives the Scarecrow brains ( made out of bran , pins and needles -- in reality a placebo , as he has been the most intelligent of the travelers all along ) . Before he leaves Oz in a balloon , the Wizard appoints the Scarecrow to rule the Emerald City in his stead . He accompanies Dorothy and the others to the palace of the Good Witch of the South Glinda , and she uses the Golden Cap to summon the Winged Monkeys , who take the Scarecrow back to the Emerald City . </P>
<P> = = 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz , the living scarecrow encounters Dorothy Gale in a field in the Munchkin Country while she is on her way to the Emerald City . He tells her about his creation and of how he at first scared away the crows , before an older one realised he was a straw man , causing the other crows to start eating the corn . The old crow then told the Scarecrow of the importance of brains . The `` mindless '' Scarecrow joins Dorothy in the hope that The Wizard will give him a brain . They are later joined by the Tin Woodman and the Cowardly Lion . When the group goes to the West , he kills the Witch 's crows by twisting their necks . He is taken apart by the Flying Monkeys and his clothes thrown up a tree , but when his clothes are filled with straw he is back again . After Dorothy and her friends have completed their mission to kill the Wicked Witch of the West , the Wizard gives the Scarecrow brains ( made out of bran , pins and needles -- in reality a placebo , as he has been the most intelligent of the travelers all along ) . Before he leaves Oz in a balloon , the Wizard appoints the Scarecrow to rule the Emerald City in his stead . He accompanies Dorothy and the others to the palace of the Good Witch of the South Glinda , and she uses the Golden Cap to summon the Winged Monkeys , who take the Scarecrow back to the Emerald City . </P>
what did the straw man want in wizard of oz
what did the straw man want in wizard of oz
a brain
a brain