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Why does the Cowardly Lion travel with Dorothy to the Emerald City?
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
An illustrated page by W.W. Denslow in L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
In L. Frank Baum's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the Cowardly Lion joins Dorothy on her journey to the Emerald City because he is seeking courage. He believes that the Great Wizard Oz has the power to grant him this wish.1