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The Cowardly Lion In The Wizard Of Oz
The Cowardly Lion, in The Wizard of Oz written by L. Frank Baym, had already had courage, even though he had thought that was what he’d been lacking. To begin, the Cowardly Lion first had courage once he had came out from hiding to threaten Dorothy and her friends, which takes courage to do in the first place, even though he had scared himself while doing it. After he had scared them, the lion decided to follow the trail with Dorothy, even though he had not known what was going to happen. This part of the movie shows that the lion has courage, even though he doesn’t know it yet, because of the fact he had scared Dorothy and her friends and put his trust into them, even though he had just met them. Secondly, The Cowardly Lion sings the song

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