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All of a sudden they all quiet down and part. In the center of the square appears a throne made of green marble, shining with emeralds. And on this throne lies a huge living head, one head, without a torso... Only Ellie and her friends find themselves in front of the throne. Ellie steps forward.

ELLIE. I am Ellie, small and weak. I came from afar and I ask you for help.

ELLIE. From the cave of the evil sorceress Gingema. My house fell on her - she died, and now the glorious munchkins are free ...

ELLIE. Send me home, to Kansas, to my father and mother...

GOODWIN'S VOICE. Here is my answer: I do nothing for nothing. If you wish to use my magical arts to return home, you must do as I command you. Free the Purple Land from the power of the evil sorceress Bastinda.

ELLIE. But I can't do it.

ELLIE. It was Villina's magic that did it, and I'm a simple little girl...

ELLIE(cries). You are asking for the impossible!

ELLIE. Great and terrible Goodwin! You do not want to comply with my request. But then, please, I beg you, help at least my friends. They came with me and are waiting for you to fulfill their cherished desires. They dreamed so much about meeting you!...

GOODWIN. I will fulfill their desires only if I myself deem it necessary!

Suddenly, the large head disappears, and a beautiful sea maiden with a brilliant fish tail appears in its place. The maiden fans herself with a fan, making monotonous mechanical movements with her hand. The Scarecrow gathers his courage and bows respectfully.

SCARE. Good stump! Oh, that is, the day! Do you happen to know where Goodwin is?

SCARE. Can't be!

SCARE. Somehow I didn't think about that.

SCARE. How do you know?

The woodcutter takes a few steps towards the throne. And again, Goodwin magically changes his appearance. Now a monstrous beast sits on the throne. His snout is like that of a rhinoceros, and about a dozen eyes are scattered on it, staring blankly in different directions. Pieces of twelve paws of different lengths and thicknesses hang from the clumsy torso.

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WOODCUTTER. I am a Woodcutter and made of iron. I don't have a heart and I don't know how to love. Give me a heart and I will be like all people. This is my most cherished wish!

It is the Lion's turn to go to Goodwin, but when he wants to approach the throne of the great wizard, he jumps back in amazement: a fireball sways and shines above the throne.

A LION. I am a cowardly lion! I would like to get some courage from you to become the king of the beasts, as everyone calls me.

Leaving the Emerald City, Ellie and her friends return the gatekeeper (Goodwin) with green glasses.

ELLIE. This Goodwin was not at all what I expected. I thought he was kind, I thought he would take pity on me and bring me back to my mom and dad ...

GOODWIN. But he didn't refuse you, did he?

ELLIE. He ordered first to defeat the evil sorceress Bastinda. But I don't even know who she is?

GOODWIN. Bastinda has ruled the Purple Country for two hundred years, and she has intimidated the poor people of the Winklings so that they blink incessantly, and some even twitch their eyes.

ELLIE. I'm scared!

GOODWIN. But you are not alone. True friends are with you.

ELLIE. It's good to have wonderful friends like you around! With you, I really have almost nothing to fear. Well, it's time for us to hit the road again!

SCARE. Hey hey hey hey! Hold on, wicked Bastinda! Soon we will come to your Purple country, and then you will not be in trouble!

One of the brightest fairy tales of our childhood is The Wizard of the Emerald City. It tells about the adventures of the girl Ellie, who accidentally got into a magical land. And in order to return home, she needs to find one wizard - this is Goodwin. Volkov's book "The Wizard of the Emerald City" is a retelling of the story written by the American writer L.F. Baum "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz".

Briefly about the character

Goodwin is a dreamer and illusionist who, having fallen into a hurricane in a balloon, finds himself in a magical Greenland. Residents take him for a sorcerer. Perhaps that is why Goodwin wanted to build the Emerald City. But in the process it turned out that there were not enough materials for construction.

Then he finds an interesting way out: the wizard ordered all the inhabitants to wear green glasses. That is, Goodwin used simple glass for construction, and the townspeople believe that these are emeralds. The Wizard is slowly getting bored in Greenland and decides to restore the hot air balloon so he can return home to Kansas.

Despite the fact that Goodwin is not a magician, but a good magician, he helps Ellie and her friends. He appoints the Scarecrow as the new ruler of the city.

Upon returning to Kansas, Goodwin starts working in the circus, and then opens a grocery store. Ellie saw him in Kansas and even invited him to go on a trip to Fairyland again, but Goodwin stayed at home.

Ellie and her friends request

Ellie and her friends were looking for the wizard Goodwin to help make their dreams come true. The girl wanted to go home to Kansas, the Scarecrow wanted brains, the Tin Woodman wanted a heart, and the Lion wanted courage. Before entering the Emerald City, the heroes put on green glasses.

The locals called the ruler of the city the Great and Terrible, because they considered him a magician. Despite the fact that he did not own magic (Goodwin hid this), he was an excellent illusionist. Therefore, he appeared before his friends in different images: a talking head, a beautiful woman, a monster and a fireball. He nevertheless agrees to help his friends, but only if they fulfill his request - they will destroy the Wicked Witch of the West, who seized power in the country of Migunov.

Help

Friends complied with the request, but despite this, Goodwin does not want to accept them. Heroes show perseverance and get an audience. Goodwin tells them that he is no magician, but a simple magician. He talks about how he got to this country and how the Emerald City appeared.

However, Goodwin managed to fulfill the requests of Ellie and her companions. The Scarecrow got a brain made from pins and sawdust, the Woodcutter a silk heart, the Lion a carbonated drink that gave him courage. True, here, most likely, the placebo effect worked.

And then Goodwin and Ellie fly back to Kansas in a brand new balloon. The fact that the ruler of the Emerald City was able to fulfill requests without magic confirms that he was a gifted magician and a quick-witted person.

Character in other works

Goodwin from the fairy tale "The Wizard of the Emerald City" is practically no different from the hero of the original story created by the American writer L.F. Baum. A. M. Volkov only changed the name of the main character and some details of his biography.

Unlike the stories of other authors, little information is given about the ruler of the Emerald City in Volkov's cycle. In addition to the first part, he is also mentioned in the book Urfin Deuce and His Wooden Soldiers. In it, Ellie finds Goodwin, who has already opened his own grocery store, and offers to go to Fairyland again, but he refuses.

Also, a separate cycle about adventures in the land of Oz was created by S. Sukhinov. He pays more attention to the personality of the wizard and even dedicates a story to him called "Goodwin, the Great and Terrible." Just like with Baum, Goodwin becomes a real magician with him.

But in all the adaptations, most of the biography has remained the same as in the original story. The Wizard Goodwin from the tale of Oz is one of the most popular wizards. Even though he wasn't. But tricks can also be attributed to magic, because not all people can understand how this or that trick is done. Goodwin, despite his reputation as the Great and Terrible, was a kind and sympathetic person. After all, he agreed to help Ellie and her companions.

He also had good ingenuity and charisma: he managed to convince the inhabitants that he was a magician, and the city was built of emeralds. But Goodwin did this not so much because of vanity, but because of the creative side of his nature. And he, by the way, managed to bring a little magic into the life of Ellie and her companions.

When Ellie and her friends returned victorious to the Emerald City, Goodwin had already figured out how to fulfill their cherished desires.

He realized that even without any magic, the Scarecrow was smart, the Tin Woodman was kind, and the Lion was brave. But all three simply lacked self-confidence. And it was very easy for Goodwin to inspire them with such confidence. After all, he managed to convince all the inhabitants of the Green Country, and even Stella and Villina, that he is the Great and Terrible Wizard!

It was much more difficult to fulfill Ellie's cherished desire, who really wanted to return home to Kansas. But after all, Goodwin himself dreamed of returning to his homeland! He was sick of being a recluse in the Emerald Palace and ruling the Green Country. There was little joy from this, but Goodwin was very tired of loneliness.

And then he remembered his old balloon. Even before Ellie arrived in Wonderland, Goodwin figured out how to extract hydrogen from ordinary water. If the balloon is repaired and filled not just with hot air, but with hydrogen, then on it, with a fair wind, you can fly even to distant Kansas!

And finally, the day of fulfillment of desires has come. Goodwin stuffed the Scarecrow's head with bran mixed with needles and pins. The Straw Man immediately proudly declared, "I'm starting to feel wise!"

Goodwin put a red silk heart stuffed with sawdust into the woodcutter's iron chest. “Oh, how happy I am, my dear friends!” exclaimed the Tin Woodman joyfully, with tears in his eyes.

Well, with the Cowardly Lion there was very little trouble. Goodwin gave the mighty beast to drink fizzy kvass mixed with valerian.

"I'm already getting strong! - said the delighted Leo. “Courage flowed through my veins and fills my heart!”

Goodwin only smiled when he heard those words. He knew perfectly well that the three friends had simply fallen for his trick. And for the first time in his life, Goodwin felt that someone benefited from his deceit.

It remained to fulfill Ellie's cherished desire. On Goodwin's orders, the arzals quickly patched up the balloon and dragged it to the main square of the Emerald City. And then the balloon was filled with hydrogen and it slowly rose into the air. Now it was only held by a rope.

The farewell was very touching. Hundreds of excited citizens gathered on the square. Goodwin announced to them that he was flying to heaven to see the great magician Sun. He ordered the townspeople to never take off their green glasses, and left the Scarecrow the Wise as the ruler in his place. And then he shouted:

- Goodbye, my friends!

What's up here! After many years, the Arzals finally saw the Great and Terrible Goodwin with their own eyes. And this time he appeared before them not in the form of a monster, but in the form of a fat, bald man with kind eyes and an affectionate, slightly sad smile. How can you not scream with joy? But this joy was with tears in his eyes - after all, Goodwin flew back to heaven! Who knows if he will ever return?

- Ur-r-a-ra! - rushed over the area. Farewell, Goodwin! Long live the Scarecrow the Wise!

Goodwin waved sadly at them. He was very sorry to leave the Emerald City, and forever say goodbye to the kind and hardworking arzals. But he so wanted to go home to Kansas!

And Ellie and Toto at that time were saying goodbye to their friends - the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman and the Lion. No one hid their tears - after all, they all managed to make friends like that!

And then a strong gust of wind came up. Goodwin was alarmed.

- Ellie, hurry to the basket! he shouted.

But the rope suddenly snapped, and the balloon soared into the sky.

Goodwin looked longingly at the Main Square. Ellie ran, waving her arms at him and shouting something. Probably, the girl asked him to go down again - but how could this be done with such a strong wind?

The balloon quickly rose to the clouds. Goodwin stared at the glittering towers of the Emerald City. He could not even believe that it was he, together with the Arzals, who had built such a wonderful city.

“Farewell, Fairyland…” he mournfully whispered. "Will I never come back here?"

Suddenly he noticed that a small pink cloud appeared among the gray clouds. It was rapidly approaching the balloon. Suddenly the cloud melted, and Goodwin was surprised to see the sorceress Stella fluttering in the air. In her hands she held a red rose.

Goodwin bowed respectfully to the sorceress.

“Please forgive me, dear sorceress,” he said in a voice full of remorse. “For many years I have deceived all the inhabitants of the land of Thorn, including you and Villina. You see, I have never been a magician! I am the most a common person. I have always dreamed of wealth and power. And here, in the land of Thorn, I have achieved everything I wanted, but only through deceit! Perhaps that is why neither the title of the ruler nor the treasure brought me either joy or happiness...

He sighed bitterly and bowed his head. But Stella laughed and shook her head.

“Not so bad, dear Goodwin,” her silvery voice sounded. - Yes, you took the throne of the ruler of the Green Country by deceit, and this does not paint you in any way. But, despite this, you have done a lot of good here! You have built a wonderful Emerald City. You have protected the Green Country from evil witches. You fulfilled the cherished desires of the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman and the Lion. You probably already guessed that Villina and I are counting on their help in the future. There are many disturbing events ahead of the Magic Land, and we will really need such true friends and good helpers!

Goodwin nodded.

Yes, I already understood that. But, unfortunately, I could not fulfill Ellie's cherished desire. The rope broke at the wrong time! Or... or did it happen for a reason, too?

Stella narrowed her eyes mischievously.

“Nothing happens by chance here in Fairyland, dear Goodwin. We are counting on Ellie! Villina believes that this girl will someday be able to become a great sorceress. Therefore, Villina did not reveal the secret of the silver slippers to Ellie. If Ellie would immediately return home to Kansas, then she would not find true friends here, and would not have time to fall in love with the Magic Land.

"So you're going to help her get back to Kansas soon?" Goodwin agreed.

- Of course! Stella nodded. “But Ellie and her friends have a few more tests to go through. Tomorrow she will go to me, to the Pink Country. I really want Ellie to help the Lion become the king of beasts, and then meet the Marrans and my subjects, the Chatterboxes. She will have to go through some dangerous adventures, but everything will end well, I will take care of that.

“Is that so…” Goodwin muttered. “So Ellie will ever return to the land of Thorn forever?”

“Yes,” Stella replied. “And you can trust me that Ellie and all her friends will always remember you with a kind word.

Goodwin lowered his head and said softly:

– It turns out that I didn’t live my life in vain... I told the children about the Magic Land so many times, but I never thought that I would help make it even more beautiful and wonderful with my own hands!

He hesitated, and then took out a magic mirror from under the bench and handed it to Stella:

- Give this thing as a gift to our dear Ellie! I wanted to take the mirror to Kansas, but I think Ellie will need it more.

- I will definitely tell you - when the time comes, - Stella agreed. Farewell, Great and Terrible! Let your life be there in big world will be truly happy! And here, in the land of Thorn, your memory will live forever. Although you were not a wizard, you managed to build a wonderful Emerald City that will exist for thousands of centuries - as long as people live on Earth!

Stella handed Goodwin a red rose and unexpectedly kissed him on the cheek. And then flew away and disappeared among the clouds.

Goodwin gazed after her, touched.

“I would like to know what will happen in the Magic Land after many years, when Ellie returns here forever ... Will she really turn into a great sorceress? What if she someday even becomes the queen of the Emerald City? Why not?

And then Goodwin looked the other way and saw the snow-capped peaks of the Round the World Mountains in the distance. They were getting closer every minute.

“For so many years I dreamed of returning to my native Kansas ...” he whispered. “So why is my heart clenching in pain right now?” Farewell Emerald City, farewell my friends! Will we never meet again?

But Goodwin was wrong. One day, many years later, he met Ellie and the Scarecrow again, and even made a long journey with them along the yellow road from the enchanted mountain to the sea of ​​\u200b\u200bThorn. You will read about this in other books about the Magic Land. See you soon, my dear readers!

James Goodwin is one of the most controversial sorcerers of the Enchanted Land and the rulers of the Emerald City.

Appearance

Acquaintance with the "wizard" James Goodwin is unusual. At first, we only hear about him (in the scene when Villina tells Ellie about the Emerald City and its ruler), then Ellie and her friends talk about him, using the epithet "Great and Terrible" and thinking about how the sorcerer looks and what he is similar (head, mermaid, fireball, six-legged). And only then, by pure chance, thanks to the dog Totoshka, we see an elderly man of small stature, with a large head and a wrinkled face, dressed in a colorful waistcoat, striped trousers and a long frock coat. And the first phrase of this little man was a maxim:

“I am Goodwin, the Great and Terrible,” the little man answered in a trembling voice. "But please, please don't touch me!" I will do whatever you ask of me!"

When James Goodwin arrived in Fairyland, he was only about 30 years old, “He was short, strongly built, and had lush red hair. And most importantly, he was energetic and enterprising. He had golden hands, accustomed to any craft.

Personality and character

The prototype of James Goodwin was the wizard from Oz from a series of fairy tales by L.F. Baum. A.M. Volkov only changed the name and slightly corrected the "biography" of the imaginary sorcerer. S. Sukhinov supplemented information about Goodwin. In all three authors, the magician appears as a dreamer, dreamer, storyteller, inventor. By nature - kind, but somewhat selfish.

Magic

James Goodwin is an illusionist, magician and circus performer (according to S. Sukhinov, a local theater actor, then a carpenter, loader, salesman and director of a department store) from Kansas (although for some time our hero lived in the state of Dakota, in the city of Aberdeen, working as an aeronaut ). He is not a mage in the truest sense of the word. Just like Ellie, Goodwin ended up in Fairyland by accident, being carried by the hurricane of the evil sorceress Gingema. And, like Ellie, the simple-hearted locals mistook him for a great sorcerer.

Goodwin decided to take advantage of this: he hid the truth from them and became the ruler of the Green Country. In order not to be exposed, he came up with several tricks with masks, and the rumor about his "magic" spread throughout the Fairyland.

With the first lie began many years of pretense. It was not an easy life, as Goodwin himself later admitted.

Goodwin with Scarecrow brains

He built the Emerald City, in which everything was "green" in color. In fact, the emerald color was given by glasses that were worn by all the inhabitants of the city without exception. And only the emeralds on the highest towers of the city were real.

Goodwin's ingenuity is shown in the scenes in which the "wizard" gives Ellie's friends a coveted heart sewn from a red piece of cloth, brains from pins and needles, and "courage" from valerian.

Most of all, he was afraid of real sorceresses, he even tried to fight with them, but failed. The good-natured but weak-willed Goodwin was so intimidated that he sent a little girl and her friends to fight Bastinda.

When Goodwin was exposed, the imaginary wizard was even delighted: he was very sick of pretense, and he himself did not know how to get out of this story ...

Care

Before departure

James Goodwin left Fairyland in a balloon, appointing the Scarecrow the Wise as ruler of the Emerald City. Actually, he flew away because of Ellie: the girl had to be returned home. But it so happened that the rope was torn off the Earth earlier, and Goodwin returned to Kansas alone. There he opened a grocery store. In the future, Ellie and her uncle, the one-legged sailor Charlie, saw Goodwin and called him to help the Fairyland, but he flatly refused.