The Scarecrow blinked. "I do remember the cheese recipe." The Tin Soldier touched his dented chest. "It is warm." The Lion stood straighter.
They soon met their first foe: the . She was a bony woman with hair of black wool and fingernails like ხაჭაპური crusts. She threw a thunderbolt that turned the road into მჭადი (cornbread mush). The Tin Soldier clanked forward, blocking the blow with his chest. "I felt that," he whispered, surprised.
She threw a second bolt. The Lion, shaking, leaped in front of everyone — not with a roar, but with a terrified, high-pitched "მეშველეთ!" (Help me!). The bolt bounced off his russet mane and hit the Witch’s own foot. She shrieked, melted into a puddle of bitter ჟღაპი (vinegar), and was gone. The Wizard Of Oz Qartulad
The Witch cackled. "I'll turn you into ღვინო (wine) and drink you!"
But the Lion nudged her. "Ozi is inside you, Tako. So is Tbilisi." The Scarecrow blinked
Tako, though trembling, took charge. "We will find the Wizard of Ozi. They say he lives in a castle of crystal that drips with ჭაჭა (grappa) fountains."
(ოზის ჯადოქარი – ქართულად) They soon met their first foe: the
When they reached the , the Wizard was not a man, but an ancient, crumbling ნუცა (icon) of Saint George — hollow inside. A hidden projector played a recording of a old მესტვირე (troubadour) singing polyphonic songs.