I walked as far as the fork in the brick road and came back having seen nothing but frost-laid grass. Today, that was as far as my steps would go.

• OzHalf a day's walk further from there, and you'll reach my door. Hearts come wrapped in silk too, and I pay a generous price.
  Nick ChopperI have already once bought something with a price attached. What I paid that time was a hand, and a mouth.
• The ScarecrowYou wrote down why you went, but not why you turned back.
  Nick ChopperThe reason I turned back doesn't have a name yet.