Road! "Bricks" are a type of clay stone used for making buildings, roads, etc. * You’re off to see the Wizard, the Wonderful Wizard of Oz! If a person is "off to" do something, they are in the process of leaving. * You’ll find he is a wiz of a wiz, if ever a wiz there was! "Wiz" is short for wizard, and in fact is often used colloquially in the expression "a whiz kid," which refers to a very smart child. Dorothy meets the Scarecrow, who decides to go with her to Oz. That’s funny; Wasn’t he pointing the other way? "To point" is a critical verb meaning to signal or show direction with one’s hands or fingers. Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don’t they? To do "an awful lot of" anything is an interesting alternative to the simpler "a lot of." This whole sentence is a clever reference to people in general, and perhaps politicians in particular. It’s very tedious being stuck up here all day long with a pole up your back. "Tedious" is an excellent adjective meaning boring, or long and tiring. If a person is "stuck" someplace, they cannot move or free themselves. A "pole" is a thin round stick or post, usually made of wood or metal. That’s very kind of you! This is an excellent but underused word meaning nice or polite. Boo! Scat! You see, I can’t even scare a crow. "Boo" and "scat" are words you would scream if you want to scare an animal or child. * I could while away the hours, conferring with the flowers, consulting with the rain. "To while away" time is to pass time doing nothing in particular, except perhaps relaxing. "To confer" with a person is to talk with them. * My thoughts would be busy hatching… "To hatch" is what an egg does, when it cracks open to let loose a chick. * I’d unravel any riddle for any individual. "To unravel" a riddle is to solve it, and the "riddle" itself is a difficult question or mystery. * With the thoughts you’d be thinking, you could be another Lincoln. Reference to President Lincoln, who was in office during the American Civil War, and is considered one of the best leaders in US history. Would the wizard give me some brains? :: I couldn’t say, but even if he didn’t, you’d be no worse off than you are now. Note that in certain contexts, "I couldn’t say" means "I don’t know." I’d face a whole box full of lighted matches for a chance of getting some brains. "To face" something can mean to fight, or survive against it. What do you think you’re doing?! How would you like someone to come along and pick something off of you? This is the type of a question a parent would ask a child who just did something that they considered bad or inappropriate. Are you hinting my apples aren’t what they ought to be? In this context, "to hint" is to gently suggest, wit
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