How was the Stork important to the story in the book The Wizard of Oz?

Answer 1

Dorothy, her pet dog Toto, and her friends came to a great ditch. They were able to cross it, one by one, on the Cowardly Lion's back. They then continued down the Yellow Brick Road, through the forested domains of the dreaded part-bear, part-tiger Kalidahs. The five friends came to a waterbody that was way wider than the Lion could leap over. So the Tin Woodman cut down some trees and made a raft. As the five friends were rafting across the river, the Scarecrow got his pole stuck in the river bottom's mud. He was left clinging to the pole in the middle of the river. The raft followed the prevailing current, and so the four proceeded without the Scarecrow. But shortly thereafter they met the Stork, who flew back to grab the Scarecrow off the pole and leave him on the riverbank with his friends.