A palace guard at the Emerald City tells everyone to go home but Dorothy and her friends insist on entering the palace. "Not nobody, not no how," replies the guard. The scarecrow tells him that "she's Dorothy." "The Witch's Dorothy? Well, that makes a difference," the guard replies, adding that he will announce them.

While waiting outside the palace, Cowardly Lion sings "If I Were King Of The Forest." Dorothy asks if he were king would he be afraid of anything. "Not nobody. Not no how," he replies. "Not even a rhinoceros," asks the Tin Man. "Imp-oceros," replies Cowardly Lion. Dorothy asks "How about a hippopotamus?" "Why I'd trash him from top-to-bottom-us," replies Cowardly Lion.

The guard then returns to reverse the good news: "The Wizard says, 'Go away.'"

Dorothy collapses, heartbroken by the bad news, reflecting tearfully that she'll never forgive herself for running away and hurting Auntie Em's feelings. The guard overhears her and, telling her he also had an Aunt Em, tells them he will get them "in to the Wizard somehow," opening the palace doors.