So she gives Dorothy the wicked witch's silver shoes, kisses her on the forehead for magical protection, and sends her off to the capital - the Emerald City - to ask the Wizard who rules there for his advice.Īlong the way, Dorothy meets the Scarecrow (who wants a brain), the Tin Woodman (who misses his heart), and the Cowardly Lion (who wishes he had courage). The unnamed Good Witch of the North is sympathetic, but unfortunately has never heard of this strange place called "Kansas".
Dorothy is quickly hailed by the native Munchkins as a hero, but wants nothing more than to get home. The cyclone drops the house on the Wicked Witch of the East, killing her. For the rest, see here.ĭorothy is a little girl from Kansas whose farmhouse is carried away to Oz by a cyclone, with her and her dog Toto inside.
It spawned many sequels, beginning with The Marvelous Land of Oz. Frank Baum in 1900, was an instant success, which has been much homaged and parodied. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, written by L. Frank Baum, The introduction to first-print copies of the book
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