TheWi

zar
dofOz

Dori
tawasagi r
lwhol i
vedonafarmi nKansaswi thheruncl
esandherdogTot o.Oneday,
whil
e
thegir
lwaspl ayi
ngwi t
hherdogar oundthehouse, noonenoti
cedthatat
ornadowas
approachi
ng.WhenDor i
tasawhim, shetr
iedtoruni nt
hedir
ecti
onofthehouse,butherat
tempt
toescapewasi nv ai
n.Thegir
ltr
ipped,fel
l,andendedupbeingcarr
iedaway,al
ongwi t
hherdog,
bythetornado.

TheunclessawDor i
taandTot
odisappearint
ot hesky,wi
thoutbei
ngablet
odoanythingt
o
preventi
t.Dori
taandherdogt
rav
eledthroughthetornadoandlandedi
naplacet
otall
y
unknownt othem.

There,
theyfoundsomest rangechar
acter
sandaf ai
rywho,r
espondi
ngtoDori
ta'
swishtof
ind
thei
rwaybackt oherhouse,advi
sedthem tov
isi
ttheWizar
dofOz.Theyshowedthem t
he
yell
owbrickroad,
andDor i
taandTotofoll
owed.

Ontheway,thetwocameacr ossascarecrowi ncessant

lyaski
ngf orabrain.Dori
tainvi
tedhi
m
t
ojoinhert
oseewhatt heWi zardofOzcoul ddof orhim.Andt hescarecr
owaccept ed.Later
,
t
heyfoundat i
nmanwho, sit
ti
ngunderat r
ee, wishedhehadahear t
.Dorit
acalledhimtogo
wi
ththem t
oconsulttheWi zardofOz.Andt heycont i
nuedonther oad.Somet i
mel ater
,Dori
ta,
t
hescarecr
ow, andt
het i
nmanf oundalionroar i
ngweakly,st
artl
edbyTot o'sbarki
ng.

Theli
onwascr yi
ngbecausehewant edt obebrave.Sotheyalldeci
dedtofoll
owt hepathtothe
WizardofOz, hopi
ngtomaket heirwishescomet rue.WhentheyreachedthelandofOz, aguard
openedt hegatefort
hem,andt heywer efi
nal
l
yabl etoexpl
aintothewizardwhatt heywanted.
TheWi zardofOzputonecondi ti
onont hem:fi
rsttheywouldhavet oki
ll
thecruel
estwitchin
theki
ngdom, beforeseei
ngtheirproblemssolved.Theyaccept
edt hem.

Whenleavi
ngthecastl
eofOz, Dorit
aandherf r
iendspassedthroughafi
eldofpoppiesandthat
i
ntensear
omamadet hem fal
lint
oadeepsl eep,bei
ngcapturedbysomef l
yi
ngmonkey sthat
camefrom t
hebadwi tch.Whentheywokeupandsawt hewi tch,
theonl
ythi
ngDor i
tacoul
d
thi
nkofwastothr
owabucketofwat eratt
hewi t
ch'
sface,notknowingt
hatthi
swaswhat
wouldmakethewitchdisappear.

Thewi tch'
sbodybecameapool ofwat er
,apiss.Thusbr eaki
ngt hewit
ch'
sspell,ever
yonecoul
d
seehowherwi sheswer eturnedint
or eal
it
y,exceptDorit
a.Tot o,ashewasverycurious,
discoveredthatt hemagi ci
anwasnot hingbutanol dmanhi dingbehindhi
sfigure.Themanhad
beent hereformanyy earsbuthealreadywant edtoleave.Fort hi
shehadcreatedamagi c
balloon.Dorit
adeci dedtogowi thhim.Dur i
ngt hedangerousbal l
oonri
de,
herdogf ellandDor
it
a
j
umpedaf terhimt osav ehim.

I
nthef
all
ofhert
hegi
rlshedr
eamedofal
lherf
ri
ends,
andshehear
dhowt
hef
air
ysai
dtoher
:

-I
fyouwantt
ogoback,
thi
nk:
?Nowher
eisi
tli
kehome?
.
Andshesoshedi
d.Whenshewokeup,sheheardherunclesscr
eamingandranof
f.I
thadal
l
beenadr
eam!Adream shewoul
dnev
erforget.
..andnei
therwouldherf
ri
ends.

END