Sunday, September 4, 2011

The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum


The Wizard of Oz is a wonderful  and interesting story written by L.Frank Baum. It was a story about a young girl called Dorothy who lives with her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry. They live in a small farmhouse in Kansas. Dorothy has a pet dog named Toto.
     One day their house caught up in a cyclone with Dorothy and Toto inside.Then the house was deposited in a beautiful land called The Muchkins Land. The good witch of the North comes with the Munchkins to greet Dorothy and gives Dorothy the silver shoes that the wicked witch of the East had been wearing when she was killed. In order to return to Kansas, the Good Witch of the North tells Dorothy that she will have to go to the Emerald City and ask the Wizard of Oz to help her.On her journey,she met the Tinman, a scarecrow, and a cowardly lion.
    The Tinman wants a heart, the scarecrow a brain and the cowardly lion, courage. All are convince by Dorothy that the Wizard of Oz can grants their wishes too.So,they followed Dorothy and Toto to The Emerald City.
    When they reach The Emerald City,they meet the Wizard of Oz. The Wizard agrees to grant their wishes but one of them must kill the Wicked Witch of West.
      When the Wicked Witch gains one of Dorothy's silver shoes by trickery, Dorothy in anger grabs a bucket of water and throws it on the Wicked Witch, who begins to melt. When Dorothy and her friends meet the Wizard of Oz again, he tries to put them off. Toto accidentally tips over a screen in a corner of the throne room, revealing the Wizard to be an old man. The Wizard tell them the truth about himself and granted their wishes. The Wizard provides the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion with a head full of bran, pins, and needle,a silk heart stuffed with sawdust, and a potion of "courage".
      In order to help Dorothy and Toto get home, the Wizard realizes that he will have to take them home with him in a new balloon.When their was about to leave The Emerald City,  Dorothy chases Toto after he runs after a kitten in the crowd, and before she can make it back to the balloon, the ropes break, leaving the Wizard to rise and float away alone.

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