Dorothy lived in a small house in Kansas, with Uncle Henry, Aunt Em, and a little black dog called Toto.'"We must go down into the cellar!' They ran to the door of the cellar, but T oto was afraid, and he ran under the bed. Dorothy ran after him. 'Quick!'shouted Aunt Em from the cellar. 'Leave the dog and come down into the cellar!' Dorothy picked up Toto and ran to the cellar door. But before she got there, the cyclone hit the house. And then a very strange thing happened. The house moved, and then it went slowly up, up, up into the sky. Aunt Em and Uncle Henry were down in the cellar under the ground, but the house, Dorothy, and Toto went up to the top of the cyclone. Dorothy looked through the open cellar door and saw hills and houses, a long way down. She closed the cellar door quickly. The wind blew the house along for many hours. At first Dorothy was afraid. 'But we can't do anything about it,'she said to Toto. 'So let's wait and see.' And after two or three hours, she and Toto went to sleep. When Dorothy opened her eyes again, the house was on the ground and everything was quiet. She picked up Toto, opened the door, and went out. They saw tall trees and beautiful flowers, and little houses with blue doors. Dorothy gave a little cry. 'This isn't Kansas, To to! And who are these people?' There were three very short men in blue hats, coats and trousers, and a little old woman in a beautiful white dress. The woman walked up to Dorothy and said, 'Thank you, thank you! Now the people are free!' 'Why are you thanking me?' Dorothy asked. 'You killed the Witch of the East,'said the woman. 'She was a bad witch, and her people, the Munchkins, were very afraid of her. Now she is dead, and we and the Munchkins want to thank you.' The little old woman and the three little men all smiled happily at Dorothy, but Dorothy did not understand. 'But I didn't kill anybody!'she said. 'Your house fell on the Witch,' laughed the little woman. 'Look! You can see her feet!' Dorothy looked, and saw two feet, with red shoes, under the house. Suddenly, one of the Munchkins gave a shout. 'Look! Her feet are disappearing in the hot sun.' A second later, there were only the red shoes. 'Good,'said the little woman. She picked up the shoes and gave them to Dorothy. 'They're your shoes now. You must wear them, because a witch's shoes can sometimes do wonderful things.' 'Thank you,'said Dorothy. 'But who are you? Are you a Munchkin?' 'No, but I'm their friend. I'm the Witch of the North, and I came to see the dead Witch of the East. But don't be afraid - I'm a good witch.' 'But Aunt Em says there aren't any witches.' 'Oh yes, there are!'said the Witch. 'Here in the country of Oz we have four witches. The witches of the North and the South are good witches, but those of the East and the West are bad witches. Now the Witch of the East is dead, so there is only one bad witch. We have a famous wizard, too. We call him the Wizard of Oz, and he lives in the Emerald City. How many witches and wizards do you have in your country?' 'We don't have any,'said Dorothy. Suddenly she remembered Aunt Em and Uncle Henry. 'How can I get back home to Kansas?'she asked. 'Where is Kansas?' asked the good Witch. 'I don't know a country called Kansas, so I can't tell you the way.' Dorothy began to cry. cOh dear! What can Ido?' 'Please don't cry!'said the Witch. 'Go and see the Wizard of Oz. He's a good wizard, and perhaps he can help you. It's a long way, and you must walk there. I can't go with you, but I can give you my kiss.* She gave Dorothy a little kiss. It looked like a small red flower on Dorothy's face. 'Now nothing can hurt you,'she said. 'Look - there is the road to the Emerald City. It is made of yellow bricks, so you cannot lose your way ... Goodbye.' 'Goodbye!'said the three little Munchkins. In the house Dorothy found some bread and some apples, and she put them all in a bag. Then she put on her blue and white dress. 'Now I look nice,'she said. She looked down at her old shoes. Then she remembered the bad Witch's red shoes, and put them on. She picked up her bag of food. GBPCome on, Toto! 1 she called. 'We're going to find the Wizard of Oz.' THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD Dorothy and Toto walked along the yellow brick road for a long time. When they were tired, they stopped in a field by the road. Not far away, there was a scarecrow, and Dorothy and Toto walked across to look at it. 'Good day/ said the Scarecrow. 'Oh!'said Dorothy. 'You can speak!' 'Of course I can speak/ said the Scarecrow. 'But I can't move, up here on this pole ... I'd like to get down. Can you help me?' Carefully, Dorothy took the Scarecrow off his pole. 'Thank you very much/ said the Scarecrow. He moved his arms and legs, and straw went everywhere. 'Who are you?' he asked. 'And where are you going?' Tm Dorothy, and I'm going to the Emerald City. I want to go home to Kansas, but I don't know the way. I'm going to ask the Wizard of Oz for help.' 'Where is the Emerald City?* asked the Scarecrow. 'And who is the Wizard of Oz? I don't know anything, you see, because I have no brains in my head - only straw.' 'Oh dear!'said Dorothy. Tm very sorry.' 'I would very much like to have some brains' the Scarecrow said. 'Can I go to the Emerald City with you? Perhaps the Wizard of Oz can give me some brains. What do you think?' 'I don't know/ said Dorothy. 'But yes, please come with me. He's a famous wizard, so perhaps he can help you.' She felt very sorry for the Scarecrow. 'Don't be afraid of Toto/ she said. 'He never hurts people.* 'Nothing can hurt me/ said the Scarecrow. Tm not afraid of anything... Well, that's not true. I am afraid of fire, of course.' Dorothy walked along the road with her new friend. Soon she began to feel hungry, so she sat down and she and Toto ate some bread and apples. 'Would you like some, Scarecrow?'said I am afraid of fire, said Dorothy. 'No, thank you/ said the Scarecrow. 'I don't need to eat or drink. You can't eat when you're made of straw . .. Now, tell me about your home.' So Dorothy told him about Kansas, and Uncle Henry and Aunt Em, and the cyclone. 'But why do you want to leave this beautiful country ? ' asked the Scarecrow. 'Kansas, you say, has no trees, no green hills, no gardens. I don't understand.' 'That's because you have no brains/ said Dorothy. 'Kansas is my home. We say, "East, west - home's best", and it's true.So the Cowardly Lion jumped across the river, first with the Scarecrow on his back, then with Dorothy and Toto, and last with the Tin Man.So Dorothy told him about the Wizard of Oz. 'I want to go back to Kansas, and the Scarecrow wants some brains,'she said.That night Dorothy and Toto slept under a big tree, next to the Cowardly Lion's big, warm body.Dorothy and Toto ate a lot of it, and the Lion ate some of it. But the Scarecrow and the Tin Man ate nothing.Dorothy went away, and then her friends went into the Wizard's room - first the Scarecrow, then the Tin Man, and last the Lion.'No, it isn't!'shouted Dorothy angrily.There was nobody there, so they went in. Dorothy and Toto slept, but the Scarecrow just stood all night with his eyes open.Then Dorothy told him about the Wizard of Oz. 'Come with us to the Emerald City,'she said.There were no trees and no hills in Kansas, and it was often very windy.That was a cyclone, and it could blow trees and people and buildings away.And when a cyclone came, people went down into their cellars and stayed there.'There's a cyclone coming/ he called to Aunt Em and Dorothy.Dorothy was tired, and soon the Scarecrow saw a little house behind some trees.1 Tm sorry for you/ said the Scarecrow.Suddenly, they heard a shout from the trees near the house, and They found some water, and they all ran out of the Dorothy washed.house to Iook , They saw a man by a big tree, with an axe in his hand.Then she came back and, with the Scarecrow's help, she carefully oiled the Tin Man.'We stopped at your house for the night,' Dorothy said, 'and we heard your shout this morning.'Dorothy did not like these noises very much.Dorothy was afraid for Toto.didn't hurt him' said the Lion.'It's true,'said the Lion.' And the Cowardly Lion began to cry.'I want to go back to Kansas, the Scarecrow wants some brains, and the Tin Man wants a heart.And so the Cowardly Lion came with them.At first Toto was afraid of him, but very soon he and the Lion were good friends.'I can kill an animal for you,'said the Cowardly Lion.Dorothy quickly got out the oil-can and oiled his face.This one was Very big, and the Lion could not jump across it. The Scarecrow thought for a minute.But they did not come near them, because they were afraid of the Cowardly Lion.Perhaps we're near the Emerald City,'said Dorothy.The little woman looked at the Lion, and Dorothy said quickly, 'The Lion is my friend, and he never hurts anybody.''To the Emerald City,'said Dorothy.The next day they thanked the woman, left the house, arid began walking again.'We want to see the Wizard, please,'said Dorothy.'I am Dorothy,' said the child bravely.'I want to go home to Kansas,' answered Dorothy, 'but I don't know the way.'I saw a ball of fire,'said the Cowardly Lion.The Witch and the monkeys The next morning they left the Emerald City.She put on her tall black hat and shouted, 'Magic Monkeys - come!'They took all the straw out of the Scarecrow and threw his clothes up into a tall tree.Then they took the Lion and carried him to a dark cellar under the Witch's house.There were cellars under all the houses.'|..