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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

149 illustrations · 24 chapters

Chapter 1The cyclone carries the house away

  1. A small gray farmhouse and its sheds stand alone on the cracked, sun-burned Kansas plain
  2. A small girl stands in the farmhouse doorway and looks out over the flat gray prairie
  3. Uncle Henry calls out that a cyclone is coming and runs toward the sheds
  4. A gust throws Dorothy, Toto in her arms, to the floor just short of the cellar door
  5. Beneath a vast spiral of dark cloud, the gray farmhouse lifts from the Kansas prairie
  6. In the swaying house, Toto hangs in the open trap door, held up by the rushing air

Chapter 2The Munchkins and the road to Oz

  1. The farmhouse rests beside a winding brook in the bright green Munchkin meadow
  2. Two silver shoes with upturned toes peek out from under the beam the house rests on
  3. The Witch of the North holds out the silver shoes as Dorothy reaches for them
  4. The Witch of the North tells Dorothy that deserts close every road out of Oz
  5. On tiptoe, the Witch of the North leans toward the girl's forehead for a blessing kiss
  6. The Good Witch of the North spins on her heel and begins to fade in a shimmer of stars.

Chapter 3Dorothy Frees the Scarecrow

  1. Seated on the edge of her little bed in the morning sunshine, Dorothy pulls the Witch's silver shoe onto her raised foot while Toto watches from the floor.
  2. Dorothy strides briskly along the yellow brick road in her silver shoes, with Toto trotting at her heels, toward the distant Emerald City.
  3. At golden evening Dorothy and Toto reach the edge of a Munchkin celebration, with dancers, fiddlers and a loaded table before Boq's blue-domed house.
  4. In Boq's round blue house, the courteous Munchkin points at Dorothy's silver shoes and declares her a great sorceress, while Dorothy looks up, puzzled, and Toto dozes at her feet.
  5. Dorothy, chin on hand, watches the painted Scarecrow slowly close one eye in a wink, and the straw man comes to life.
  6. Standing on tiptoe in the cornfield, Dorothy lifts the light, straw-stuffed Scarecrow off his tall pole while Toto watches from the yellow road below.
  7. The Scarecrow confesses he knows nothing because his head is stuffed with straw
  8. On the yellow brick road beside the blue fence, the straw-stuffed man takes the girl's basket and leans in to share a secret.

Chapter 4The Road Through the Forest

  1. The yellow brick road winds across empty, untilled country toward a dark green forest
  2. Dorothy, her kiss-mark softly glowing, tells the Scarecrow with earnest tenderness that no place compares to home.
  3. An old crow on the Scarecrow's shoulder tells him brains are the only thing worth having
  4. At evening a girl, a straw-stuffed scarecrow and a small black dog walk arm in arm toward a huge green tunnel of branches arching over the yellow brick road.

Chapter 5The Tin Woodman is freed and joins

  1. Dorothy halts mid-stride with a little cry of surprise, her hand rising to her mouth, as a tiny glint of tin shines in a distant shaft of sunlight.
  2. In a sunbeam in the green forest shade, a rusted tin man stands frozen beside a half-chopped tree with his axe raised overhead.
  3. In a dim mossy glade, a girl oils the rusted neck of the tin man while a straw-stuffed scarecrow gently turns the shining tin head.
  4. The oiled Tin Woodman touches his empty chest and asks if Oz could give him a heart
  5. In a dim green forest, the tin man explains why he would choose a heart over brains

Chapter 6The Cowardly Lion Joins the Journey

  1. A huge tawny Lion leaps roaring from the mossy forest onto the yellow brick road as Dorothy, Toto, the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman freeze in surprise.
  2. In a close-up, the Cowardly Lion lifts his chin and asks to join the travellers.
  3. The Tin Woodman's jaw is rusted shut by tears; his puzzled friends gather behind him

Chapter 7Ditches, Kalidahs and the River

  1. At dusk the Great Forest fills the view; one tiny campfire glints under a tall tree
  2. Five small travelers stand at the brink of a vast, shadowed ditch that splits the dim green forest and breaks the yellow brick road.
  3. The Cowardly Lion soars over the ditch with the Scarecrow clinging to his mane
  4. The trembling Lion names the Kalidahs as the Scarecrow points to the felled-tree bridge
  5. Trembling but standing his ground, the Cowardly Lion turns on the two Kalidahs and lets out a roar so mighty that Dorothy screams and the Scarecrow tumbles backward.
  6. The felled tree drops into the gulf with both snarling Kalidahs clinging to it, while the four travelers watch from the near edge of the ditch.
  7. After the dark forest and the Kalidahs, Dorothy and her three companions reach a swift sunny river and see the flowering country and the yellow brick road on the far bank.
  8. Under moonlit trees on the riverbank, Dorothy sleeps in a nest of grass, guarded by her friends.

Chapter 8The Deadly Poppy Field

  1. A broad, swift river separates the dim forest bank from bright flowered meadows beyond
  2. The straw man clings to his pole, planted fast in the middle of the river, while the raft with his friends is swept away to the right.
  3. The kind Stork soars over the river with the straw Scarecrow dangling from her claws, carrying him back to his waving friends on the sunny bank.
  4. A scarlet poppy meadow stretches along a river bend, the five travelers tiny within it
  5. From above, a little girl and her small dog lie sleeping in a sea of scarlet poppies while the tin man, the straw man and the drooping lion stand over them, worried.
  6. The Tin Woodman and the Scarecrow accept the sleeping Lion is too heavy to carry

Chapter 9The Queen of the Mice rescues the Lion

  1. The Tin Woodman raises his axe as the Wildcat chases a tiny gray field mouse past him
  2. The Queen of the Field Mice stands upright as her subjects bow almost onto their heads
  3. Toto bounds among the field mice, who scatter while the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman look on
  4. The Scarecrow points to the poppy bed and offers to save the sleeping Cowardly Lion
  5. From high above a sunny riverside meadow, streams of field mice with strings in their mouths converge on Dorothy as she wakes and sits up astonished.
  6. Mice haul the sleeping Lion out of the poppies as the Tin Woodman and Scarecrow push

Chapter 10The Guardian of the Gate

  1. A tiny band of travelers walks the winding yellow brick road through bright green meadows, green farmhouses and fences at their side, toward a faint green glow on the horizon.
  2. The travellers stroll the yellow brick road past green fences and green farmhouses while emerald-clad farm folk peer from their doors, curious but too wary of the great Lion to come near.
  3. The travelers step into the green farmhouse, where the injured farmer, the busy woman and two wide-eyed children stare at so odd a company.
  4. A tender close-up of Dorothy in the green farmhouse, eyes lowered as she admits she does not know where Kansas is, yet is sure it exists.
  5. The travelers reach the end of the yellow brick road, where the vast bright green wall of the Emerald City spans the horizon under a soft green glow.
  6. The four travelers pause on the yellow brick road as the emerald-studded gate swings slowly open, revealing a high arched room glittering with countless emeralds.
  7. The travelers step into the glittering emerald gate room and meet the small green Guardian of the Gates, who stands beside his big green box.
  8. At the emerald gate, the Guardian leans in to turn the little key behind Dorothy's head, locking the green spectacles on.
  9. In the arched emerald gate room, the whole party stands in a row wearing locked green spectacles, the big Lion and tiny Toto equally docile, while the little green Guardian checks his work with the key at his chest.
  10. The little green Guardian, in his own spectacles, leads the girl, her dog and her three companions through the opened inner gate into the green glow of the Emerald City.

Chapter 11The Emerald City and Oz's Four Forms

  1. The walled Emerald City glows green, the yellow brick road leading to its open gate
  2. Dorothy, her friends and Toto walk the glittering green marble street of the Emerald City, shading their spectacled eyes against its brilliance.
  3. In the round emerald Throne Room, Dorothy stands tiny beside the little door while the enormous bald Head of Oz gazes from the green marble throne.
  4. In the round emerald throne room, Dorothy clutches Toto and cries out in shock as the great Head demands she kill the Wicked Witch of the West.
  5. The Scarecrow gazes up at a winged Lady in green gauze and a jeweled crown on the throne
  6. Oz appears as a vast, woolly, five-eyed Beast crowded onto the green throne
  7. The Cowardly Lion creeps back from a blazing Ball of Fire before the empty throne
  8. In the great emerald hall, the four friends sit close in a circle of sorrow as Dorothy, wiping her tears, says she will never see Aunt Em and Uncle Henry.

Chapter 12The Witch's attacks, capture and melting

  1. Tiny travelers stand at the open gate of the green city glittering in morning light
  2. The one-eyed Witch watches the far plain from her doorstep, hand on her silver whistle
  3. The Tin Woodman swings his axe at the leaping lead wolf as the pack presses in at dusk
  4. Sunlight reveals the Witch on her doorstep, ringed by winged monkeys and their huge king
  5. The Winged Monkey leader halts his long reaching arms a hand's breadth from Dorothy's glowing kiss-mark, held back by the Power of Good.
  6. Seen from above, the one-eyed Witch stares down at the Silver Shoes on Dorothy's feet.
  7. Crossing the castle kitchen, Dorothy trips over the unseen iron bar and sprawls forward as a silver shoe spins from her foot.
  8. In the castle kitchen, the furious girl hauls the full wooden bucket back behind her hip while the cackling one-eyed Witch, wearing the stolen silver shoe, does not see the splash coming.
  9. In the castle kitchen, the drenched old Witch screams as her black dress begins to collapse in folds, while the wide-eyed girl stands frozen with the empty bucket and splash drops hang in the air between them.
  10. The Wicked Witch of the West wails as water melts her into a brown puddle
  11. Dorothy, both silver shoes restored, races across the swept castle kitchen toward the sunlit door with Toto bounding at her side, eager to tell the Lion they are free.

Chapter 13The friends are rescued and set out for Oz

  1. In the yard of the yellow castle, Dorothy stands on the doorstep with her hand raised and tells the gathered Winkies they are free, while the Lion stands proudly at her side.
  2. Dorothy, the Cowardly Lion and the yellow-clad Winkies halt on a glaring rocky plain, where the dented Tin Woodman lies beside his rusted axe.
  3. In the Yellow Castle, the mended Tin Woodman bends down to Dorothy, who gently dries each of his joyful tears with her apron while her own tears fall freely.
  4. The Tin Woodman's golden-handled axe bites the base of the lone tall tree, and it tips over as the Scarecrow's blue clothes tumble from its branches.
  5. In the yellow room of the castle, Dorothy claps her hands and calls for the Emerald City tomorrow, while the Lion, the Tin Woodman and the Scarecrow turn to her with smiling faces.
  6. Dorothy presses the Golden Cap onto her head in the Witch's cupboard room and beams, delighted that it fits.
  7. Dorothy and her four companions set off along the yellow road while the freed Winkies cheer and wave from the castle door.

Chapter 14The Winged Monkeys

  1. Tiny travelers trudge through the yellow flowers of the West, away from a dark castle
  2. A tiny field mouse queen sits upright in the buttercups and gazes up in sudden recognition at the Golden Cap glinting in a girl's outstretched hand.
  3. Dorothy finishes the last word of the charm in a field of buttercups, and a dark band of Winged Monkeys sweeps in from the upper right.
  4. The towering Monkey King bows low before little Dorothy in her Golden Cap and asks for her command, as her friends watch from afar across the yellow fields.
  5. At the King's word the winged Monkeys sweep Dorothy, her friends and a furiously snapping Toto up out of the yellow flowers.
  6. The kind sorceress leads the boy by the hand toward her ruby palace in the north
  7. Grinning Winged Monkeys prepare to drop a young man in silk into a wide river
  8. Princess Gayelette holds up the Golden Cap and sentences the bowing Winged Monkeys
  9. The Winged Monkeys have carried the travelers safely to the glowing green gate of the Emerald City.

Chapter 15Oz exposed as a humbug

  1. Dorothy and her friends huddle just inside the door of the vast emerald Throne Room, finding only an empty throne and a dreadful stillness.
  2. The Cowardly Lion roars in the Throne Room, making Toto leap and the screen tip over
  3. The fallen screen reveals the "terrible" Oz as a small, trembling bald old man, his palms raised before the Tin Woodman's lifted axe while the astonished travelers crowd close.
  4. In the small back chamber, Oz spreads his hands in apology before the stern little girl and her downcast friends, confessing he is a good man but a bad Wizard.
  5. Oz promises the Scarecrow brains tomorrow, and the straw man flings his arms wide
  6. The four friends and Toto walk lightly out of the small back chamber toward the glowing doorway, hopeful after the confession.

Chapter 16Oz grants wishes by humbug

  1. The Emerald City wakes at sunrise as tiny citizens walk toward the marble Palace
  2. The Wizard pours bran full of pins and needles into the Scarecrow's open head
  3. Oz proudly holds up a red silk heart, and the delighted Tin Woodman bends to admire it
  4. The Lion shuts his eyes and laps the dish dry, trusting the Wizard's promise
  5. The small bald Wizard stands alone in the Throne Room, smiling ruefully at the door

Chapter 17The Balloon Departs Without Dorothy

  1. A calm bird's-eye view of the walled Emerald City before the balloon departs
  2. In the Emerald City Throne Room, Dorothy leans in eagerly while Oz offers an apologetic shrug, admitting he has no notion which way Kansas lies.
  3. Oz, the humbug Wizard, lifts a finger as the idea of a balloon dawns on his delighted face.
  4. In the emerald Throne Room, Dorothy is startled to learn the Wizard means to sail away with her, and he answers with a tired, sheepish smile.
  5. The green-striped balloon swells over the Tin Woodman's fire as the city gazes up
  6. Dorothy races toward the green balloon with Toto in her arms while Oz leans from the basket with outstretched hands, the rope stretched thin.
  7. The ropes snap and the green balloon surges skyward with Oz reaching down, just out of Dorothy's grasp as she stands a few steps away with Toto in her arms.

Chapter 18Away to the South

  1. A hushed green morning over the walled Emerald City, the day after the balloon departed.
  2. The Winged Monkeys sweep through the open window into the sunlit emerald Throne Room, and their King bows to Dorothy, who holds the Golden Cap raised.
  3. The Winged Monkey King bows and regretfully refuses Dorothy's request
  4. The green-whiskered soldier points south as he names the Witch of the South
  5. The newly crowned Scarecrow rises from the green marble throne and tells his friends he will never leave the girl who gave him his brains.

Chapter 19Farewell to the City and the Fighting Trees

  1. Tiny travelers gather at the Emerald City gate to say farewell in the morning light
  2. The Guardian holds the emerald gate open as Dorothy and her friends step onto the yellow brick road, the Lion leading the way into the bright green meadow.
  3. At the edge of the Fighting Trees, the Scarecrow is lifted off the grass by two bending boughs while Dorothy, the Lion, the Tin Woodman and Toto look on in surprise.
  4. The Tin Woodman chops a seizing branch, opening a way through the Fighting Trees
  5. Emerging from the quiet wood, Dorothy and her three companions stop short before a tall, glossy white china wall.

Chapter 20Crossing the Dainty China Country

  1. Five tiny travelers rest and work at the foot of a white china wall in a dim forest
  2. The Dainty China Country spreads out, dotted with tiny painted houses and animals
  3. A china cow kicks out as two giant strangers draw near, sending the stool, the pail and the little milkmaid flying.
  4. Mid-leap, the Lion's tail sweeps a little china church and bursts it into flying shards, while his friends watch from the top of the low white wall.

Chapter 21The Lion Kills the Spider, Becomes King

  1. Tiny travelers cross a green bog toward the dark ancient forest beyond the china wall
  2. From the edge of a mossy forest clearing, a small party looks down on a vast, growling assembly of tigers, elephants, bears, wolves and foxes.
  3. On the sleeping spider's back, the Lion raises his paw to strike its slender neck
  4. In a sunlit forest clearing, tigers, elephants, bears, wolves and foxes bow to the Cowardly Lion as their new King, while Dorothy and her friends look on gladly from the edge.

Chapter 22Over the Hammer-Heads' hill to Glinda's gate

  1. Tiny travelers near the Hammer-Heads' gray hill, with red Quadling country beyond
  2. A Hammer-Head shoots out his neck and butts the Scarecrow down the hill
  3. From the foot of the hill, Dorothy looks up at hundreds of armless Hammer-Heads jeering over the boulders, while Toto stands alert at her heel and the fallen Scarecrow sprawls nearby.
  4. On the stony Hammer-Head hill, the huge king of the Winged Monkeys bows low before little Dorothy in her Golden Cap and asks her command, while his band hovers in the pale sky behind him.
  5. Carried high in the arms of the Winged Monkeys, Dorothy, her three friends and Toto sail over the rocky hill while the armless Hammer-Heads stretch their necks in vain.
  6. Red-clad Quadlings farm the red country, with Glinda's castle faint on the horizon
  7. After the long road through the red Quadling country, the weary travelers reach the pale towers of Glinda's castle, where three red-uniformed girl soldiers stand before the gates.

Chapter 23Glinda's Gift and the Return to Kansas

  1. A tiny band of travelers reaches the gate of Glinda's castle among red fields
  2. In the pale-stone throne hall, four small travelers and a little black dog stand before the young Good Witch.
  3. In a close single, Glinda smiles on her ruby throne and nods toward Dorothy's feet.
  4. In the ruby-trimmed throne hall, Dorothy throws her arms around the Cowardly Lion's neck and kisses his head, while the weeping Tin Woodman and the outstretched Scarecrow wait their turn to say goodbye.
  5. In Glinda's ruby-trimmed throne hall, Dorothy stands with Toto in her arms and her eyes shut, heels hovering a hair apart, as her three friends watch her farewell.
  6. Dorothy sits in the pale Kansas grass, newly arrived, looking at the new farmhouse and the barnyard.

Chapter 24Home Again

  1. A lone gray Kansas farm on the flat prairie, Aunt Em a tiny speck by the cabbage patch
  2. Tearful Aunt Em gathers Dorothy into her arms and kisses her on the Kansas prairie
  3. Held close in her aunt's arms, Dorothy looks up and answers gravely, "From the Land of Oz."