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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum

A cyclone disrupts Dorothy and Toto’s quiet life in Kansas.

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Original language: EnglishLevel: Beginner3,967 characters · ≈ 6 minSource: Project Gutenberg

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Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies, with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and Aunt Em, who was the farmer’s wife. Their house was small, for the lumber to build it had to be carried by wagon many miles. There were four walls, a floor and a roof, which made one room; and this room contained a rusty looking cookstove, a cupboard for the dishes, a table, three or four chairs, and the beds. Uncle Henry and Aunt Em had a big bed in one corner, and Dorothy a little bed in another corner. There was no garret at all, and no cellar—except a small hole dug in the ground, called a cyclone cellar, where the family could go in case one of those great whirlwinds arose, mighty enough to…

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About the book

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a 1900 children's fantasy novel by American author L. Frank Baum, the first in the Oz series. It follows Dorothy, a Kansas farm girl, and her dog Toto, who are swept away by a cyclone to the magical Land of Oz, where she learns she cannot return home until she has destroyed the Wicked Witch of the West. It remains one of the best-known stories in American literature.

About the author

Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author best known for his children's fantasy books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the first of a series. In addition to the 14 Oz books, he wrote 41 other novels, 83 short stories, over 200 poems, and at least 42 scripts.

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