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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum1900

A Kansas cyclone, a yellow brick road, and three friends who want what they already have.

Portrait of Dorothy GaleDorothy
Portrait of ScarecrowScarecrow
Portrait of Tin WoodmanTin
Portrait of Cowardly LionCowardly
Portrait of TotoToto
Portrait of GlindaGlinda
Portrait of The WizardThe
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Cover of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, comic edition
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated page 1: Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies, with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer,
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated page 2: A rusty cooking stove occupied a corner of the one‑room house.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated page 3: When Aunt Em came there to live she was a young, pretty wife.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated page 4: It was Toto that made Dorothy laugh, and saved her from growing as gray as her other surroundings.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated page 5: Uncle Henry sat upon the door-step and looked anxiously at the sky, which was even grayer than usual.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated page 7: A strange thing then happened.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated page 8: Hour after hour passed away, and slowly Dorothy got over her fright;
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated page 9: She sprang from her bed
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated page 10: The little girl gave a cry of amazement
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated page 11: Munchkins, tall as Dorothy, older in looks, wore blue hats with tinkling bells.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated page 12: The Witch of the North points to the broken house.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated page 15: She reached down and picked up the shoes,
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated page 19: Alone in the house, Dorothy began to feel hungry.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated page 20: She closed the door, locked it,
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated page 21: There were several roads nearby, but she soon found the yellow‑brick one.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated page 22: were laughing and singing, while a big table near by was loaded
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated page 23: That night.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated page 25: She bade her friends good‑bye, and again started along the road of yellow brick.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated page 26: On the fence, the Scarecrow greets the girl.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated page 28: They walked back to the road, Dorothy helped him over the fence,
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated page 29: The road grew rough, and the walking became difficult.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated page 31: Dorothy encounters the Tin Woodman, a man made entirely of tin, standing beside a partially chopped tree.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated page 32: She extends a hand, unsure of what she will find.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated page 33: Together they set off down the yellow brick road.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated page 34: so big and close together that their branches met over the road of yellow brick.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated page 37: Dorothy at once ran back to the cottage and found the oil‑can.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated page 38: The Tin Woodman gave a sigh of satisfaction and lowered his axe.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated page 39: They set out toward the Emerald City.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated page 40: He remembered the curse that made his axe cut off his limbs.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated page 41: Just as he spoke there came from the forest a terrible roar,
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated page 47: The night they camped under a great tree.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated page 49: The Lion vanished among the trees.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated page 50: At dawn, she washed her face in the brook.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated page 51: They had hardly been walking an hour when they saw before them a great ditch
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated page 53: The Scarecrow sat upon the Lion's back, and the big beast walked to the edge of the gulf and crouched down.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated page 54: The Lion went back a third time and got the Tin Woodman,
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated page 57: Morning: the raft is nearly done.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated page 58: The current sweeps them downstream.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated page 60: The Stork carried him up into the air.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated page 61: They now came upon more and more of the big scarlet poppies, and fewer and fewer of the other flowers.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated page 62: Dorothy's eyes grew heavy and she fell among the poppies, fast asleep.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated page 64: The Lion aroused himself and bounded forward as fast as he could go.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated page 65: The Woodman raised his axe, and as the wildcat ran by he gave it a quick blow that cut the beast's head clean off.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated page 66: The Lion awakens and rushes forward to escape the poppy field’s fumes.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated page 67: He bursts from the poppy sea.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated page 68: In the green fields, the Lion lay among the poppies.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated page 69: The road was smooth and well paved, now, and the country about was beautiful;
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated page 70: Inside the farmhouse.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated page 71: The group reaches the Emerald City’s massive green gate and prepares to enter.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated page 72: That night, the group rested.
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