The Wizard of Oz
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MACMILLAN READERS
PRE-INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
L. FRANK BAUM
The Wizard of Oz
Retold by Elizabeth Walker
MACMILLAN
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The People in This Story |
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The Cyclone |
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In the Land of the Munchkins |
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Dorothy Meets the Scarecrow |
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The River |
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The Field of Sleep |
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The Queen of the Field Mice |
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The Emerald City |
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The Great Wizard of Oz |
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In the Power of the Wicked Witch |
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13 Dorothy and the Winged Monkeys |
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz |
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The Journey to the South |
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Glossary |
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A Note About The Author |
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Frank had at last found the work that he could do best. |
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"Ozcot". Frank Baum wrote many more books about Oz. |
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has always been his most popular |
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reading and he also liked writing his own stories and telling |
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them to his friends. |
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Frank lived his last years in California, and he finally |
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theater. Frank's father owned several theaters and he asked |
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have brought pleasure and delight to thousands of readers— |
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theater and he played the leading part himself.
In 1882, Frank married Maud Gage. Although Frank and Maud were very different, their marriage was a happy one and they had four sons.
Frank continued to work very hard and his health became worse Hjoine. father'businesshids bu, hat late failer and d
most of the money was lost.
Frank and his family moved to the Midwest in 1882 and in 1888 he opened a shop called "Baum's Bazaar". The shop was very popular, but it only lasted two years. People in the
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"Quick, Dorothy! Get inside!" Aunt Em cried as she |
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Dorothy could not get into the cyclone cellar. The wind |
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miles. Many hours went by. It was very dark now and the |
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wind went on making its terrible roaring sound. At last |
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"Quick, Dorothy.' Get inside.'" Aunt Em cried as she opened the |
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into a room where everything was blue. The bed was very soft with blue sheets. Dorothy and Toto fell asleep at once.
When Dorothy woke up, breakfast was ready for her. After she had eaten, the girl asked the Munchkin a question.
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"But our scarecrows in Kansas don't talk," she said.
"I don't talk much," the Scarecrow replied. "I'm standing here because I can't get down. The crows are not scared of me. They have brains and I don't."
"Oh dear," Dorothy said kindly. "Perhaps I can help you."
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"But I want to get home to Kansas and the Great Wizard |
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Scarecrow. It was fixed onto a pole23. |
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The Scarecrow's head was made from a sack24 which was |
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Dorothy looked at the Scarecrow and smiled. |
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