The Wizard of Oz was written by L Frank Baum to fill the need for a modern wonder tale The old fairy tales dealing with Kings and Princes and Princesses Genies and Dwarfs and Fairies are still able to thrill us but they are so far removed from today's world that they are hard for our young folks to picture Besides many of the old fairy tales are grue some or tragic or they glorify cruelty and wrongdoing But why write any wonder tale at all when important FACTS are still to be taught The answer is that childhood must be filled with wonder in order to be wholesome child hood A fact centered know it all child would be a monstrosity A child imprisoned within the drab walls of practical knowledge would be a most unhappy little person And those grown ups who have lost childhood's desire for the marvellous are spiritually ill The Wizard of Oz has all the delightful serious charm of make believe It carries the reader along with Dorothy into a land where almost anything CAN happen and what does finally happen turns out for the best even though it takes one's breath away It is a book which well deserves the high place it has made for itself among today's finest wonder literature DELL JUNIOR TREASURY No 5 July 1956 THE WIZARD OF OZ Published quarterly by Dell Publishing Company Inc 261 Fifth Avenue New York 16 New York George T Delacorte Jr President Helen Meyer Vice President Albert P Delacorte Vice President Application for second class entry pending at the Post Office at New York New York Single copies 15c Subscrip tions in U S A and Canada 60c per year foreign subscriptions 1 00 per year Dell Subscription Service 10 West 33rd Street New York 1 N Y 1956 by The Bobbs Merrill Company Inc All rights reserved Authorized edition based upon the story The Wizard of Oz by L Frank Baum copyright 1900 by L Frank Baum and W W Denslow copyright 1928 by Maud G Baum Printed in U S A Designed and produced by Western Printing Lithographing Company
The Wizard of Oz ONE DAY A STRANGE LOOKING CLOUD MOVED TOWARD THE LITTLE KANSAS FARM WHERE DOROTHY LIVED WITH HER AUNT AND UNCLE WHAT IS IT AUNT EM 0 O OH IT'S A CYCLONE HEADING RIGHT FOR OUR HOUSE QUICK GET DOWN IN THE CYCLONE CELLAR BOTH OF YOU I'LL TEND TO THE ANIMALS DOROTHY WAS SITTING ON THE DOORSTEP WITH HER LITTLE DOG TOTO SHE WONDERED AT THE CLOUD AND THE MOANING SOUND IT MADE JUST THEN UNCLE HENRY RAN PAST THE HOUSE WITH A FRIGHTENED SHOUT TO AUNT EM DOROTHY WONDERED WHAT A CYCLONE WOULD DO ALL RIGHT AUNT EM AS SOON ASI CATCH TOTO DOROTHY HURRY TOTO YOU NAUGHTY DOG COME HERE DOROTHY FOLLOW ME AS FAST AS YOU CAN DUR T 5 565 AUNT EM OPENED THE TRAP DOOR TO THE CYCLONE BUT LITTLE TOTO HAD BECOME FRIGHTENED TOO AND CELLAR AND STARTED DOWN HER VOICE SHAKING JUMPED OUT OF DOROTHY'S ARMS TO CATCH HIM WITH FRIGHT AS SHE CALLED SHE CRAWLED UNDER THE BED DELL COMICS ARE GOOD COMICS
0000H WHAT IS HAPPENING KA CHOO K1 Y7 SUDDENLY THE FLOOR TILTED THIS WAY AND THAT DUST BOILED UP THROUGH THE TRAP DOOR IN THE MIDDLE DOROTHY SNEEZED THE HOUSE WHIRLED SLOWLY AROUND AS THE CYCLONE CARRIED IT UP UP UP INTO THE AIR ABOVE THE BARNS AND UNCLE HENRY DON'T BE AFRAID TOTO I HAVE YOU THERE YOU WON'T FALL DOWN THERE AGAIN OW000 SOMEHOW TOTO SLID INTO THE OPEN TRAP BUT HE DIDN'T FALL FAR BECAUSE THE AIR PRESSURE OF THE CYCLONE HELD HIM UP WHEN DOROTHY SLAMMED THE TRAP DOOR SHUT THE HOWL OF THE FIERCE WINDS WAS NOT SO LOUD BUT THE ROOM WAS QUITE DARK OHHH THERE'S NOTHING TO DO TOTO SO WE MIGHT AS WELL GO TO BED HOUR AFTER HOUR PASSED WITH NO CHANGE IN THE STRANGE TWILIGHT AND THE GENTLE ROCKING OF THE HOUSE IN THE CYCLONE'S TOP DOROTHY NEVER KNEW HOW LONG SHE SLEPT BUT SHE WAS AWAKENED BY A BUMP AS IF THE HOUSE HAD DROPPED TO EARTH
OHHH THIS ISN'T KANSAS WHERE ARE WE RARF RARF DOROTHY RAN TO THE DOOR OUTSIDE WAS A COUNTRY OF MARVELOUS BEAUTY BUT SO STRANGE THAT DOROTHY CAUGHT HER BREATH WELCOME DOROTHY TO THE COUNTRY OF THE MUNCHKINS IN THE LAND OF OZ WHO ARE YOU PLEASE AND HOW DID YOU KNOW MY NAME I KNEW BECAUSE I AM A WITCH THE GOOD WITCH OF THE NORTH WH WHERE IS THAT STEPPING OUTSIDE DOROTHY SAW THREE FUNNY LITTLE PEOPLE APPROACHING HER WITH FRIENDLY SMILES ON THEIR FACES THE LITTLE OLD LADY EXPLAINED THAT THERE HAD BEEN FOUR WITCHES IN THE LAND OF OZ TWO GOOD AND TWO WICKED ONES NOW THERE IS ONLY ONE BAD WITCH LEFT YOU KILLED THE OTHER ONE WELL YOUR HOUSE KILLED HER WHEN IT LANDED THOSE ARE THE FEET OF THE WICKED WITCH OF THE EAST OH NO I DIDN'T DOROTHY WAS SHOCKED AT THE GOOD WITCH'S WORDS SHE PROTESTED THAT SHE HAD NEVER KILLED ANYBODY AND NEVER WANTED TO SHE WAS EVEN MORE SHOCKED WHEN SHE TURNED AND SAW TWO SILVER SLIPPERS STICKING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOUSE
