Calico Illustrated Classics: Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Calico Illustrated Classics L Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Adapted by Adapted by Kathryn Lay Kathryn Lay Illustrated by Illustrated by Guy Wolek magic wagon
1 The Cyclone Dorothy lived in the middle of the Kansas prairies with Uncle Henry a farmer and Aunt Em his wife They had a small house with four walls a fl oor and a roof The only cellar was a small hole dug in the ground called a cyclone cellar When Dorothy stood in the door and looked outside she saw only the gray prairie all around There weren’t any trees or other houses The land was baked by the sun and had little cracks through it and the grass was burned Dorothy was an orphan when she came to live with Aunt Em and Uncle Henry who didn’t laugh It was Toto a little black dog with silky hair and twinkling eyes who made Dorothy 4
laugh The two played all day together and she loved him Today however they were not playing Uncle Henry sat upon the doorstep and looked at the sky which was even grayer than usual Dorothy stood in the door with Toto in her arms and looked at the sky too Aunt Em was washing the dishes From the far north they heard a low wail of the wind Uncle Henry and Dorothy could see where the long grass bowed in waves before the coming storm There now came a sharp whistling from the south and as they turned their eyes that way they saw ripples in the grass coming from that direction There’s a cyclone coming Em Uncle Henry suddenly shouted He ran off toward the cows and horses Aunt Em shouted Quick Dorothy Run for the cellar Toto jumped out of Dorothy’s arms and ran under the bed Aunt Em threw open the 5
