Calico Illustrated Classics: Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The little old woman laughed Your house killed her See Dorothy looked where she pointed and screamed Under the corner of the house two feet stuck out wearing silver shoes with pointed toes Oh dear she cried The house fell on her Who was she She was the Wicked Witch of the East the little woman said She makes the Munchkins slave for her day and night Now they are set free because of you Who are the Munchkins Dorothy asked They are the people in this land of the East the woman said I am their friend from the North I am the Witch of the North Dorothy shouted Are you a real witch Yes I am a good witch and the people love me She explained that there were four witches in the Land of Oz The two from the North and South were good but the ones in the East and West were wicked 10
Now there is only one evil witch in all of Oz she said My Aunt Em in Kansas where I am from said witches are all dead The Witch of the North thought for a moment I don’t know where Kansas is but is it a civilized country Yes replied Dorothy Oh the woman said The Land of Oz is not civilized It’s cut off from the rest of the world We still have witches and wizards Who are the wizards Dorothy asked Oz is the Great Wizard the good witch said He is more powerful than all of us and lives in the City of Emeralds Suddenly the Munchkins shouted and pointed to the house The little old woman laughed The dead witch’s feet had disappeared and only left the silver shoes That is the end of her The shoes are yours and you shall wear them The good witch dusted them off and gave them to Dorothy 11
There is a charm with them but what it is we never knew Dorothy told them how much she wanted to get back to her aunt and uncle Can you help me fi nd the way Dorothy asked None of them knew how and told her of great deserts all around I’m afraid you’ll have to live with us the good witch said Dorothy began to cry Her tears upset the kind Munchkins and they began to cry also The little old woman took off her cap balanced it on her nose and counted to three The cap changed to a board which had written on it Let Dorothy go to the City of Emeralds Is your name Dorothy she asked Yes Dorothy said Then go to the City of Emeralds Oz may be able to help you Dorothy asked where the city was The witch told her that it was in the center of the 12
country ruled by the Great Wizard When Dorothy asked if he was a good man she was told that he was a good wizard I do not know if he is a man or not I’ve never seen him the good witch said It is a long journey to walk It will be pleasant at times but dark and terrible as well Dorothy wanted the old woman to go along but she said she could only give her a kiss on the forehead No one can injure a person kissed by me The witch continued The road to the city is yellow brick Do not be afraid to ask him for help Good-bye The Munchkins bowed and walked away while the witch nodded to Dorothy Then she whirled on her left heel three times and disappeared 13
