THE
BOY OF
Oz
EPISODE 1: KANSAS.

Kansas. January 2nd

(1900)

In the windy flat lands of Kansas, here on a small farm with her beloved aunt Em and uncle Henry, lived a 9 year old little girl named Dorothy. As usual, Dorothy and her little, black furry dog, Toto, were running home from school together after getting into yet another confrontation with an angry neighbor named miss Elmyra Gulch for the third time in one week. Dorothy and Toto then stopped running and looked back and saw that no one was chasing them.

Dorothy bent down to Toto's angle. "She isn't coming yet, Toto." She checked the dog's furry back for wounds. "Did she hurt you? She tried to, didn't she? Come on, we'll go tell uncle Henry and Aunt Em."

But before the girl and her dog could resume their run, however, the once bright, blue sky instantly became black as tar, darkening the Kansas area.

Dorothy grabbed ahold of Toto and held onto him. Then the Kansas grounds began to shake violently and uncontrolabley, and a huge black hole opened up in the black sky with green lighting surrounding it. Funny thing is it wasn't doing what one would expect a black hole to do. It wasn't sucking anything into it. Instead, it was just there in the black sky, showing itself off. A green comet then shot out of the black hole and crash landed in the Kansas forest.

The black hole then closed up, the Kansas ground trembling ceased, and the black sky returned to it's bright, blue beautiful, sunny self.

Dorothy just staired in aw at the sky. She couldn't believe what she had just witnessed. "You saw that, right?"

Toto barked, meaning 'yes.'

"Great, so it's not just me." Said Dorothy.

Toto jumped out of Dorothy's arms and ran on down the road ahead of her.

"Toto!" Said Dorothy before chasing after her little black dog.

Toto ran off the road and into the Kansas forest and Dorothy followed after him.

"Toto, wait!" Said Dorothy while chasing after her dog in the forest. "Stop! Stay!"

Toto continued running through the forest until he reached the Kansas lake. The little black dog then looked down and saw a young boy, who looked to be about the same age as Dorothy, lying face down on the surface, soaking wet from head to toe. Toto barked and then ran over to where the boy was and examined him closely.

The boy had brown shaggy hair, he wore a gray short sleeve shirt, a pair of blue shorts that went down to his knees, some white socks and he wore a pair of white Nike sneakers.

Toto sniffed the boy's head to see if he was alive. Toto then barked.

Dorothy soon reached the area where her dog was. "Toto! Toto!" She called as she looked around for the little black K.9. The little girl then heard a bark and looked and saw Toto standing near the body of what appeared to be a young boy, who was lying face down. His legs were lying in the lake while the rest of him was lying on the surface. "Oh my lands!" She ran over to where Toto was and looked upon the unconscious boy. He obviously had been washed up onto shore by the lake. Could this have been what she saw flying out of the black hole? No, that was just silly. Boys didn't just fall out of the sky. What nonesense. She didn't know how the boy had gotton here, but one thing was for certain: he needed help and he needed it now.

Dorothy grabbed the boy around the chest and dragged him out of the lake and onto the shore and turned him over on his back and she and Toto looked at the boy's body. His eyes were closed and he was soaking wet from head to toe. Who was this boy? Where did he come from? How did he end up here? How long had he been here? And more importantly, was he still alive?

Dorothy placed the left side of her head on the left side of the boy's chest to see if his heart was still beating. Sadly, it wasn't. "He's not breathing." The farm girl moved her head away from the boy's chest, held his nose and opened his mouth and began giving him CPR. She had learned how to do this from her uncle Henry in case of emergancies such as this. "Breath, boy, breath." Said the 9 year old girl. "1, 2, 3." She said as she started pushing up and down on the boy's chest repeatedly. She placed her head on his chest again to see if his heart was beating. It still wasn't. The farm girl gave him CPR again. "1, 2, 3." She said as she pushed up and down on his chest again. Dorothy gave the boy CPR once more, but nothing happened. "1, 2, 3, come on." She said as pressed on the boy's chest again. The girl gave the boy CPR again, but nothing happened. "1, 2, 3." This time when Dorothy pressed on the boy's chest, he caughed up a mouth full of water and started caughing.

Toto barked.

Dorothy moved her head away from the boy's chest. "He's alive! He's alive, Toto, he's alive!"

Toto began licking the boy's face.

The boy opened his brown eyes and looked and saw a little furry black dog licking his face.

"Oh, thank goodness. Are you okay?" Came a female voice.

The boy looked and saw a young girl over him. She had brown hair, and brown eyes. She wore a white shirt with puffy short sleeves, she wore a pink and white checkerd dress.

"Are you okay?" The girl asked.

"Uh.." Was all the boy could say before he closed his eyes and passed out.

"Oh no, don't do that, please!" Dorothy gasped. She put her head on the boy's chest and heard his heart beating. "His heart's still beating. Thank goodness." Dorothy stood up. "Come on, Toto, let's get him back to the farm." Dorothy grabbed the unconscious mystery boy around the waste, picked him up off the ground, and started carrying him away from the lake and through the forest.

~AT THE FARM HOUSE~

Later, Dorothy and Toto made it out of the forest and soon arrived back at the farm house, carrying the boy in her arms. After what seemed like a long trip back from the forest, the little girl was starting to get tired from carrying the unconscious stranger. Shen then noticed an old wheel barrow near by and carried the boy over to it and placed him in it. She grabbed ahold of the handles of the wheel barrow and she ran as she pushed it. Once they had made it close to the house, Dorothy stopped running and let go of the handles of the wheel barrow and she and Toto then rushed inside the farm house to tell her beloved aunt and uncle what happened.

"Aunt Em! Uncle Henry!" Said Dorothy as she ran up to the kitchen table where aunt Em and Henry were sitting. "Come quick, someone's in trouble!"

"Someone's in trouble? Who?" Henry asked.

"A little boy." Said Dorothy.

"A little boy? Well, how did you come across him?" Asked aunt Em.

"Toto and i were running home from school after getting into another confrontation with miss Gulch, and as we were, the sky became black as tar and the a black hole opened up in the sky and something flew out of it and crashed into the forest. Toto went to investigate, so i ran after him through the forest. When i caught up with him, he was by the shore of the lake, standing next to this boy, who was washed up onto shore. I gave him CPR several times until he caughed up a mouth full of water." Said Dorothy.

"Goodness gracious, is he alright?" Aunt Em asked.

"I think so. After he caughed up the water, he opened his eyes and looked at me and Toto." Said Dorothy.

"Well did the boy say anything to you?" Henry asked.

"No sir, he passed out before he got the chance." Said Dorothy.

"So where is the boy now? You didn't just leave him in the forest down by the lake, did you?" Henry asked.

"Of course not. I grabbed him around the chest and carried him back here to the farm house and laid him in the wheel barrow and brought him here so you could help him." Said Dorothy.

"And he was lying in the forest on the shore of the lake, you say?" Aunt Em asked.

"Yes ma'am, face down." Said Dorothy.

"And you say, you brought him here after rescuing him, is that correct?" Henry asked.

"Yes sir, i did. Come on, i'll show you." Said Dorothy.

"Okay, Dorothy. But if this is one of your tricks..."

"It's not a trick, i promise." Said Dorothy, cutting Henry off.

"Alright then. Show us the way." Said Henry.

"Good, follow me." Said Dorothy. She and Toto led aunt Em and Henry outside and showed them both the wheel barrow containing the soaking wet unconscious boy.

"Oh, Heavens!" Henry gasped.

"Oh my lands!" Gasped aunt Em.

Henry, Dorothy and Toto ran up to the wheel barrow and Henry picked the boy up in his arms, bride style.

"Is this the boy, Dorothy?" Henry asked.

"Yes, sir." Answered Dorothy.

Aunt Em ran up behind Henry and Dorothy and quickly noticed the soaking wet boy in her husband's arms. "Oh, my lands. Dorothy, is this the boy you fished out of the lake?"

"That's him." Said Dorothy.

"Oh my lands, the poor thing. Is he alright?" Said aunt Em.

"I think so, Em, he's got a pulse." Said Henry with two fingers on the boy's neck.

"Oh, thank goodness." Said Em.

"But it's very weak." Said Henry. "Hey. Young man. Wake up." He said as he shook the unconscious boy.

The boy then slowly started to wake up and opened his eyes and saw a middleaged man and woman standing over him before closing his eyes again.

"Em, Dorothy, look. He's comin' around." Said Henry.

"Oh, thank goodness. Come on, let's get him inside." Said Dorothy. She, Toto, aunt Em and uncle Henry went back inside the house with Henry carrying the boy.

~LATER~

"Look, he's waking up." Came a familiar, young female voice.

"Wake up, honey." Said an elderly female voice.

The boy opened his eyes and saw the elderly couple, the little girl and the little black dog looking at him. "Uh...huh? Where am i?" The boy asked as he looked at his surroundings. He was wearing a hospital gown and lying on a bed.

"Why, you're in the hospital. This young girl here, saved your life. She fished you out of the lake and performed CPR and brought you back to her family's farm. What happened? How did you end up here? Can you remember?" Asked a male doctor.

"No, i can't. It's all a blur. All i remember is waking up and seeing this girl and her dog. Then i blacked out, and then later, i woke up and saw the two of you before blacking out again." Said the boy.

"And you say, you don't remember anything before that? You don't remember what you were doing at the lake or how you got there?" Asked the doctor.

"No sir. I don't even remember how i ended up there." Said the boy.

"Alright, then tell us about yourself then." Said Henry.

"I can't." Said the boy.

"Well why in sam hill not?" Henry asked.

"I just can't." Said the boy.

"You can't or you won't?" Henry said.

"That's the trouble. I can't tell you about myself." Said the boy.

"Well why not?" Asked Dorothy.

"Well, to be perfectly honost with you, i don't know anything more about myself than you guys do." Said the boy.

"Well, if you can't remember anything about yourself, will you at least give us your name?" Asked the doctor.

"Well, actually, i can't really do that, because...i can't remember." Said the boy.

"You what? You can't remember your own name?" Dorothy said.

"No." Said the boy.

"Well, what year is it?" The doctor asked.

"I don't know." Said the boy.

"What month is it?" The doctor asked.

"I don't know." Said the boy.

"What day is it?" the doctor asked.

"I don't know." Said the boy.

"Who are your parents?" The doctor asked.

"I don't know." Said the boy.

"Where were you born?" The doctor asked.

"I don't know." Said the boy.

"Where do you live? Do you live here in Kansas?" The doctor asked.

"I...i have no idea. The truth is...i don't know who i am." Said the boy.

"Well since you can't tell us who you are, allow me to introduce you to everyone. My name's Henry. This right here is my wife, Emily. And this is our niece, Dorothy and her dog, Toto. Welcome to Kansas."

"It's nice to meet all of you. I'm...oh yeah, that's right, i can't tell you because i can't remember. I don't even know what year it is, much less what month or date." Said the boy.

"It's January 2nd, (1900)." Said aunt Em.

"So it's the first of the month of this year." Said the boy.

"Right. See? At least you remember some things." Said Dorothy.

"Yeah, but i can't remember anything about myself." The boy then felt pain in his head. "Ow." He said as he rubbed his forehead.

"What is it, little feller? What's wrong?" Henry asked.

"Oh, my head. It hurts." Said the boy. "Ow." He then started rubbing the back of his head.

"Oh my, your head hurts?" Dorothy said.

"Yeah. I have a mind splitting headache. Ow." Said the boy.

"Oh heavens, young man, are you alright?" Aunt Em asked.

"Yeah. Yeah, i...i'm okay. I just..." Before the boy could finish, he passed out as he plopped back down onto the bed.

Henry, aunt Em and Dorothy all gasped.

"Oh no! Are you alright? Oh please, say something. Uncle Henry, aunt Em, what's wrong with him?" Dorothy gasped.

"Oh, my goodness. doctor, this is serious. You better call the other doctors." Said Aunt Em.

"Already on it." Said the doctor.

~LATER~

Dorothy, Toto, uncle Henry and aunt Em waited outside the hospital room while the doctors worked on the boy. After waiting outside for what felt like hours, the doctors came out of the room, along with the head doctor.

"Well?" Henry asked one of the doctors.

"How is he, doctor?" Aunt Em asked.

The doctor didn't say a word.

"Oh, please, doctor, we're really worried about this boy. Will he be alright?" Dorothy said.

"Well, it's just as i thought. He has amnesia." Said the doctor.

"Amneisa? What's that, doctor?" Dorothy asked.

"Amnesia is a deficit in memory caused by brain damage, disease, or psychological trauma." Explained the doctor

"What does that even mean?" Dorothy asked.

"It just means that he's lost his memory and has no idea who he is." Said the doctor.

"Well what do you think caused it?" Henry asked.

"Well, there are three generalized categories in which amnesia could be acquired by a person. The three catagories are head trauma, traumatic events, or physical deficiencies. Now, has he shown any signs of having any of these semptoms?" Said the doctor.

"Well, comin' to think of it, he did. Right before the head doctor called you and the others, the boy was complaining about this headache he had and then he passed out. Is that one of the signs of head trauma, doctor?" Said Henry.

"Yeah, i'm afraid so. Did he say which part of his head was hurting?" The doctor said.

"No, but he was rubbing his forehead for quite a bit. Then he started rubbing the back a little." Said Henry.

"So both the front and the back of his head were hurting?" The doctor said.

"That's about right." Said Henry.

"But i don't understand. How could both sides of his head be hurting? It doesn't make sense." Said Em.

"Well, miss Emily, it's very possible that something could've hit him in the forehead and sent him falling down, causing him to hit the back of his head on something hard. Most likely a rock." Said the doctor.

"And you think that's what caused the amnesia?" Said Em.

"Very likely, yes." Said the doctor.

"But that still doesn't explain how he ended up in the forest at the lake." Said Dorothy.

"Well, we can only asume that he was near the lake somewhere when he hit both sides of his head just before he fell in." Said the doctor.

"Is he alright?" Asked aunt Em.

"Yeah, he's fine. I gave him a sedative and he went right back to sleep. He'll be out for the rest of the day. But other than that, he's fine." Said the doctor.

"Oh. Thank goodness." Said Dorothy.

"So we can take him home with us?" Asked Em.

"I don't see why not. I mean, we did manage to flush all of the water out of his system and stableize him. And the chances of another incident acuring, like earlier, are slim to none. So yes. Yes, you can take him home with you. But we do believe it would be best if we kept him here over night for obsevation." Said the doctor.

"Yes, of course." Said Em.

"Listen, doctor, how long do you think he's gonna be like that? With the memory loss, i mean." Asked Henry.

"Oh, that's impossible to say. We had an amnesia patient at our hospital once. Couldn't remember his name, his address, nothing. Then all of a sudden, one day..." The doctor snapped his fingers.

"He remembered?" Henry said.

"No, he died." Said the doctor.

"Oh, that's terrible. Is my friend gonna be alright?" Dorothy asked.

"I wouldn't worry about it if i were you, young lady. I'm sure when he wakes up tomorrow, he'll be just fine." Said the doctor.

"Really? You really believe that?" Asked Dorothy.

"Yes i do. Now, if you'll excuse me, i have other patients to see. Goodbye." Said the doctor before leaving.

"Goodbye, doc. See you around." Said Henry.

"Thanks for all the help." Added aunt Em.

"Bye. Have a nice day." Said Dorothy.

Once the doctor was gone, Dorothy opened the door to the hospital room and she, uncle Henry and aunt Em had a look inside and saw the boy lying on his back fast asleep.

"Aw, how 'bout that, he's asleep." Said aunt Em.

"Looks like the doctor was right. He's out like a light." Added Henry.

"Should we wake him, uncle Henry?" Dorothy asked.

"Naw, let's let him rest. The poor boy's had a ruff day. And beside, we couldn't wake him even if we wanted to. The doctor gave him a sedative, so he'll be out for the rest of the day." Said Henry.

"I guess you're right. But what i would like to know is who he is and where he came from. But how can i expect to know that when he doesn't even know himself?" Said Dorothy.

"Don't worry, Dorothy. I'm sure that when he wakes up in the mornin', it'll all have come floodin' back and he'll be able to tell us what happened." Said Henry.

"Really, you think so?" Dorothy asked.

"I know so. Now come on, let's let him rest for now." Said Henry.

"Right." Said Dorothy.

"I'll have his cloths laid out on the bed for him tomorrow when he wakes up." Said aunt Em.

"Good idea, Em." Said Henry. He closed the door, leaving the boy in the bedroom to rest up for the rest of the day.

~THE NEXT DAY~

The next day rolled around the corner, and aunt Em, uncle Henry and Dorothy checked the boy out of the hospital and took him back to their farm house to continue resting there. As usual, Dorothy was day dreaming of fantastic adventures and far off lands. Dorothy stood up against her aunt Em and uncle Henry's farm house, holding a weed in her hand. She wore a green and white chekerd dress, a white shirt with short puffy sleeves underneath, and she wore clear stockings, and she wore a pair of black flat shoes.

Aunt Em appeared at an open window. "Dorothy. Dorothy, honey."

Dorothy heard the woman's voice and poked her head out from around the corner of the house. "Here i am, aunt Em. Do you want me?"

"Dorothy, i've got work to do, see if your uncle Henry needs anything." Said aunt Em.

Dorothy and Toto ran over to the gaurden field and saw her uncle Henry ridding on a plow with a hose pulling it. She placed a hand to her mouth. "UNCLE HENRY!"

"Dorothy, if i had thought he could hear me, i'd called him myself." Said aunt Em.

"Sorry, aunt Em, i wasn't thinking, was i?" Said Dorothy before running across the gaurden with Toto.

"Always letting her mind run like she's living in some other world." Said aunt Em.

Dorothy and Toto ran across the gaurden and soon made it to the other side where her uncle Henry was.

Henry turned to face the 9 year old girl. "Hello, dear. Come to check on me, have you?"

"Need anything?" Dorothy asked.

"No, i don't think so dear. Just about quitin for the day." Said Henry.

Dorothy walked up to the horse and rubbed it's nose.

"I want Lucy safe in the barn. It's suppose to be some bad weather comin our way." Said Henry as he untide the belt of the plow from around the horse.

Dorothy got on the horse and rode it as uncle Henry led it by the bridle through the gaurden.

"So, did you fight anymore make believe dragons today?" Henry asked.

"Oh, sure, lots of them. 'Course i won every time." Said Dorothy.

"Whoa." Said Henry as he stopped in his tracks.

"Huh? What are we stopping for?" Dorothy asked.

"Look out there, honey." Said Henry.

"What's wrong?" Dorothy asked. She looked and saw a dark cloud in the sky.

"See that? That's our bad weather. Could be a twister brewin'." Said Henry.

~INSIDE THE FARM HOUSE~

Meanwhile, in the bedroom of the farm house, the boy was still sleeping in bed. He had been out like a light for the rest of the day and all night yesterday and all morning after the doctor had sedated him. He then opened his eyes and then sat up in bed. He looked around and saw that he was still in the bedroom. The boy looked at the foot of the bed and saw a gray short sleeve t-shirt, a pair of blue jordan shorts and a pair of white socks. He looked down on the wooden floor and saw a pair of white sneakers.

~IN THE KITCHEN~

In the kitchen, aunt Em was preparing dinner for the family. She got a black pot off the stove and began taking off over to the table.

The door to the bedroom then opened and the boy came out dressed in his cloths that were laying at the foot of his bed.

Aunt Em stopped in her tracks when she noticed the boy. "Oh, good morning, young man. How are you feeling this morning?"

"Okay, i guess. My head still hurts a little, though. I mean, it's not as bad as it was, but, i still feel kind of dizzy." Said the boy.

"I wouldn't worry too much about it. The doctor said that you would probably feel dizzy from the sedative he gave you when you woke up. So it's understandable." Said aunt Em.

"Yeah, i guess you're right. So...what's going on out here? Where is everybody?" Said the boy.

"Well, Dorothy and Toto are outside with Henry and i'm fixing dinner. I hope you're hungry, 'cause i've made dinner for everyone." Said aunt Em.

"Well, now that you've mentioned it, i am feeling a bit famished." Said the boy.

"Oh my word, that's terrible. When's the last time you've eaten anything?" Aunt Em asked.

"Uh...i don't remember." Said the boy.

"Do you at least remember anything about yourself? Like your name, your parents, where you live?" Asked aunt Em.

"No ma'am, not a thing. Sorry." Said the boy.

"Oh, that's okay, honey. It's not your fault you can't remember who you are. Just give it some time and it'll all come flooding back eventually." Said aunt Em.

"Okay. Thanks for the shoes and cloths you laid on the bed for me." Said the boy.

"Well, you're just welcome. Those are your cloths your wearing. You were wearing them when Dorothy fished you out of the lake yesterday. They were soaking wet along with you, so i washed them and hung them out to dry. Once i was sure they were clean and dry, i laid them at the foot of the bed for you and placed the shoes on the floor." Said aunt Em.

"You did? Well, thanks for doing that." Said the boy.

"Anytime." Said aunt Em.

The front door then opened and in walked Henry, dusting off his hat, along with Dorothy and Toto.

"Hi, Henry, Dorothy and Toto. look who decided to join us for dinner." Said aunt Em, looking at the boy.

"So you finally woke up, eh. Well good to see ya out and about. So how are you feeling? Does your head still hurt?" Said Henry.

"A little, but not as bad as it did yesterday. But other than that, i'm okay." Said the boy.

"Glad to hear it. So do you remember anything about yourself?" Asked Henry.

"No sir, not a thing. Will my memory ever come back?" Asked the boy.

"Eventually, yeah, it will. Give it some time and it'll all come flooding back." Said Henry.

"That's exactly what i said. So how's the weather, Henry?" Aunt Em asked.

"The sky looks bad, Em, real bad. And it's the season." Said Henry.

"You better make sure Dorothy and the boy know what to do just in case." Said aunt Em.

"In case of what?" The boy asked.

Henry knelt down on one knee in front of what appeared to be a trap door. "Dorothy, come here, dear. You too, young man."

Dorothy, Toto and the boy went over to where Henry was as he lifted the trap door open, revealing a small room inside with a latter.

"What's that?" The boy asked.

"This here is a storm cellar. Now, whenever a twister hits, i want you both to scoot down here into the storm cellar as fast as your legs will carry you. You hear me? And don't come out. Underground's the only safe place to be." Said Henry.

"What exactly is a twister, uncle Henry?" Dorothy asked.

"Well, the real name for it is a tarnado, and it's a swirlling funnal of raging wind." Henry explained before closing the door to the cellar.

"That's right. And it reaches all the way from the clouds to the ground." Said aunt Em as Henry, Dorothy and the boy sat down at the table to have dinner.

"And hit in a flash too." Said Henry.

"There's nothing as terrifying as a twister." Said aunt Em.

~OUTSIDE THE FARM HOUSE~

Later, outside the farm house, it poored down rain and thundered.

Dorothy stood near the window and looked outside at the rain.

~INSIDE THE HOUSE~

Aunt Em saw Dorothy standing near the window as she and the boy were pealing potatos.

"Mm-hm." Dorothy walked over to where her aunt Em and the boy were and sat down at the table.

"Don't worry, this is just a plain old county storm." Said aunt Em.

"But it could turn into a twister, couldn't it, aunt Em?" Said Dorothy.

"Oh yes, this time of year you never know in this part of the country, dear. But don't worry. Even here they don't hit often." Said aunt Em.

"My, i can't imagin what it would be like to see a funnal of wind so big it reaches from the clouds down to the ground." Said Dorothy.

"Yeah, that's something to see, isn't it?" Added the boy.

"Between you and me, i hope you never have to." Said aunt Em.

"How many twisters have you seen, aunt Em?" Dorothy asked.

"Oh, i've seen my share, but only at distance of course." Said aunt Em.

A bright light then beamed in through the window and Dorothy looked out. "Oh, look, the storm's over now."

How right, she was. The storm cleared as quickly as it could. And by night fall, Dorothy had forgotton all about twisters and tornados.

~THAT NIGHT~

Night time had soon fallen and everyone had turned in for the night.

Dorothy was in her own bed room, sleeping while the boy laid in the other bedroom asleep.

~THE NEXT DAY~

The next day, Dorothy, aunt Em, Toto and the boy were outside in the barn where he and Dorothy were each milking a cow. The boy had on the same cloths he had on yesterday.

"What's wrong, young man, you look so tired this morning." Said aunt Em.

"Oh,sorry. I didn't sleep well last night." Said the boy.

"Oh, that's too bad, dear. But it happens. Tonight you'll probably sleep. Like a baby." Said aunt Em.

"Aunt Em, would it be alright if my friend and i went swimming?" Dorothy asked.

"Oh, of course, dear. But don't stay gone too long, hear?" Said aunt Em.

"Okay, aunt Em. Come on, let's go." Said Dorothy. She and the boy rushed out of the barn and headed towards their destination with Toto following close behind.

Henry watched from afar as Dorothy, Toto and the boy ran off.

"He's adorible." Said aunt Em as she walked up to Henry.

"Well Dorothy needs a play mate, Em. Stuck way out here all by her lonsome." Said Henry.

~WITH DOROTHY, TOTO AND THE BOY~

Dorothy, Toto and the boy rushed down to the lake through the countryside of Kansas. They soon made it to the dock and Dorothy began getting undressed so she could go swimming.

The boy closed his eyes out of respect for Dorothy as she got undressed.

Once she was dressed in her swim suit, Dorothy dove into the water, making a big spalsh. She then surfaced and looked at the boy.

"Come on in, the water's great." Said Dorothy.

The boy took off his shirt, shoes and socks and the dove into the lake himself, also making a big splash. The boy then surfaced and he and Dorothy started swimming.

Toto, however, stayed on dry land.

After a few minutes of swimming, Dorothy and the boy climbed onto the docks and sat down and splashed each other a few times. The boy proceeded to get back into the water, but was stopped by Dorothy.

"Wait. Don't go in the water, it's gonna rain." Said Dorothy.

"So what?" Said the boy.

"So if lightning strikes, we'll be fried like too chickens on a plate." Said Dorothy. She and the boy laughed at that joke. "When do you think you'll remember who you are?"

"I don't know." Said the boy.

"If you do remember, do you think you could stay with Toto, me, aunt Em and uncle Henry?" Asked Dorothy.

"Probably not. I magin i have a family of my own somewhere out there, looking for me." Said the boy.

"Yeah, i guess. Well would you like to stay with me and my uncle Henry and aunt Em until your memory comes back, Danny?" Said Dorothy.

"Danny?" The boy questioned.

"I've gotta call you something, don't i? And besides, we can't just keep calling you boy. That would be like calling Toto 'dog' or me 'girl.' Said Dorothy.

"Danny?...I like that name, i'll take it." Said the boy.

"I thought you'd like it. So...do you have a best friend?" Dorothy asked.

"I don't know. I can't remember." Said the boy now known as Danny.

"Oh, yeah, that's right, i keep forgetting. I'm sorry." Said Dorothy.

"It's alright." Said Danny.

"Look...i know we just met and everything...but am i your best friend?" Dorothy asked.

"Yeah. Yeah, you are." Said Danny.

"I thought so." Said Dorothy.

The two children smiled and grinned at each other for a few minutes.

"Who cares if it rains?" Said Dorothy before she and Danny got back in the lake.

"Or if we get struck by lightning." Added Danny.

The two laughed as they resumed swimming.

~LATER THAT NIGHT, BACK AT THE FARM~

Later that night, Dorothy, Danny, aunt Em and uncle Henry were sitting down at the table eating supper.

"So, his name's Danny, hmm?" Said aunt Em.

"Well it's unique." Added Henry.

"Kept thinkin' of names till you found one he seemed to like, hmm?" Said aunt Em.

"Mm-hm. He seemed to like it himself." Said Dorothy.

"So have you remembered anything so far, young man?" Henry asked.

"No, sir, still nothing." Said Danny.

"Aw, well. You'll remember sooner or later." Said Henry.

"Yeah, i suppose you're right." Said Danny.

Henry tore a piece of bread in two and held one piece down under the table.

Toto noticed the bread in Henry's hand and went under the table where it was. The little do then bit the bread that was in the man's hand.

"AHH!" Henry shouted as he shook his hand. Apparently Toto had bitten his hand while eating the bread.

"Hmm?" Aunt Em took notice of this and looked under the table and saw Toto eating the bread. "Henry, cut that out. Toto's got his own supper."

Dorothy and Danny laughed at the sight of this.

~THE NEXT DAY~

The next day, Dorothy and Toto were running home from school after getting into yet another confrontation with their neighbor, miss Gluch. The two stopped to looked back and saw that no on was chasing them. Dorothy bent down to Toto's angle.

"She isn't coming yet, Toto." Said Dorothy. "Did she hurt you?" She asked as she checked her dog's back for wounds. "She tried to, didn't she? Come on, we'll go tell uncle Henry and aunt Em.

Dorothy and Toto resumed running down the Kansas road until they reached the family farm. She and the dog rushed into the farm. "Aunt Em! Aunt Em! Aunt Em, just listen to what miss Gluch did to Toto." She said as she ran up to her aunt and uncle and Danny, who were tending to some baby chicks in a cage.

"Not now, Dorothy, we're busy." Said Aunt Em.

"Oh, but Aunt Em, she hit him over the..."

"Don't bother us now, Dorothy. This little incabater's gone bad and we're likely to lose a lot of our chicks." Said Henry.

"Oh, the poor little things." Said Dorothy. "But aunt Em, miss Gulch hit Toto right in the back with a rake just because he gets in her gaurden and chases her nasty old cat everyday."

"Oh my, that's horrible!" Danny gasped.

"I know." Said Dorothy before turnning her attention back to her aunt and uncle. "Oh, but he doesn't do it everyday, just once or twice a week. And he can't catch her old cat anyway. And now she says shes gonna get the sherif and..."

"Dorothy, please, we're trying to count." Said aunt Em.

"Oh, alright." Said Dorothy. She and Toto then walked away from her aunt and uncle.

Seeing that his new friend was upset, Danny decided to go and comfort her. "Excuse me, may i be excused?"

"Sure, honey, go right ahead." Said aunt Em

"Thanks." Said Danny as he ran off to where Dorothy was.

Meanwhile, three men were working on a trackter, trying to fix it. Their names were Huck, Hickery and Zeke.

"How's she comin'?" Asked Huck.

"Oh, take it easy." Said Hickery.

"Ow! You cut my finger!" Said Huck.

"Well, why don't you get your finger out of the way?" Said Zeke.

Dorothy, Danny and Toto walked over to where the three men were.

"You guys, what am i gonna do about miss Gulch? Just because Toto chases her nasty old cat." Asked Dorothy.

"Now look, Dorothy, you aint usin' your head about miss Gulch. As if you didn't have any brains at all." Said Huck.

"I have so got brains." Said Dorothy.

"Well, then why don't you use them?" Asked Huck. "Next time you're coming home, don't go by miss Gulch's place. That way Toto won't get in her gaurden and you won't get into any trouble, see?"

"He has a point, Dorothy." Said Danny.

"You see? Even your new friend here agrees with me." Said Huck before he resumed helping the Hickery with the trackter.

Dorothy, Danny and Toto went over to the hog pin, where Zeke was now tending to the pigs, and Dorothy started walking through the pin on a thin piece of the fense.

"Oh, Zeke, what am i gonna do?" Asked Dorothy.

"Well, for starters, kid, don't let that old Gulch try and Buffelo you. She aint nothin' to be scared of. You just gotta stand up to her, that's all. With a little courage, and a little bravery." Said Zeke.

"I'm not afraid of her." Said Dorothy as she walked across the pin on the fense.

"That's what i wanted to hear. Walk with your head up, your chest out, and the next time she squaks, walk right up to her and spit in her eye. That's what i'd do." Said Zeke.

"Ew, gross." Said Danny. "Would you, really?"

"Sure i would. Through this life, you gotta walk tall, shoot straight, and then you got no reason to be scared of nothing and nobody." Said Zeke.

Dorothy then lost her balance and fell into the hog pin.

"Dorothy!" Shouted Danny.

"Zeke, Danny, help! Get me out of here!" Said Dorothy.

Danny and Zeke hopped the fense and helped Dorothy out of the hog pin.

Huck and Hickery rushed over to the scene.

"Are you alright, Dorothy?" Asked Huck.

"I'm alright." Said Dorothy. "Danny, Zeke, thanks ever so much."

"You're welcome." Said Danny.

Zeke, however was catching his breath.

"What's the matter, you gonna let an old pig make a coward out of you?" Said Hickery before he, Huck and Danny started laughing.

Aunt Em then came up behind the trio, carrying a plate of cookies. "Now what's all this jaberwalking when there's work to be done? I know three certain farm workers who will be out of the job before the day is over."

"Sorry, miss Gale, we were just having a little fun, is all." Said Huck.

"A farm is no place for fun. If you want a job that's fun, go join the circus." Said aunt Em.

"I might just do that." Said Huck. "Huck, the strong man."

"Don't start posing for it now. Here. There's no need to work on an empty stomach, have some cookies." Said aunt Em.

Each of the three men took a cookie off the plate, as did Dorothy and Danny, and they all started eating the cookies.

"Well, you don't have to stand around and eat them. Get back to work, all three of you." Said Aunt Em.

"Right away, miss Gale." Said Hickery before he and the other two men walk off to resume their jobs.

Dorothy: "Aunt Em, really. You know what miss Gulch said she was gonna do to Toto? She said she was gonna..."

"Dorothy, please, you always get yourself into a freat over nothing. Now you just help us out today and find yourself a place where you won't get into any trouble." Said aunt Em.

"Yes, ma'am. Come on, Toto." Said Dorothy before she and Toto walked off.

Aunt Em turned to Danny. "That was a brave thing you did, Danny. Thanks for saving my niece."

"You're welcome, miss Gale." Said Danny.

"That being said, could you do something for me, please?" Asked aunt Em.

"Sure, what is it?" Asked Danny.

"Promise me that you'll keep an eye on Dorothy for me and Henry and try to keep her out of trouble." Said Aunt Em. "You're awfully good a protecting her. She needs someone to look after her and Toto too. Promise me you'll do that."

"You have my word, miss Gale." Said Danny.

"Thanks, Danny, i knew i could count on you. You stay close to Dorothy now, you hear?" Said aunt Em.

"Yes, ma'am." Said Danny.

Aunt Em then walked off and Danny went to join Dorothy and Toto.

"A place where there isn't any trouble. Do you suppose there is such a place, guys?" Said Dorothy.

"I doubt it. i may not know who i am, but i am smart enough to know that there's no such place. A place without trouble doesn't exist anywhere in this world. There's no such thing as a place where there isn't any trouble." Said Danny.

"Oh, but there must be." Said Dorothy. "It's not a place where you can get to by a boat or a train. It's far, far away. Beyond the moon...beyond the rain."

"Somewhere, over the rainbow,

way up hi,

there's a land that i heard of once

in lalabye."

"What's that?" Danny asked.

"That's a song about a world beyond ours." Said Dorothy.

"What's a song?" Asked Danny.

"You're kidding me, right?" Said Dorothy.

Danny shook his head.

"Seriously? You've never heard a song before?" Asked Dorothy.

"No, but i think i'd like to. Keep on going." Said Danny.

"Okay." Said Dorothy. "Somewhere, over the rainbow,

skies are blue,

and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come

tru.

Someday i'll wish upon a star and wake up where the clouds

are far behind me.

Where troubles melt like limon drops, there, way above the

chemny tops, that's where you'll find me.

Somewhere, over the rainbow, way up high,

if birds fly over the rainbow, why then, oh why can't i?"

Danny was amazed and completely drawn into this so called 'song' that Dorothy was singing. He had never heard anything like it before, but it was absolutely beautiful.

"If happy little blue birds fly, beyond the rainbow,

why, oh why, can't i?"

"Wow." Said Danny. "That was some song."

"Thanks." Said Dorothy.

Meanwhile, a middle-aged woman came ridding down the Kansas road on her trycycle and stopped when she reached the open gate of the fense. She got off her bike and picked up a basket that was strapped to the back of her trycycle.

"Good evening, miss Gulch." Said Henry.

"Mr. Gale," Said the woman known as miss Gulch. "I want to see you and your wife right away about Dorothy."

"Well, what has Dorothy done?" Asked Henry.

"What's she done? I have all the blame with the bight on my leg." Said miss Gulch.

"You mean she bit you?" Asked Henry.

"No, her dog." Said miss Gulch.

"Oh. She bit her dog, eh?" Said Henry.

"No." Said miss Gulch.

Aunt Em then came out of the house. "Good after noon, miss Gulch. I just baked a bach of cookies if you like to stay a while."

"I'm afraid i'm not hungry, Mrs. Gale. In fact, i am so shaken by the ferocious attack of your niece's vicious dog, i may never eat again." Said miss Gulch.

"Well, if you don't eat, you'll waste away. And i'd hate to see you dwindle." Said Henry.

Meanwhile, Dorothy, Danny and Toto were walking on the farm, then Toto started barking.

"What is it, Toto?" Dorothy asked.

Toto continued barking.

"What's wrong with him?" Asked Danny.

Dorothy looked ahead. "Oh, no."

"What is it?" Asked Danny.

"Look." Said Dorothy.

Danny looked where Dorothy was looking and saw a woman and uncle Henry walking into the farm house. "Who is that?"

"That's our neighbor, miss Gulch. You know, the one i told you about earlier?" Said Dorothy.

"That's her?" Asked Danny.

"Yeah." Said Dorothy.

"But what is she doing here?" Asked Danny.

"Dorothy, could you and Danny bring Toto inside the house for a second?" Aunt Em called. "I'm sure that if Dorothy's upset you in anyway, she'll be only too glad to appologize if she can."

"I'm afraid it's gone beyond appologize, Mrs. Gale. I've made an officel complaint with the county sherif.

Dorothy, Danny and Toto came over to where aunt Em, uncle Henry and miss Gulch were.

"You wanted to see us, aunt Em?" Asked Dorothy.

"Yes, i did. Dorothy, miss Gulch seems pretty upset." Said aunt Em.

"Why don't we all go inside and descuss this." Said Henry.

"Good idea, Henry." Said Em.

Everyone then went inside the house.

~INSIDE THE FARM HOUSE~

Aunt Em and Uncle Henry were now sitting in the livingroom with miss Gulch, talking about Dorothy's dog, Toto while Dorothy, holding Toto, stood with Danny.

"That dog is a meanace to the comunity. I'm taking him to the sherif to make sure he's destroyed." Said miss Gulch.

"Destroyed? Toto?" Asked Dorothy.

"As in "put down" destroyed?" Asked Danny.

"Oh, you can't, you mustn't." Said Dorothy. "Aunt Em. Uncle Henry, you won't let her, will you?"

"Of course we won't. Will we, Emily?" Said Henry.

"Please, aunt Em." Begged Dorothy. "Toto didn't mean to, he didn't know he was doing anything wrong, i'm the one who ought to be punished. I let him go in her gaurden. You can send me to bed without supper."

"If you don't hand over that dog right now, i will bring a damage suit that will take your whole farm. There's a law that protects people against dogs that bight." Said miss Gulch.

"How about if she keeps him tide up? He's very gental. With gental people, that is." Said aunt Em.

"I've heard that. And that will be for the sherif to decide." Miss Gluch reached into her pocket and pulled out a piece of paper and unfolded it. "Here's an order, allowing me to take him. That is...unless you want to go against the law." She said as she handed the piece of paper to aunt Em.

Aunt Em examined the paper. "We can't go against the law, Dorothy, i'm afraid poor Toto will have to go."

"Now you're seeing reason." Said miss Gulch before standing up. "Here's what i'm taking him in," She opened the basket. "So he can't attack me again."

"No! No! I won't let you take him!" Said Dorothy. "You go away! Or i'll bight you myself!"

"Dorothy!" Aunt Em yelled.

"You wicked old witch!" Said Dorothy. "Oh, aunt Em, uncle Henry, don't let her take Toto. Don't let her take him, please. Stop her."

"Put him in the basket, Henry." Said aunt Em. "The idea."

Henry walked over to Dorothy, took Toto from her, and placed the dog inside the basket miss Gulch was holding.

"Oh, Toto." Dorothy sobbed. The 9 year old girl then ran into her room and closed the door.

"I'll talk with her." Said Danny before he ran to check on Dorothy.

Seeing that both children were now gone and out of sight and earshot, Aunt Em stood up and faced miss Gulch. "Elmyra Gulch! Just because you own half the county doesn't mean you have the right to run the rest of us! For 23 years i've been dying to tell you what i thought of you! And now...well, being a sweet natured woman, i can't say it!" The elderly woman then stormed off.

Henry and miss Gulch just looked at each other.

~WITH MISS GULCH~

Having collected Toto, miss Gulch was now ridding down the Kansas road on her trycycle away from the Gale farm, with the basket strapped to the back of the bike.

Unbeknownst to miss Gulch Toto had hopped out of the basket and hurried back towards the Gale farm.

~WITH DOROTHY AND DANNY~

Danny and Dorothy were inside her bedroom where he comforted the crying farm girl over the loss of her dog, Toto.

"There, there, Dorothy, it's alright. It's gonna be okay. It'll all work out." Said Danny.

"No it won't. Toto was the only friend i had in the world. Now i've got no one to talk too, no one to play with, and i'll never see him again. Never, ever, ever." Said Dorothy.

Just then, a familiar bark came from outside and Toto hopped in through an open window and onto the bed.

"Toto!" Said Dorothy in excitment before she and Danny started petting the little black dog. "Oh, i got you back! You came back! You got away from that horrible woman!"

"See? What did i tell you? It all worked out." Said Danny.

"Oh, i'm so glad." Said Dorothy.

"Wait a minute." Said Danny.

"What is it, Danny?" Asked Dorothy.

"I just realized something. The fact that Toto is here with us and not with miss Gulch means that she'll be back here for him. And next time she might bring the sherif with her." Said Danny.

"Oh my goodness, you're right." Dorothy then looked at Toto. "She'll be coming back for you any minute."

"What are you gonna do?" Asked Danny.

"We gotta get away. We've got to run away." Dorothy reached under her bed and pulled out a suitcase and placed it on her bed.

"Run away?" Said Danny.

"That's right, run away." Said Dorothy.

"But where will you go?" Asked Danny.

"Anywhere but here." Said Dorothy.

"No, i mean, where are you headed?" Asked Danny.

"I'm not sure yet. But i know what i risk by staying here." Said Dorothy. "Take care of my aunt and uncle for me while i'm gone."

"I'm not staying here, i'm going with you and Toto." Said Danny.

"Why?" Asked Dorothy.

"For two reasons. 1: Your aunt Em asked me to look after you. And 2: You and Toto are my best friends. And i don't want anything to happen to either of you." Said Danny.

Dorothy then hugged Danny. "Oh, thank you, Danny. Thank you so much."

"No need to thank me, i'm glad to do it." Said Danny.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's get out of here. We need food for Toto, food for you and me and we're never coming back." Said Dorothy before walking over to her dresser and opening it. She then started getting some of her cloths out to put in her suitcase.

~ON THE ROAD~

Dorothy, Toto and Danny walked down the Kansas road, now miles away from the family farm. They later started crossing a bridge when Toto started barking at something. The kids looked and saw a trailer with writting on it that said "Professor Marbel." The kids and the dog crossed the rest of the bridge and went down to where the trailer was where they saw a man sitting on a wooden stool, in front of a camp fire, roasting a weenie on a stick.

The man looked up and saw the two children and the dog coming his way. "Oh, what have we here? House guests, eh. Now who might you two be? Wait, don't tell me. You're uh...you're traveling in diguise?"

"No." Said Dorothy.

"You're uh...you're going on a visit?" Said the man.

"No." Said Danny.

"You're, uh...you're running away." Said the man.

"How did you guess?" Dorothy asked.

"Professor Marvel never guesses, he knows." Said the man. "Now why are you running away? No, no, don't tell me. They, uh...they don't understand you at home. They don't appreciate you. You wanna see other lands. Big mountains, big cities, big oceans."

"Wow, you find out about everything." Said Danny.

"It's just like you could read what was inside of me." Said Dorothy.

Toto grabbed ahold of the weenie and began eating it.

"Toto, that's not polite, we haven't been asked yet." Said Dorothy.

"Oh, he's perfectly welcome. That's one dog to another." Said Professor Marbel.

"Please professor, why can't Toto, Danny and i go with you to see all the crown heads of Europe?" Asked Dorothy.

"Well do you know any?" Asked the professor. "Oh, you mean the thing. Well, i never do anything without consulting my crystal first. Please, come inside, both of you." He led Dorothy, Danny and Toto inside his trailer. "Yeah, that's it. Sit right down here."

Danny and Dorothy each sat down in a chair at a table with a crystal ball on it.

"This is the same genuen, magic, offentic crystal used by the priests of Isis in the days of the Pharohs of Egypt. In witch Cleopatrah first saw the approach of Julia Ceaser and Mark Anthony, and so on and so on. Now then, you better close your eyes for a moment to be better intuned with the infanent. We, uh, we can't do these things without reaching out into the infanent."

Dorothy and Danny closed their eyes and the professor took Dorothy's basket and took out a framed picture of Dorothy and her aunt Em and placed it back inside. "Yes, that's, that's alright, now you can open them. We'll gaze into the crystal."

Dorothy and Danny opened their eyes and they looked into the crystal ball with the professor.

"What's this is see? A house with a picket fense, and a barn with a wheather vain and a running horse." Said the professor.

"That's our farm." Said Dorothy.

"Yes. Let's see now. There's a woman. She's wearing a polka dot dress. Her face is carewarm." Said the professor.

"That's aunt Em." Said Dorothy.

"Yes, her, her name is Emily." Said the professor.

"That's right." Said Dorothy. "What's she doing?"

"Well, i, uh, i can't quite see. Why, she's crying. Someone has hurt her. Someone has just about broken her heart." Said the professor.

"Me?" Asked Dorothy.

"Well, it's someone she loves very much. Someone she's been very kind to. Some she's taken care of at sickness." Said the professor.

"Well, i had the measles once, and she stayed right by me every minute." Said Dorothy. "What's she doing now?"

"She's, uh...What's this? She's, she's putting her hand on her heart. She's, droping down on the bed." Said the professor.

"Oh no, no!" Gasped Dorothy.

"That's all, the crystal's gone dark." Said the professor.

Dorothy stood up. " You don't suppose she could really be sick, do you? Oh! Oh, i've got to go home right away!"

"But what's this? I thought you were going along with me." Said the professor.

"Oh no, i have to get to her right away!" Dorothy grabbed her basket and suitcase. "Come on, Danny and Toto. Come on." She, Danny and Toto rushed out of the wagon.

Professor Marvel exited his wagon and saw Dorothy, Danny and Toto running off.

"Goodbye, professor Marvel, and thanks a lot!" Said Dorothy.

the professor ran over to where his Horse was. "We better get undercover, Sylvester, there's a storm blowing up a whoper. Just speaking the benacular of the presenty. Poor little kids, i hope they get home alright.

~AT THE GALE FARM~

Meanwhile, the storm had reached the Gale farm and everyone was getting ready to get inside the storm cellar.

"Hurry, get those horses loose! Hickory! Hickory!" Shouted Henry.

Huck, Hickory and Zeke untide the horses and they all ran out of the barn.

"It's a twister! It's a twister!" Said Huck, noticing a huge purple twister in the distance.

Aunt Em ran out of the farm house and looked around for Dorothy and Danny.

"Dorothy!" Called aunt Em. "Dorothy! Danny!"

Dorothy, Toto and Danny rushed down the Kansas road and soon arrived at the farm.

"Come on, everybody in the storm cellar!" Shouted Henry. He and the three men ran towards the farm house and ran into aunt Em.

"Henry, Henry, i can't find Dorothy and Danny! They must be out in the storm! Dorothy! Dorothy!" Shouted aunt Em.

The four men and the woman ran inside the house and Henry opened the storm cellar and they all went inside and closed it up.

Outside the house, the sky was slowly being covered with dark, purple clouds.

"Does anyone else notice how dark it's getting all of a sudden?" Danny asked as he, Dorothy and Toto stopped in their tracks

"Yeah. There wasn't a cloud in the sky a minute ago. But now look at it. Oh well, at least i don't see any twisters out there." Added Dorothy.

Toto then started barking.

"What's wrong?" Dorothy asked.

"Look!" Said Danny.

Dorothy looked on and saw a purple twister just up ahead of them.

"(Gasps) Oh no! We have to get back to the house!" Said Dorothy.

Dorothy picked up Toto, and she and Danny rushed towards the house. Once they made it to the house, the two children looked back and saw that the twister was headed right for them.

"It's coming this way fast!" Said Dorothy.

"Quick, get inside!" Said Danny. He opened the door and allowed Dorothy enter into the house before entering himself and closing the door.

"Aunt Em! Aunt Em!" Shouted Dorothy as she and Danny ran through the house, looking for her aunt and uncle. "Aunt Em! Uncle Henry!"

"What do we do?" Asked Danny.

"The storm cellar, we have to get into the storm cellar, guys!" Said Dorothy. She looked out the window and saw that the twister was drawing ever so closer. "(Gasps)!"

"What, what is it?" Danny asked.

"It's coming strate for us!" Said Dorothy.

"Get away from the window!" Danny said.

Dorothy and Danny rushed over to the trap door so that they could get inside the cellar.

"You go first." Said Danny.

Dorothy started to open the door to the cellar, but stopped when she realized something was missing. "Toto, come on, hereboy. We haven't got much time, Toto."

Indeed they didn't. Outside, the purple twister was getting closer and closer towards the farm house.

Dorothy got out of the cellar and she and Danny looked around for Toto.

"Toto! Here boy!" Danny called.

"Come on boy where are you?" Dorothy called. "Toto!"

Danny and Dorothy heard whimpering coming from underneath the bed. They looked under it and saw Toto.

"There you are." Said Dorothy. She and Danny tried to grab Toto, but the dog was so far back, they couldn't reach him. "Toto, come out, hurry."

The twister soon arrived on the farm and swept up the barn before sweeping up the farm house with Dorothy, Danny and Toto inside. The house then leaned to the right causing Dorothy to slide to the right. This also caused Toto to slide out from his hiding place under the bed.

Fortunantly, Dorothy managed to catch Toto. "I've got you, boy."

"Dorothy, over here!" Said Danny.

Dorothy, carrying Toto, ran over to the opening of the cellar where Danny was down on both knees, looking down through it.

Dorothy placed Toto on the floor and they both had a look for themselves. Dorothy couldn't believe what she was seeing. She and her friends were floating in the air.

"Oh my!" Dorothy gasped. "Toto, Danny, we're flying. What's going on?" She and Danny ran over to the window and looked out the window and saw that they were indeed flying.

"We must be up inside the cyclone!" Said Danny.

Whimpering was then heard and Dorothy and Danny turned and saw Toto hanging on for dear life as he hung halfway out of the cellar.

"Oh, Toto!" Said Dorothy. She and Danny rushed back over to the opening in the middle of the floor and they each grabbed Toto by one of his paws just as he was about to fall out of the house. "Hang on!"

"We've got you!" Added Danny.

The two children pulled Toto back into the house.

"Gotcha!" Said Dorothy as she held Toto.

"Whew. That was close. But at least we're safe." Said Danny.

"We're safe now, you guys, but who knows where we're going to end up." Said Dorothy. She and Danny got onto the bed.

Howling winds swept Dorothy and her friend farther and farther from the Kansas home until the farm house hurtled through space towards parts unknown.

The house soon fell out of the sky and landed with a loud 'CRASH!'