The Wizard of Oz
Retold by Mutitoon
Chapter One
At a small farm in Kansas is where this story begins. It was a few hours before sunset, a young girl of eighteen, wearing a white shirt, old tennis shoes, and blue jean overalls, both which were covered with filth, was helping an older man, who was wearing the same kind of attire as the girl, with some of the farmwork.
The girl had long, brown hair, which was tied in a braid. Her bright blue eyes shined in the sunlight. Her skin was slightly tanned from working on the farm.
The old man was tanned from years of working. His head still full of hair, but it is starting to gray. The old man's eyes were dark with a shine on them.
Then a small, older woman, wearing a simple, maroon-colored dress, exited the white farmhouse and shouted out an announcement at the girl and the older man.
"Dorothy, Henry, it's time for for dinner!"
"Comin', Aunt Em!" The girl yelled back.
"Comin', Dear." The old man shouted to his wife.
The woman, Em, entered the farmhouse as Henry, the old man, chuckled a little and turned to Dorothy.
"Dot..." The old man spoke out to the girl, who said, "I know. It means that I have to clean up."
The two working family members went into the farmhouse to clean themselves and to eat dinner.
Dorothy entered the house, when Em confornted her in a flash of gray-brown and maroon.
"Why don't you wear something nice?" The aunt asked the girl.
"I'm not interested into playin' 'Dress-up'." Dorothy replied.
"'Dress-up?'" The aunt exclaimed, "It's not dressing up like a doll! It's about you finding a husband!"
Dorothy froze for a second before going upstairs.
At the dinner table, Dorothy was eating quietly with her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry, which was not a good thing in the farmhouse. She was wearing a white blouse, blue jeans, and white flip-flops. Henry was wearing a clean version of what he wore earlier that day. Em was the only one at the table who did not have a need to change her clothes.
Uncle Henry, sensing the tension between his wife and his niece, tried to make a joke.
"Hey, did you see that old car today? Talk about junk."
Henry was not very good at making up jokes.
"Henry," announced the old woman after getting a corn cob, "tell your niece to pass the butter."
"Uncle Henry," Dorothy said, "tell your wife to get herself."
Henry became envious of Toto, the family dog, because he did not have to deal with Dorothy and Em. Then, the envy became an idea.
"Dorothy, can you take Toto out for a walk? He's startin' to look chubby."
The girl looked at her uncle, forgetting her fury at her aunt for a moment, and replied, "Sure, after dinner."
"So, do you have anyone you can't get your mind off of lately, Dot?" The old woman asked Dorothy.
"I'm done." The girl announced, got up from her seat, and went to the livingroom, where Toto was sleeping.
Dorothy grabbed the leash from a hook on the wall and took it to a little black dog. The dog awoke up, saw the white leash, and started hopping around her.
"Toto, you'll be out soon." The girl said to the happy dog, "Now, sit."
The dog obeyed and sat down, but he was wagging his tail.
"Good boy." Dorothy praised the dog as she attached the leash onto the collar.
The dog started to hop around again after getting the leach on his collar.
"Okay, boy." Dorothy said, "We're goin' out."
The girl led her dog to the door, opened it, and exited the farmhouse. The two were haflway between the house and the white, wooden gate, when she heard Henry.
"Dot! Be careful! There's a strong wind out there tonight!"
"I will!" Dorothy yelled back before running out of the yard with Toto.
At twilight, Dorothy and Toto was on their way home, when the wind suddenly became stronger.
"Whoa!" Dorothy exclaimed, "Uncle Henry wasn't jokin' about the wind."
Toto tried to hide from the wind, which told Dorothy that something was wrong. So, Dorothy deattached the leash from Toto's collar and tied the leash around her waist. Then she said, "We better run home, Toto!"
Toto barked at his owner as they started running, but the wind got even stronger and stronger. Then, the wind became so strong that Toto became airborne.
"Toto!" The girl shouted as she grabbed the flying dog.
Then, the girl was lifted off the ground herself.
"Help!" Dorothy yelled out before she was engulfed by the cyclone.