BR 1-01 The Wizard of OZ

The water will kill me! (p.49)

The story is about Dorothy. Dorothy has a dog named Toto. Dorothy lives in Kansas with her uncle, Henry and her aunt, Em. One day, the cyclone attacked their house. Henry and Em hide. But Dorothy and Toto fly with their house. When a house lands, and she goes outside. Northern witch named Glinda appeared near the house. She teach Dorothy that here is little human’s country named Munchkins. “You must go to the Emerald City,” Glinda says. ” The Great Wizard of Oz lives there. Ask him to help you.” So Dorothy and Toto decide to go to Emerald City to meet Oz. Dorothy and Toto meet the scarecrows which has no brain and the woodcutter of latten which has no heart, the timid lion while traveling. They decide to meet Oz too and go to Emerald City with Dorothy. They arrive at Emerald City and meet Oz. But he wants to bring the broom of western witch. They go to the castle of western witch. She engages them. But when Dorothy pours water, western witch has melted. They get the broom and give it to Oz. So he tells a scarecrow, a woodcutter and a lion to have something to wish respectively. He said to Dorothy in order to take a balloon and return to Kansas. But a balloon takes only Oz on and it has gone. When Dorothy cry, northern witch Glinda appeared again. She gave magical shoes to Dorothy. She told them of separation and returned to Kansas with Toto.

Do you know Wicked? Wicked is the program performed in Gekidan Shiki. It is an another story of The Wizard of OZ. I had watched it before, I was moved! Please watch it once.

Walker,Elizabeth. Baum,L.Frank. (2007). The Wizard of Oz. Oxford: Macmillan Heinemann ELT,

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