Extrait du livre Wizard of Oz
Wizard of Oz Retold by Maggie Blossom Illustrated by Asha Pearse
This is the magical story of a girl named DOROTHY. In this story, DOROTHY takes a GREAT BIG ADVENTURE. This GREAT BIG ADVENTURE starts on a very small farm in KANSAS... DOROTHY is a young orphan girl who has a little dog TOTO. TOTO is her BEST FRIEND. The BEST FRIENDS live in a very small farmhouse, on a very small farm, in a very small town, on a VERY BIG PRAIRIE, where very little ever happens. Very little, that is, until one day when the BEST FRIENDS were home alone and a HUMONGOUS cyclone blew through the prairie. The HUMONGOUS cyclone picked up the very small farmhouse and took it on a HUMONGOUS journey to a land that was very far away. The land was Oz.
When taking a journey in your house, it is IMPORTANT to note there is no way to steer. Your house goes where the wind blows. DOROTHY’S house blew all the way to Oz... ...where it landed right on top of the WICKED WITCH of the East. Dorothy thought this was pretty bad. The Munchkins who lived there thought this was pretty good. The Munchkins had been ruled by the WICKED WITCH, who was evil, so they were very happy to be freed from her control. The Munchkins, along with the GOOD WITCH of the North, rewarded Dorothy with a pair of MAGICAL RUBY SHOES. DOROTHY just wanted to go home to KANSAS. “How do I get home to KANSAS?” she asked. “Follow the road of YELLOW bricks,” said the GOOD WITCH. “It will lead to the EMERALD CITY, where there lives a WIZARD. The WIZARD can get you back home.” So off DOROTHY went, followed closely by her BEST FRIEND TOTO.
When traveling a road of YELLOW bricks in a land filled with WITCHES and MUNCHKINS, you should be prepared for many NEW and DIFFERENT adventures and characters. On their journey, DOROTHY and TOTO met three wonderful characters who became their FRIENDS... First, they met the SCARECROW, who was just hanging out. REALLY. He was hanging from a pole in a field. DOROTHY rescued him from the pole and the THREE FRIENDS headed on down the road. Next, they met the TIN WOODMAN, who was a stiff. REALLY. He was rusted so badly that his joints were stiff. DOROTHY loosened his limbs with oil and the FOUR FRIENDS headed on down the road. Next, they met the COWARDLY LION, who was struck by DOROTHY. REALLY. He tried to scare the FRIENDS, so DOROTHY slapped him, at which point he admitted he was a coward, said he was sorry, and the FIVE FRIENDS headed on down the road.
