Reading Notes: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Part C

The 12th chapter of this book is called "The Search for the Wicked Witch." This chapter tells the story of the defeat of the Wicked Witch of the West. In the beginning, the friends headed towards the Witch's castle. The Witch saw them approaching. First, she sent a pack of wolves to them. The Woodman chopped all forty of the wolves' heads off. Then, she sent wild crows. The Scarecrow stood up while the others laid down behind him, and the crows flew down and the Scarecrow twisted all forty of their necks and killed them. Then, she sent black bees. But the bees tried to sting the Woodman and they were not able to penetrate the tin, so they died. Then, she sent her slaves, the Winkies. But when they approached, the Lion roared and scared them away. Finally, she used her last and final charm of the Golden Cap. She ordered the flying monkeys to destroy the Scarecrow and the Woodman and bring back the lion. The monkeys brought back the Lion and Dorothy. The Witch made Dorothy a slave, and the Lion was changed. One day, the Witch tripped Dorothy and made her lose her silver slipper. So the Witch took the slipper, and Dorothy was angry and threw a bucket of water on her. The water melted the Witch, and Dorothy went to tell her friends what happened.






The 13th chapter of this book is called "The Rescue." This was a short chapter which detailed how the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman were saved. Once Dorothy killed the witch, she went to the yard and let the Lion out of the cage. Then, she called the Winkies to help her save the other two. They went out and found the Woodman lying on rocks, so they brought him back to the castle and the tinsmiths made him good as new. Then they went to find the Scarecrow and brought him back to the castle. The Winkies stuffed him with all new, clean straw. Then the friends decided that they needed to go back to Oz to tell him the good news. Before she left, Dorothy took the Golden Cap out of the cupboard and wore it for their journey, not knowing the power it held. They said goodbye to the Winkies, exchanged gifts, and headed back to Emerald City.

The 14th chapter of this book is called "The Winged Monkeys." This chapter starts with the friends beginning their journey towards Emerald City. However, the road was not marked so they got lost. Dorothy used her whistle to call the field mice, and the Queen told her to use her Golden Cap. Dorothy used her Golden Cap to call the Winged Monkeys to help them get to Emerald City. They came and picked up the friends, flying them all the way to Emerald City. Along the way, the King told Dorothy the story of the Golden Cap.

The 15th chapter of this book is called "The Discovery of Oz, the Terrible." When the four friends arrived at Emerald City, they thought that Oz would be excited to see them. However, nights passed as they waited in their rooms to meet Oz. Eventually, they heard that Oz was willing to meet them. So they went to the Throne Room but they did not see anyone at all. They heard a voice, but couldn't see anyone. The Lion was impatient and angry, so he roared. The roar made a curtain fall and there was a small, bald man standing in the corner. The Tin Woodman threatened him with his ax until the man explained that he was Oz. The Oz told the story of how he got to Emerald City. He worked in a circus and was flying a balloon when one day it flew so high that he was in the clouds. When he came down, the strangers thought for sure that he was a wizard. He said yes, and they built him a palace in Emerald City. The glasses make Emerald City look green. He said he could not keep his promises, and that he simply wanted the witch dead. At the end, he told them to come back tomorrow and he would grant their wishes.

The 16th chapter of this book is called "The Magic Art of the Great Humbug." The next morning, the friends returned to the Throne Room. First, the Scarecrow went in and asked for his brain. The little man took off the Scarecrow's head, mixed bran with pins and needles, and stuffed it inside the head and fastened it back onto the Scarecrow. Now he had a brain. Then the Tin Woodman came in and the little man opened his breast and placed a heart made out of silk inside of him. Now he had a heart. Then the Lion came in and the little man gave him a bottle labeled 'Courage' to drink. The Lion drank it. Now he had courage. But the little man could not figure out how to trick Dorothy in order to get her back to Kansas.







Bibliography:

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum (1900).

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