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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Chapter 1: The Cyclone
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum — Chapter 1: The Cyclone
Dorothy lives on the gray Kansas prairie with Uncle Henry and Aunt Em, where even the grass has faded to the color of ash. Her only bright spot is Toto, a small black dog whose merry eyes keep her laughing when the rest of the farm seems to have forgotten how.
One gray afternoon the sky turns darker than usual, and the wind begins to whistle from two directions at once. Uncle Henry hurries off to the sheds, Aunt Em rushes for the cellar, and Dorothy must decide whether to follow before the old farmhouse begins to move.
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