Lyman Frank Baum

The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz Lyman Frank Baum

As the story opens, Dorothy is in the little house she shares with her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry in Kansas. She's a bright, brave little girl and loves to play with her dog, Toto. One day a storm is coming and Aunt Em is rushing for the tiny cellar when the cyclone picks the house up with Dorothy and Toto still in it. The house is in the air for a long time and Dorothy eventually takes a nap. She's on her bed when it falls to land. When she opens the door, she is amazed by the sights that greet her. She soon discovers that her house dropped out of the sky on the Wicked Witch of the East and her death has freed the race of tiny people who have lived as her slaves. The witch's body soon dries up and the Good Witch of the North tells Dorothy she is entitled to take the witch's silver shoes, which she does.