The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz

by

L. Frank Baum

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Chapter 1: The Cyclone Quotes

It was Toto that made Dorothy laugh, and saved her from growing as grey as her other surroundings. Toto was not grey; he was a little black dog, with long silky hair and small black eyes that twinkled merrily on either side of his funny, wee nose. Toto played all day long, and Dorothy played with him, and loved him dearly.

Related Characters: Dorothy, Aunt Em, Uncle Henry, Toto
Page Number: 2-3
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Chapter 2: The Council with the Munchkins Quotes

‘But I thought all witches were wicked,’ said the girl, who was half frightened at facing a real witch.

‘Oh, no, that is a great mistake. There were only four witches in all the Land of Oz, and two of them, those who live in the North and the South, are good witches. I know this is true, for I am one of them myself, and cannot be mistaken.’

Related Characters: Dorothy (speaker), The Good Witch of the North (speaker), The Wicked Witch of the West, Glinda, The Wicked Witch of the East
Page Number: 11-12
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Chapter 3: How Dorothy Saved the Scarecrow Quotes

‘I don’t mind my legs and arms and body being stuffed, because I cannot get hurt. If anyone treads on my toes or sticks a pin into me it doesn’t matter, for I can’t feel it. But I do not want people to call me a fool, and if my head stays stuffed with straw instead of with brains, as yours is, how am I ever to know anything?’

Related Characters: The Scarecrow (speaker), Dorothy, The Wizard of Oz
Page Number: 23
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Chapter 4: The Road Through the Forest Quotes

‘No matter how dreary and grey our homes are, we people of flesh and blood would rather live there than in any other country, be it ever so beautiful. There is no place like home.’

Related Characters: Dorothy (speaker), The Scarecrow, The Wizard of Oz, Aunt Em, Uncle Henry
Page Number: 27
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Chapter 5: The Rescue of the Tin Woodman Quotes

‘While I was in love I was the happiest man on earth; but no one can love who has not a heart, and so I am resolved to ask Oz to give me one. If he does, I will go back to the Munchkin maiden and marry her.’

Related Characters: The Tin Woodman (speaker), Dorothy, The Scarecrow, The Wizard of Oz, The Wicked Witch of the East
Page Number: 40-41
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Chapter 6: The Cowardly Lion Quotes

Once, indeed, the Tin Woodman stepped upon a beetle that was crawling along the road, and killed the poor little thing. This made the Tin Woodman very unhappy, for he was always careful not to hurt any living creature; and as he walked along he wept several tears of sorrow and regret.

Related Characters: Dorothy, The Scarecrow, The Tin Woodman, The Cowardly Lion, The Wizard of Oz
Page Number: 48
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Chapter 7: The Journey to the Great Oz Quotes

‘We are lost, for they will surely tear us to pieces with their sharp claws. But stand close behind me, and I will fight them as long as I am alive.’

Related Characters: The Cowardly Lion (speaker), Dorothy, The Scarecrow, The Tin Woodman, The Wizard of Oz
Page Number: 55
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Chapter 8: The Deadly Poppy Field Quotes

‘Aren’t they beautiful?’ the girl asked, as she breathed in the spicy scent of the flowers.

‘I suppose so,’ answered the Scarecrow. ‘When I have brains I shall probably like them better.’

‘If only I had a heart I should love them,’ added the Tin Woodman.

Related Characters: Dorothy (speaker), The Scarecrow (speaker), The Tin Woodman (speaker)
Page Number: 63
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Chapter 9: The Queen of the Field Mice Quotes

‘Is there anything we can do,’ it asked, ‘to repay you for saving the life of our Queen?’

‘Nothing that I know of,’ answered the Woodman; but the Scarecrow, who had been trying to think, but could not because his head was stuffed with straw, said, quickly, ‘Oh, yes; you can save our friend, the Cowardly Lion, who is asleep in the poppy bed.’

Related Characters: The Scarecrow (speaker), The Tin Woodman (speaker), Dorothy, The Cowardly Lion
Page Number: 68
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Chapter 10: The Guardian of the Gates Quotes

‘Because if you did not wear spectacles the brightness and glory of the Emerald City would blind you. Even those who live in the City must wear spectacles night and day. They are all locked on, for Oz so ordered it when the City was first built, and I have the only key that will unlock them.’

Related Characters: Dorothy, The Scarecrow, The Tin Woodman, The Cowardly Lion, The Wizard of Oz
Related Symbols: The Green Spectacles
Page Number: 80
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Chapter 11: The Wonderful Emerald City of Oz Quotes

‘Send me back to Kansas, where my Aunt Em and Uncle Henry are,’ she answered earnestly. ‘I don’t like your country, although it is so beautiful. And I am sure Aunt Em will be dreadfully worried over my being away so long.’

Related Characters: Dorothy (speaker), The Scarecrow, The Wizard of Oz, Aunt Em, Uncle Henry
Page Number: 89
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Chapter 12: The Search for the Wicked Witch Quotes

‘We dare not harm this little girl,’ he said to them, ‘for she is protected by the Power of Good, and that is greater than the Power of Evil. All we can do is to carry her to the castle of the Wicked Witch and leave her there.’

Related Characters: Dorothy, The Wizard of Oz, The Wicked Witch of the West, The Good Witch of the North
Page Number: 107
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‘I’m very sorry, indeed,’ said Dorothy, who was truly frightened to see the Witch actually melting away like brown sugar before her very eyes.

‘Didn’t you know water would be the end of me?’ asked the Witch, in a wailing, despairing voice.

‘Of course not,’ answered Dorothy. ‘How should I?’

Related Characters: Dorothy (speaker), The Wicked Witch of the West (speaker), The Wizard of Oz, The Wicked Witch of the East
Related Symbols: Dorothy’s Silver Slippers
Page Number: 112
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Chapter 13: The Rescue Quotes

When, at last, he walked into Dorothy’s room and thanked her for rescuing him, he was so pleased that he wept tears of joy, and Dorothy had to wipe every tear carefully from his face with her apron, so his joints would not be rusted. At the same time her own tears fell thick and fast at the joy of meeting her old friend again, and these tears did not need to be wiped away.

Related Characters: Dorothy, The Scarecrow, The Tin Woodman, The Cowardly Lion, The Wizard of Oz, The Wicked Witch of the West
Page Number: 117
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Chapter 15: The Discovery of Oz, the Terrible Quotes

Of course each one of them expected to see the Wizard in the shape he had taken before, and all were greatly surprised when they looked about and saw no one at all in the room. They kept close to the door and closer to one another, for the stillness of the empty room was more dreadful than any of the forms they had seen Oz take.

Related Characters: Dorothy, The Wizard of Oz, The Wicked Witch of the West
Page Number: 131
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‘You have plenty of courage, I am sure,’ answered Oz. ‘All you need is confidence in yourself. There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger. True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid, and that kind of courage you have in plenty.’

Related Characters: The Wizard of Oz (speaker), Dorothy, The Cowardly Lion
Page Number: 139
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Chapter 16: The Magic Art of the Great Humbug Quotes

Oz, left to himself, smiled to think of his success in giving the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman and the Lion exactly what they thought they wanted. ‘How can I help being a humbug,’ he said, ‘when all these people make me do things that everybody knows can’t be done?’

Related Characters: The Wizard of Oz (speaker), Dorothy, The Scarecrow, The Tin Woodman, The Cowardly Lion
Page Number: 145-146
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Chapter 17: How the Balloon was Launched Quotes

But the people remembered him lovingly, and said to one another:

‘Oz was always our friend. When he was here he built for us this beautiful Emerald City, and now he is gone he has left the wise Scarecrow to rule over us.’

Still, for many days they grieved over the loss of the Wonderful Wizard, and would not be comforted.

Related Characters: Dorothy, The Scarecrow, The Wizard of Oz
Page Number: 152
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Chapter 18: Away to the South Quotes

‘Certainly. If it wasn’t for Dorothy I should never have had brains. She lifted me from the pole in the cornfield and brought me to the Emerald City. So my good luck is all due to her, and I shall never leave her until she starts back to Kansas for good and all.’

Related Characters: The Scarecrow (speaker), Dorothy, The Wizard of Oz, Glinda
Page Number: 157
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Chapter 19: Attacked by the Fighting Trees Quotes

Dorothy said nothing. Oz had not kept the promise he made her but he had done his best, so she forgave him. As he said, he was a good man, even if he was a bad Wizard.

Related Characters: Dorothy, The Wizard of Oz
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Page Number: 161
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Chapter 20: The Dainty China Country Quotes

‘You see, here in our country we live contentedly, and can talk and move around as we please. But whenever any of us are taken away our joints at once stiffen, and we can only stand straight and look pretty. Of course that is all that is expected of us when we are on mantelshelves and cabinets and drawing-room tables, but our lives are much pleasanter here in our own country.’

Related Characters: Dorothy, The Wizard of Oz, Glinda, Aunt Em
Page Number: 170
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Chapter 21: The Lion Becomes the King of the Beasts Quotes

‘It seems gloomy,’ said the Scarecrow.

‘Not a bit of it,’ answered the Lion; ‘I should like to live here all my life. See how soft the dried leaves are under your feet and how rich and green the moss is that clings to these old trees. Surely no wild beast could wish a pleasanter home.’

Related Characters: The Scarecrow (speaker), The Cowardly Lion (speaker), Dorothy, The Tin Woodman
Page Number: 172-173
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Chapter 23: Glinda Grants Dorothy’s Wish Quotes

‘Your Silver Shoes will carry you over the desert,’ replied Glinda. ‘If you had known their power you could have gone back to your Aunt Em the very first day you came to this country.’

Related Characters: Glinda (speaker), Dorothy, The Scarecrow, The Tin Woodman, The Cowardly Lion, Aunt Em
Related Symbols: Dorothy’s Silver Slippers
Page Number: 185
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She threw her arms around the Lion’s neck and kissed him, patting his big head tenderly. Then she kissed the Tin Woodman, who was weeping in a way most dangerous to his joints. But she hugged the soft, stuffed body of the Scarecrow instead of kissing his painted face, and found she was crying herself at this sorrowful parting from her loving comrades.

Related Characters: Dorothy, The Scarecrow, The Tin Woodman, The Cowardly Lion
Related Symbols: Dorothy’s Silver Slippers
Page Number: 187
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Chapter 24: Home Again Quotes

‘My darling child!’ she cried, folding the little girl in her arms and covering her face with kisses. ‘Where in the world did you come from?’

‘From the Land of Oz,’ said Dorothy gravely. ‘And here is Toto, too. And oh, Aunt Em! I’m so glad to be at home again!’

Related Characters: Dorothy (speaker), Aunt Em (speaker), Toto
Related Symbols: Dorothy’s Silver Slippers
Page Number: 189
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