Dorothy Gale

And in the west country of the Winkies, where the Tin Woodman rules, everything is yellow." "'Oh!' said Jack.

Then after a pause he added, "'Did you say a tin woodman rules the Winkies?' Yes, he was one of those who helped Dorothy to destroy the Wicked Witch of the West, and the Winkies were so grateful that they invited him to become their ruler, just as the people of the Emerald City invited the Scarecrow to rule them.' Dear me, said Jack, I'm getting confused with all this history.

Who is the scarecrow? Another friend of Dorothy's, replied Tip.

And who is Dorothy? She was a girl that came here from Kansas, a place in the big outside world.

She got blown into the land of Oz by a cyclone, and while she was here the scarecrow and the tin woodman accompanied her on her travels.

and where is she now inquired the pumpkinhead glinda the good who rules the quadlings sent her home again said the boy oh and what became of the scarecrow i told you he rules the emerald city answered tip i thought you said it was ruled by a wonderful wizard objected jack seeming more and more confused well so i did now pay attention and i'll explain it said tip speaking slowly and looking the smiling pumpkinhead squarely in the eye dorothy went to the emerald city to ask the wizard to send her back to kansas and the scarecrow and the tin woodman went with her but the wizard couldn't send her back because he wasn't so much of a wizard as he might have been and then they got angry at the wizard and threatened to expose him so the wizard made a big balloon and escaped in it and no one has ever seen him since now that is a very interesting history said jack well pleased and i understand it perfectly all but the explanation I'm glad you do, responded Tip.

"'Aren't you a little horse?' asked the pumpkin-head politely." The sawhorse gave an angry prance and rolled one knotty eye backward toward Tip.

"'See here,' he growled, "'can't you protect me from insult?' to be sure answered tip soothingly i am sure jack meant no harm and it will not do for us to quarrel you know we must all remain good friends i'll have nothing more to do with that pumpkin head declared the saw-horse viciously he loses his head too easily to suit me there seemed no fitting reply to this speech so for a time they rode along in silence after a while the scarecrow remarked This reminds me of old times.

Yeah, when do I start?

In the book, the witch just takes one of Dorothy's shoes and Dorothy gets pissed.

She's like, those are my effing shoes.

And then she throws water on her just because she's pissed about the shoes.

Trot also had come from America and liked Oz so well she had never returned home.

These two, with Princess Dorothy, are the closest friends of the fairy ruler, for Asma herself is only a little girl fairy, and these four together have the merriest times imaginable.

Living in a green-stone castle studded with emeralds is fun enough, dear knows.

But living in a green-stone castle with forty-nine courtiers, thirty-nine footmen, thirty-seven handmen, twenty-six serving-maids, ten cooks, and a flock of pages is luxury indeed, especially in a magical land where adventures are liable to happen every few minutes.

Why, it's the most fun yet.

perhaps dorothy is ozma's prime favorite for dorothy was the first little girl to discover oz and has been so mixed up in its magical history that ozma would scarcely know how to rule her interesting subjects without her help was of dorothy that ozma was thinking as she watched scraps turning reckless handsprings under the tulip trees i wonder when dorothy will return sighed the little queen pushing back her chair and signaling for the thirty-ninth footman to remove the gold breakfast plates dorothy had gone on a short visit to perhaps city and already the others were longing for her return let's ask the scarecrow proposed betsy waving to the jolly straw man who arm in arm with sir hokus of pokes was coming down the path both these delightful fellows are great friends of dorothy's in fact she discovered them the scarecrow she had lifted down from a pole on her very first trip to oz had accompanied her to the emerald city and had been given a splendid set of brains by the wizard of oz so that he is one of the wittiest and most able of ozma's courtiers he has a cozy corn-ear castle in the winkie country but prefers to spend most of his time in the capital with the girls sir hokus had been rescued from pokes by dorothy on another of her wonderful adventures and since the knight had taken up his residence in the palace ozma felt more secure than ever before for sir hokus was a splendid swordsman and feared neither man nor monster it is people like scraps sir hokus and the scarecrow who make life in the emerald city so jolly and so different Don't you think it's time Dorothy was back?" called Betsy, as the two came nearer.

high time high time answered the scarecrow waving his old blue hat up at the clock in the tallest tower of the castle and we'll have a high time when she does come he smiled gaily i've thought of a dozen new games and whats that cried the scarecrow interrupting himself suddenly and blinking his painted eyes so fast that betsy bounded out of her chair what's that echoed the little queen of oz springing up in alarm something gold and brilliant had flashed through the air and fallen upon the walk a feather puffed sir hokus od's goblins and hoblins a feather he stooped creakily to pick it up but as he did the golden quill righted itself and began to move rapidly across the marble walk "'It's writing!' gasped Trot, clutching the scarecrow by the arm, and in dazed fascination they watched the feather tracing a sentence.

When it had set down five words it made a little gold dot and fell lifelessly at Ozma's feet.

It was like The Wiz and Terminator 2 really changed Hollywood forever.

You know Diana Ross wasn't even supposed to be Dorothy in that movie? So The Wiz was a play on Broadway, and the girl that played Dorothy was like some 21-year-old young black girl, right, who was a singer.

And then Diana Ross saw The Wiz play, and then she was like, I want to be in the fucking movie version of this.

But the director was already making the movie.

He was like, fuck no. You're fucking 35 years old, Diana Ross.

You can't be Dorothy.

She's supposed to be a kid.

And she's like, I don't give a fuck.

Mm

... about to say this, as Dorothy Gale's ruby red slippers [laughs].

Yeah.

It's as iconic as the revenge dress.

stunning.

Think Judy Garland-Dorothy and the trio with Toto.

That's it.

That's what they walked

like,

we're not in, we're not in Kansas, Dorothy, we're in Canada.

No, if you could get their important transaction fees removed, I would

be significantly happier for sure.