Today we finally reached the City of Oz. The first thing we were given
when we
arrived were these green glasses to protect our eyes. Once I put these
glasses on I couldn't
believe what I saw. The streets were lined with beautiful houses made
of
green marble. Everywhere I looked there were green emeralds. Everything
in the city was green, even the rays of sun! I suspect the glasses may
have a hand in this. Everyone here was dressed
in green clothing and had a green tint to their skin.
The market was the most peculiar thing I have ever seen. Anything and
everything imaginable was there. Everything was green: green popcorn,
green candy, green shoes, green hats, green lemonade. Even the
pennies to pay for it were green.
The only thing that was odd to me is that there were no animals, no
horses or dogs or anything. This is really strange for me, having grown
up on
a farm in Kansas, to go to a place with no animals.
Finally after getting acquainted with the city, we decided to find the
Wizard. The Guardian of the Gates took us to this big building in the
center of the city to see the wizard. He told the soldier at the gate
our intentions to see the Wizard of Oz.
The soldier took us through the Palace Gates and led us into a
gigantic room with green carpet and green furniture with emeralds
encrusted on it. The soldier told us to wait there while he announced
our arrival to Oz. When the soldier came back, he said the Wizard would
see only me so I had to say goodbye to all of my friends.
I thought I would get to see the Wizard right away but I was very
wrong. I had to stay the night. I must admit I am nervous to leave my
friends and stay in this new place by myself.
Dear Diary,
This morning after I ate breakfast,
a girl came into my room to dress me for the day. After I was
dressed we began our journey through the palace to the Throne Room.
I had to go into the room all by myself. I tried so hard to be brave.
When I walked in, I found myself in this huge, round room with an
arched
roof. In the center of the roof there was this giant light that shone
as bright as the sun. In the middle of the room there was a giant
throne decorated with gems. Floating
in the center of the throne was a gigantic Head. There were no other
body parts- just a head!
Once he saw me, the head told me he was the Great and Terrible Oz. And
then he asked me why I came to see him.
The voice was not as scary as I thought it would be so I worked up
enough courage to answer.
I told him I was Dorothy, the meek and small girl from Kansas. I told
him I wanted to go back to
Kansas to be with my family. The Wizard said he would help me but I had
to do something for him.
KILL THE WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST
Author's Note:
This is my version of Dorothy's arrival to the Emerald City. I changed
very little of what actually happened.
This story is very important to the evolution of Dorothy's character
because she was able to tell the Wizard what she wanted from him and
why she came to the Emerald City. This is the first time we see her out
of her element, which is among the friends she has met along her
journey. The fact she is able to speak up and essentially hold her own
around the Wizard shows her evolution as a character.
I decided to end this story with simply "Kill the Wicked Witch of the
West" because I feel that Dorothy's character was surprised by the
Wizard's request and her diary entry should support that. This will
also be the transition into the next the story in her diary.
At this point in the story it seems that the only way for Dorothy to
get back to Kansas would be to kill the Wicked Witch of the West.
Although
Dorothy still refers to herself as meek and small, she is definitely
selling herself short and will be able to do much more than she can
imagine.
