The Wizard of Oz
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Once upon a time
the Townsfolk of
Oz awoke to find
their baby Princess
gone. And years
bring added resent-
ment and suspicion
as we find them
gathered in the palace.
2
The Kingdom had
a treacherous,
self-appointed ruler in
the Prime Minister Kruel.
3
Kruel had an able aide
in Lady Vishuss.
- Virginia Pearson
4
Kruel also had a
willing cat's-paw
in Ambassador Wikked.
- Otto Lederer
5
Kruel's actions were
arousing the
townsfolk of Oz.
6
In all of Oz there
was none more
loved than Prince Kynd.
- Bryant Washburn
7
"As spokesman for my
people, we demand the
return of our rightful
queen."
8
"What will we do?"
9
"What about the
Wizard?"
10
"Wait! If the queen is
to be found, let us call
on the Wizard, he can
do anything!"
11
The Wizard was just
a medicine-show
hokum hustler, but he
fitted in nicely as the Prime
Minister's "yes-man."
12
"I must have time to
think - go thru the
audience and distract
them."
13
"Watch, ye skeptics, and see
the great Wizard of black
art perform. He has nothing
up his sleeves nor under
his coat. Neither has he
anything under his hat!"
14
"What was that last
wise crack?"
15
"Do your stuff, Wizzy!"
16
The Phantom of
the Basket -
- Frederic Ko Vert
17
"That's a lot of
applesauce!"
18
"Oh, Grammpy - I don't
like that. Read me about
Dorothy, the Tin Woodsman
and the Scarecrow."
19
On a
farm in Kansas
there once bloomed
a rose.
20
Dorothy.
- Dorothy Dwan
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A mother at heart was
Dorothy's Aunt Em.
- Mary Carr
22
- while her Uncle Henry
was just a distant relative.
- Frank Alexander
23
With all the cinderelatives,
there must be a Prince
Charming.
- Oliver N. Hardy
24
Snowball - a promising
case of melancholia.
- G. Howe Black
25
Hitting the hay while
the sun shines.
- Larry Semon
26
In the spring a young
man's fancy turns to
thoughts of - lollypops.
27
"The way he treats me
you would never think
he was my uncle."
28
"Sweetheart, he isn't."
29
"It was this way, darling.
Many years ago -"
30
"I have told her
everything."
31
All of which
made Dorothy
more anxious than
ever to learn who
she really was.
32
"But what was in those
papers and who was
Dorothy?"
33
Uneasy lies the
head that wears
the crown, and the
hoi polloi were making
it tough for the Prime
Minister
34
"Coronation day draws
near and yet our rightful
Ruler is not here."
35
"I give you until the
new moon - otherwise,
the dungeon."
36
"Either get the papers
and destroy them, or
do away with the girl."
37
"In a place called Kansas
there are papers that will
save us."
38
"Prepare for the journey!"
39
Bad news travels fast.
40
"Aw! Read me some
more about Dorothy."
41
And then came
an eighteenth
birthday that promised
a surprise party for
Dorothy.
42
"Just think, boys, this is
my birthday and Uncle
Henry has promised to
tell me a big, big secret."
43
"Uncle, you promised that
today you would tell me
all about that envelope,
and everything."
44
"Years ago a sealed
envelope was left
here. I want it."
45
"It was left for the child
to open and that she
will do."
46
"She must never know
its contents - perhaps
we can make some
financial arrangement."
47
"When I find out who
I really am, you're the
first one I'm going to
tell."
48
"You - love the girl?"
49
"There is a certain paper
here. If she finds it you
can never marry her. Get
it for me and untold
wealth and the girl will
both be yours."
50
- so Uncle Henry
digs up the facts.
51
"Chief - let's tie her
to the tower."
52
"You tell me where
they are - or she'll
never be able to read
them."
53
"I wonder where
we are!"
54
"You must prevent them
from entering Oz - they
have the papers and the
girl is Queen Dorothy."
55
"They are trespassers
in the Land of Oz."
56
"Change these people into
something - anything -
make monkeys of them -"
57
"Well, Kruel, at last
we have found our
Queen."
58
"What is this monkey
business?"
59
"Who's going to change
what to which?"
60
"Sh-h sh-h-h - I'm just a
fake - I couldn't change
a quarter."
61
"- but we've got to do
something - or we're
all in Dutch."
62
"True enough, Prince
Kynd. She rules our
fair kingdom, but I
am still the Dictator."
63
"Stop! I have changed
these three men -
I have made them -
invisible."
64
"Don't you see them
egg? Meet Mr. Ham."
65
"Mr. Ham, meet Mr.
Egg. Ham and Egg."
66
"Wait! You doubt my
powers. Watch and
see what changes
I have made."
67
"The other fellow is
in the tin pile."
68
- and so the prisoners
were brought to their
tribunal.
69
"I demand that these
culprits who have
kept our Queen from
us be imprisoned in
the dungeon."
70
"My good friends, I shall be
compelled to temporarily
confine the guilty one to
the dungeon."
71
"I didn't do it, Prince.
He did!"
72
"Well, Wikk, what's left
for us to do?"
73
"You can still marry
the queen-to-be."
74
Dorothy and happiness
reign in the kingdom
of Oz while Prime Minister
Kruel still moves his pawns
in an effort to checkmate.
75
And the Tin Woodsman
became the "Knight
of the Garter" - so in the
future no metal could touch
him.
76
- and Uncle Henry
was made the Prince
of Whales.
77
"Everything will be
okay if we can keep
on fooling the Prince
and if we can get rid
of that cornfield shiek."
78
The Prime Minister
kept a visiting
room for undesirable
visitors in the cellar of
the Palace.
79
"You can help me
to work the skin
game on these
folks."
80
"This whole thing is a
frame-up and I'm
afraid they're going
to frame on Dorothy.
I'm going to find her."
81
"Dorothy, I cross my heart
they're crossing you. Look
out for these people."
82
"Good-bye, Mr. Scarecrow.
You're not going to have
anything to crow about,
but you're surely going
to have lots to get scared
about."
83
"I have heard that these
alley cats like dark meat
- personally, I'm not
afraid!"
84
"Spare me!! I will
tell everything. It
was I who left the
babe queen on the
doorstep in Kansas!"
85
"A hostile faction meant
you harm and I whisked
you away to save you
from them."
86
- and
Queen Dorothy
and her Prince
lived happily
ever after
The End
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