For she was sitting on the broad Kansas prairie, and just before her was the new farmhouse Uncle Henry built after the cyclone had carried away the old one. Uncle Henry was milking the cows in the barnyard, and Toto had jumped out of her arms and was running toward the barn, barking furiously.
Dorothy stood up and found she was in her stocking-feet. For the Silver Shoes had fallen off in her flight through the air, and were lost forever in the desert[200].
24. Home Again
Aunt Em had just come out of the house to water the cabbages when she looked up and saw Dorothy running toward her.
“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!”
Vocabulary
A
abundance
addition
airtight
although
amazement
anger
anxiously
axe
B
bald
balloon
barn
basket
beckon
belong
bewilderment
bid
bite
blood-curling
blunt
boisterous
bow
brains
bran
brand-new
brave
breast
brick
brims
briskly
brittle
brook
brownie
bucket
buckle
bundle
burnished
buttercup
C
cackling
calmly
cannon ball
castle
cellar
change
chariot
charm
chase
checks
cheerfully
china
chop
clasp
claw
climb
cloud
clumsy
contented
contentedly
corn
cornfield
counter-pane
courage
cowardly
crack
сross
curiosity
current
curtsy
cyclone
D
dainty
daisy
dangerous
daunt
dazzle
deadly
deceive
deed
deer
delicious
deprive
desert
deserted
destroy
dew
dignified
discouragement
dismay
ditch
dizzy
dome
doorstep
doublet
drag
dreadful
drop
dwarf
dwell
E
edge
emerald
enormous
enslave
ermine
exhaust
expect
F
faded
fairy
false
farther
fence
field mouse
fierce
foot
forefoot
forehead
frighten
frock
G
gauze
genii
gift
gingham
glimpse
glisten
glue
gorgeous
gown
gradually
gratefully
greensward
grieve
grindstone
groan
grufly
guardian
H
hammer
handherchief
hang
happiness
harness
hearty
however
howl