Wonders of Oz - a brief retelling. The wonderful land of oz

Lyman Frank Baum"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"

The girl Dorothy, originally from Kansas, lived on a farm with Aunt Em and Uncle Henry. One day, a hurricane carried her, along with her house and dog Tatoshka, to the Magic Land. Having landed on the head of an evil witch, Dorothy met the munchkins and learned that she had ended up in the land of Oz. The Good Witch of the North shows the girl the yellow brick path that will lead her to the Emerald City, where the sage and wizard Oz lives. Putting on the silver shoes of the deceased evil witch, Dorothy headed to the wizard Oz, who can bring her home.
Having met the Scarecrow, who is guarding the field from crows, Dorothy invites him with her. The Scarecrow agrees, hoping to ask Oz for some brains. In the forest, they save the Tin Woodman, who was rusty and could not move. The romantic also decided to go to the wizard Oz, for a real heart and love. Having tamed the cowardly Leo, his friends persuaded him to go with them and ask for courage.
The lion carried his friends over the abyss, not being afraid to jump over, then they crossed the bridge cut down by the Woodcutter to escape the pursuit of the Kalidas, then crossed a deep river. Once in the poppy field, the Lion and Dorothy and Tatoshka almost fell asleep in an eternal sleep, but the Queen of Mice helped carry out the sleeping lion.
Having reached the Emerald City, the friends met the great wizard Oz, who changed his appearance every time. Oz promised to help his friends on the condition that they destroy the Evil Witch of the West. There was no choice, the friends went to the West.
The evil sorceress summoned flying monkeys, who destroyed the Scarecrow and the Woodcutter, tied up the Lion, and could not do anything with Dorothy, since the sorceress of the North protected her with a kiss of goodness. Dorothy destroyed the evil sorceress by pouring a bucket of water, causing her to melt. The Good Winks repaired the Woodman and They sewed up the scarecrow, and the friends set off on their way back.
The long journey was shortened by the flying monkeys, telling the story of the Golden Cap. Arriving in the Emerald City, the friends revealed the secret of the great Oz, an ordinary magician from Kansas. Once in a magical land, he lived in fear and deceived the inhabitants by issuing an order to wear green glasses. He could not fulfill the wishes of his friends, but taught them to use what they had and so it was - the sharp mind of the Scarecrow, the courage of the Lion and the warmth of the Woodcutter. Dorothy Oz offered to fly home in a hot air balloon with him. Having declared the Scarecrow the Wise ruler of the Emerald City, Oz flew away alone, Dorothy did not have time to sit in the basket of the balloon.
Dorothy turned to the monkeys, but they did not have the right to cross the magical desert. The friends had to go south, to the good sorceress Glinda. Along the way, they defeat the Warring Trees, overcome the country of porcelain men, overcome the shooting heads and slay the giant spider, and the Lion becomes the king of beasts .Glinda tells Dorothy about the power of the silver slippers, gives orders to the flying monkeys to take the Lion to his kingdom, the Scarecrow to the Emerald City, and the Woodcutter to the twinklings, who are waiting for him as ruler.
Dorothy clicked her heels and found herself at home in the Kansas steppe.

The girl Dorothy lived with Uncle Henry and Aunt Em in the Kansas steppe. Uncle Henry was a farmer and Aunt Em ran the farm. Hurricanes often raged in these places, and the family took refuge in the cellar. One day Dorothy hesitated, did not have time to go down to the cellar, and a hurricane picked up the house and carried it along with Dorothy and the dog Toto to God knows where. The house landed in the magical land of Oz, in the part of it where the Munchkins lived, and so successfully that it crushed the evil sorceress who ruled in these parts. The Munchkins were very grateful to the girl, but could not help her return to her native Kansas. On the advice of the good sorceress of the North, Dorothy goes to the Emerald City to the great sage and wizard Oz, who, she is convinced, will certainly help him find himself again with Uncle Henry and Aunt Em. Wearing the silver slippers of the deceased evil sorceress, Dorothy sets off for the Emerald City along the road paved with yellow bricks. Soon she meets the Scarecrow, who was scaring the crows in the corn field, and they go to the Emerald City together, since the Scarecrow wants to ask the great Oz for some brains.

They then find a rusty Tin Woodman in the forest, unable to move. After anointing him with oil from an oil can left in this strange creature's hut, Dorothy brings him back to life. The Tin Woodman asks him to take him with him to the Emerald City: he wants to ask the great Oz for a heart, because, as it seems to him, without a heart he cannot truly love.

Soon Dev joins the squad, assuring his new friends that he is a terrible coward and he needs to ask the great Oz for some courage. Having gone through many trials, the friends arrive in the Emerald City, but the great Oz, appearing before each of them in a new guise, sets a condition: he will fulfill their requests if they kill the last evil sorceress in the land of Oz, who lives in the West, pushing around the timid and intimidated by the Winks.

Friends hit the road again. The evil sorceress, noticing their approach, tries in a variety of ways to destroy the uninvited guests, but the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman and the Cowardly Lion show a lot of intelligence, courage and desire to protect Dorothy, and only when the sorceress calls the Flying Monkeys does she manage to gain the upper hand. Dorothy and the Cowardly Lion are captured. The Tin Woodman is thrown onto sharp stones, straw is poured out of the Scarecrow. But the evil sorceress of the West did not rejoice for long. Driven to despair by her bullying, Dorothy splashes her with water from a bucket, and to her surprise, the old woman begins to melt, and soon all that remains is a dirty puddle.

Friends return to the Emerald City and demand what they promised. The Great Oz hesitates, and then it turns out that he is not a magician or a sage, but a very ordinary deceiver. At one time he was a circus balloonist in America, but, like Dorothy, he was carried by a hurricane to the land of Oz, where he managed to deceive gullible local residents and convince them that he was a powerful wizard. However, he fulfills the requests of Dorothy’s friends: he fills the Scarecrow’s head with sawdust, which makes him experience a surge of wisdom, inserts a scarlet silk heart into the Tin Woodman’s chest and gives the Cowardly Lion to drink some potion from a bottle, assuring that now the King of Beasts will feel brave.

It is more difficult to fulfill Dorothy's request. After much deliberation, Oz decides to make a big balloon and fly back to America with the girl. However, at the last moment, Dorothy rushes to catch the runaway Toto, and Oz flies away alone. Friends go for advice to the good sorceress Glinda, who rules the southern country of the Quadlings. On the way, they have to endure a battle with the Warring Trees, go through the porcelain country and meet the very unkind Shooting Heads, and the Cowardly Lion deals with a giant spider that kept the forest inhabitants at bay.

Glinda explains that the silver slippers Dorothy took from the evil witch in Munchkin Country can take her anywhere, including to Kansas. Dorothy says goodbye to her friends. The Scarecrow becomes the ruler of the Emerald City. The Tin Woodman is the ruler of the Winks, and the Cowardly Lion, as befits him, is the king of the forest dwellers. Soon Dorothy and Toto find themselves in their native Kansas, but without the silver slippers: they got lost along the way.

SUMMARY: THE AMAZING WIZARD OF OZ

In the Kansas steppe, a girl named Dorothy lives with Aunt Em and Uncle Henry. Em takes care of the house, Henry takes care of his farm. Hurricanes are a common occurrence in these places, and the family constantly hides in the cellar from the raging elements. One day Dorothy did not have time to hide, a hurricane picked up the house along with her dog Toto and carried it to God knows where. The house landed only in the magical land of Oz, where the Munchkins lived. Upon landing, the house crushed the evil sorceress who ruled in these parts. The munchkins rejoiced and were filled with gratitude to Dorothy, but they could not help the girl return to Kansas. The Good Witch of the North advises the girl to go to the Emerald City to ask the great and wise wizard Oz to return her home. Dorothy puts on the silver shoes of the evil witch crushed by the house and hits the road. On the way, she meets the Scarecrow who scared the crows in the corn, and they continue their journey together. The Scarecrow wants to ask the wizard Oz to give him some brains.

In the forest they meet the Tin Woodman, who cannot move because he is all rusty. Dorothy smears the Woodcutter with oil that was in the hut, and he begins to move. He joins Dorothy, Toto and the Scarecrow - he wants to ask the great wise Oz to give him hearts. The Tin Woodman believes that it is impossible to truly love without a heart.

On the way, Lev joins them - he considers himself a terrible coward and wants to beg courage from Oz. Friends go through a lot of difficulties and trials, but finally find themselves in the Emerald City. However, Oz constantly appears before them in a new guise. He sets his own condition - all requests will be fulfilled if the arrivals kill the evil sorceress, the last of all that was in this country. The sorceress lives in the West, under her command are timid, intimidated Winks.

Friends have to hit the road again. Noticing their approach, the evil sorceress tries to destroy everyone, but the Cowardly Lion, the Scarecrow, and the Tin Woodman show courage, intelligence and a desire to protect the girl, and the sorceress fails. She summons the Flying Monkeys, and only with their help she gains the upper hand. The Cowardly Lion and Dorothy are captured, the straw is taken out of the Scarecrow, and the Tin Woodman is thrown onto sharp stones. However, the evil sorceress's joy was short-lived - Dorothy pours a bucket of water on her, and, to her surprise, sees that the old woman is melting. Very soon all that was left of her were memories and a dirty puddle on the floor.

Friends go to the Emerald City and demand that the Wizard give them what he promised. He hesitates, and then it becomes clear that he is not a sage or a magician at all, but a simple deceiver. He once worked as a circus balloonist, but, like Dorothy, he was carried away by a hurricane and ended up in the land of Oz. Here he was able to deceive gullible people and convinced them that he was a powerful wizard. However, he is able to fulfill some of his friends’ requests; he fills the Scarecrow’s head with sawdust, which makes him feel that he is becoming wise; A scarlet silk heart is placed in the Tin Woodman's chest. The Cowardly Lion receives a potion from a bottle - the Wizard assures that after this potion the Lion will be a real brave man.

It is much more difficult to fulfill the girl’s request. Oz thinks for a long time and decides to build a large hot air balloon on which he can fly to America. The wizard intended to fly there with Dorothy. But literally at the moment of departure, the dog Toto runs away, Dorothy rushes after him, and Oz flies away alone in a hot air balloon. Friends come to the sorceress Glinda to ask her for advice. Glinda to rule the country of the Quadlings, located in the South. Along the way, they are forced to fight in the Warring Trees, pass through a porcelain wall, and encounter aggressive Shooting Heads. The Cowardly Lion defeats the gigantic spider, which kept all the forest inhabitants in fear.

The sorceress says that the silver shoes taken by the girl from the evil sorceress can transport their owner to any place. Dorothy says goodbye to her companions. The Scarecrow becomes the new ruler of the Emerald City. The Tin Woodman becomes the Lord of the Winks, and the Cowardly Lion becomes the king of the forest. Dorothy and Toto find themselves in Kansas, but the silver slippers are lost along the way.

L. F. Baum
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The girl Dorothy lived with Uncle Henry and Aunt Em in the Kansas steppe. Uncle Henry was a farmer and Aunt Em ran the farm. Hurricanes often raged in these places, and the family took refuge in the cellar. One day Dorothy hesitated, did not have time to go down to the cellar, and a hurricane picked up the house and carried it along with Dorothy and the dog Toto to God knows where. The house landed in the magical land of Oz, in the part of it where the Munchkins lived, and so successfully that it crushed the evil sorceress who ruled these parts. The Munchkins were very grateful to the girl, but could not help her return to her native Kansas. On the advice of the good sorceress of the North, Dorothy goes to the Emerald City to the great sage and wizard Oz, who, she is convinced, will certainly help him find himself again with Uncle Henry and Aunt Em. Wearing the silver slippers of the deceased evil sorceress, Dorothy sets off for the Emerald City along the road paved with yellow bricks. Soon she meets the Scarecrow, who was scaring the crows in the corn field, and they go to the Emerald City together, since the Scarecrow wants to ask the great Oz for some brains.
They then find a rusty Tin Woodman in the forest, unable to move. After anointing him with oil from an oil can left in this strange creature's hut, Dorothy brings him back to life. The Tin Woodman asks him to take him with him to the Emerald City: he wants to ask the great Oz for a heart, because, as it seems to him, without a heart he cannot truly love.
Soon Dev joins the squad, assuring his new friends that he is a terrible coward and he needs to ask the great Oz for some courage. Having gone through many trials, the friends arrive in the Emerald City, but the great Oz, appearing before each of them in a new guise, sets a condition: he will fulfill their requests if they kill the last evil sorceress in the land of Oz, who lives in the West, pushing around the timid and intimidated by the Winks.
Friends hit the road again. The evil sorceress, noticing their approach, tries in a variety of ways to destroy the uninvited guests, but the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman and the Cowardly Lion show a lot of intelligence, courage and desire to protect Dorothy, and only when the sorceress calls the Flying Monkeys does she manage to gain the upper hand. Dorothy and the Cowardly Lion are captured. The Tin Woodman is thrown onto sharp stones, straw is poured out of the Scarecrow. But the evil sorceress of the West did not rejoice for long. Driven to despair by her bullying, Dorothy splashes her with water from a bucket and, to her surprise, the old woman begins to melt, and soon all that remains is a dirty puddle.
Friends return to the Emerald City and demand what they promised. The Great Oz hesitates, and then it turns out that he is not a magician or a sage, but a very ordinary deceiver. At one time he was a circus balloonist in America, but, like Dorothy, he was carried by a hurricane to the land of Oz, where he managed to deceive gullible local residents and convince them that he was a powerful wizard. However, he fulfills the requests of Dorothy’s friends: he fills the Scarecrow’s head with sawdust, which makes him experience a surge of wisdom, inserts a scarlet silk heart into the Tin Woodman’s chest and gives the Cowardly Lion to drink some potion from a bottle, assuring that now the King of Beasts will feel brave.
It is more difficult to fulfill Dorothy's request. After much deliberation, Oz decides to make a big balloon and fly back to America with the girl. However, at the last moment, Dorothy rushes to catch the runaway Toto, and Oz flies away alone. Friends go for advice to the good sorceress Glinda, who rules the southern country of the Quadlings. On the way, they have to endure a battle with the Warring Trees, go through the porcelain country and meet the very unkind Shooting Heads, and the Cowardly Lion deals with a giant spider that kept the forest inhabitants at bay.
Glinda explains that the silver slippers Dorothy took from the evil witch in Munchkin Country can take her anywhere, including Kansas. Dorothy says goodbye to her friends. The Scarecrow becomes the ruler of the Emerald City. The Tin Woodman is the ruler of the Winks, and the Cowardly Lion, as befits him, is the king of the forest dwellers. Soon Dorothy and Toto find themselves in their native Kansas, but without the silver slippers: they got lost along the way.

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Who doesn’t know Volkov’s fairy tale about the girl Ellie, who finds herself in a magical land? But not everyone knows that in reality Volkov’s work is just a free retelling of the book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, written by Lyman Frank Baum. In addition to this fairy tale, Baum dedicated thirteen more works to the Oz universe; in addition, other, no less interesting children's fairy tales came from his pen.

Baum Lyman Frank: biography of his early years

Frank was born in May 1856 into the family of a cooper in the small American town of Chittenango. Due to heart problems with the baby, doctors predicted a short life for him - 3-4 years, but, to everyone's surprise, the boy outlived all his brothers and sisters.

Soon after Frank was born, his father became rich and was able to provide his children with better conditions to grow up. Baum spent his entire childhood with private teachers teaching him.

Having become interested in books at an early age, Baum soon read his father’s entire huge library, which made him proud. Baum's favorite authors were Dickens and Thackeray.

In 1868, the boy was sent to the military academy in Peekskill. True, Frank soon persuaded his parents to take him home.

One day, a guy received a miniature printing machine designed for publishing newspapers as a birthday gift from his father. Together with his brother, they began publishing a family newspaper. The Baums' home newspaper published not only chronicles of family life, but also the first fairy tales written by young Frank.

From the age of seventeen, the writer was seriously interested in philately and tried to publish his own magazine dedicated to this topic. He later worked as a bookstore manager. His next hobby was breeding purebred chickens. Baum even dedicated a book to this topic - it was published just when the guy turned twenty. However, later he lost interest in chickens and became interested in theater.

Baum's personal life

After spending some time with the traveling theater, Lyman Frank Baum, at the age of twenty-five, met the beautiful Maude, and a year later they got married. The parents of Frank's beloved were not very fond of their dreamy son-in-law, but his father's wealth forced them to agree to this marriage.

Frank and Maude had four sons, whom Baum loved very much and often told bedtime stories of his own composition.

Over time, he began to record them, and soon published them - this is how Baum’s writing career began.

Successful writing career

After the success of the first children's book, a couple of years later Baum wrote a sequel, Father Goose: His Book. However, as he watched his own children grow up, he realized that it was necessary to compose a fairy tale for older children who were no longer interested in reading about the adventures of geese in the barnyard. This is how the idea arose to write about the girl Dorothy, who accidentally found herself in the fairy-tale land of Oz.

In 1900, the debut tale of the cycle about the land of Oz was published. This work instantly gained popularity, and tens of thousands of children began to read Dorothy’s exciting adventures. On the wave of success, the author published a fairy tale about Santa Claus, and two years later - its continuation. However, readers were still waiting for a new book from him about a fairy-tale land, and in 1904 another fairy tale from the “Land of Oz” cycle was born.

Baum's last years

Trying to move away from the theme of Oz, Baum wrote other fairy tales, but readers were not so interested in them. Later, the writer completely switched to writing books about a magical land. In total, Baum dedicated fourteen books to her, the last two of which were published after the death of the writer, who died in 1919 from heart problems. It is noteworthy that the Oz series was so popular that even after the death of its creator, other writers began to publish numerous sequels. Of course, they were inferior to the original.

Summary of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"

The main character of the most popular first part and most of the remaining books in the series was the orphan Dorothy (Volkov renamed her Ellie).

In the first book, a girl with her faithful dog Toto is carried away to the land of Oz by a powerful hurricane. Trying to return home, at the prompting of the good sorceress, Dorothy heads to the Emerald City to Oz, who rules there. Along the way, the girl makes friends with the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman and the Cowardly Lion. They all need something from the wizard, and he promises to fulfill their requests if his friends rid the country of the evil witch. Having overcome many problems, each hero gets what he wants.

The plot of the story “The Wonderful Land of Oz”

In the second book, the main character is the servant of the evil witch Mombi Tip. One day, a boy runs away from her, taking with him a magic powder that can breathe life into inanimate objects. Having reached the Emerald City, he helps the Scarecrow escape from there, as the city is captured by an army of militant maidens with knitting needles led by Ginger. Together they ask the Tin Woodman and Glinda (the good witch) for help. It turns out that they need to find the true ruler of the city - the missing Princess Ozma. After a while, it turns out that Tip is Ozma, bewitched by the witch Mombi. Having returned to their true appearance, the princess and her friends regain their power.

The plot of "Ozma of Oz", "Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz", "Journey to Oz", and also "The Emerald City of Oz"

Girly Dorothy appears again in the third book. Here she, together with the chicken Billina, finds herself in a magical land. The girl learns with horror the tragic history of the Yves royal family. Trying to help them, she almost lost her own head. However, having met Princess Ozma (who came to the aid of the royal family in the company of the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman), Dorothy manages to lift the spell from the Eve family and return home.

In the fourth book, as a result of an earthquake, Dorothy, her cousin Jeb and the decrepit horse Jim find themselves in a magical land of glass cities. Here they meet the wizard Oz and the kitten Eureka. To get out of this not at all friendly country, the heroes have to overcome a lot. The journey ends again in the land of Oz, where good old friends await the girl, who help her and her companions return home.

In the fifth book of the series, Princess Ozma had a birthday, where she really wanted to see Dorothy. To do this, she confused all the roads, and the girl, showing the way to a tramp named Shaggy, herself got lost and after numerous wanderings and adventures she ended up in the land of Oz to Ozma.

In the sixth story of the "Land of Oz" series, due to problems on the farm, Dorothy's family moves to live in the Magic Land. However, trouble looms over the Emerald City - an evil king who is building an underground passage is trying to capture it.

Books about Santa Claus

Although Baum gained worldwide fame and name thanks to the never-ending epic about the land of Oz, he also wrote other fairy tales. So, after the success of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the writer composed a wonderful, good Christmas tale, “The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus.” In it, he talked about the fate of a kind boy raised by a lioness and the nymph Nekil, about how and why he became Santa Claus and how he received immortality.

The children also really liked this fairy tale. Apparently, Baum himself was closer to the story of Santa Claus than to the land of Oz, and he soon published the book “The Kidnapped Santa Claus.” In it, he talks about Klaus' main enemies and their attempts to disrupt Christmas. Later, the plot of this book was often used for many films.

Over his rather long life, Lyman Frank Baum wrote more than two dozen books. These books were received differently by the public. It was his fairy tales that brought him the greatest popularity. And although the author repeatedly tried to write on other topics, and very successfully, for his readers he will forever remain the court chronicler of the country of Oz.