The Wonderful Wizard of Oz《绿野仙踪》 is a modern fairy tale（童话故事） of a little girl called Dorothy. She lives on the dry, gray grassland of Kansas.
. One day, when they are carried away during a cyclone(龙卷风) to the magical land of Oz, Dorothy meets a kind witch(女巫) who tells her to go to the Emerald City and asks the Wizard to help her go back home. Dorothy follows the yellow brick road to the Emerald City and on her way she makes three good friends: the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman and the Cowardly Lion. . Oz is full of color, but finally Dorothy learns that there' s no place like home.
Lyman Frank Baum is the writer. Baum was born in a small town in the state of New York in 1856. His father was a businessman and the family was rich. Baum had eight brothers and sisters and his childhood was very happy. , he didn' t go to school and studied at home with a teacher. He loved reading. His favorite stories were traditional European fairy tales. When Baum wrote The Wonderful Wizard of Oz at the age of 44, he wanted to write something different. He mixed reality with the fantasy（奇幻）and magic（魔法） of traditional European fairy tales in his book.
. He was a news reporter, a chicken farmer, a salesman and an actor. He ran his own theater and wrote plays for it. He even had a shop. But most of his careers ended in failure. In 1882, Baum married Maud Gage. Together they had four sons.
In 1900, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz came out and it was an immediate success. The book is put into over 50 languages. .
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A. The four friends leave for the land and the terrible witch lives there. B. Because he was a shy, quiet boy and his health wasn' t very good. C. Baum had many different jobs before he became a successful writer D. And millions of children and adults in the world know and love the story E. Her life is very boring and the lovely dog, Toto is her only friend F. So Baum tried his best to make much money to feed such a big family. |
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