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1、TheWonderfulWizardofOzbyL.FrankBaumPreparedandPublishedby:EbdE-BooksDirectory.comIntroductionFolklore,legends,mythsandfairytaleshavefollowedchildhoodthroughtheages,foreveryhealthyyoungsterhasawholesomeandinstinctiveloveforstoriesfantastic,marvelousandmanife
2、stlyunreal.ThewingedfairiesofGrimmandAndersenhavebroughtmorehappinesstochildishheartsthanallotherhumancreations.Yettheoldtimefairytale,havingservedforgenerations,maynowbeclassedas"historical"inthechildren'slibrary;forthetimehascomeforaseriesofnewer"wonderta
3、les"inwhichthestereotypedgenie,dwarfandfairyareeliminated,togetherwithallthehorribleandblood-curdlingincidentsdevisedbytheirauthorstopointafearsomemoraltoeachtale.Moderneducationincludesmorality;thereforethemodernchildseeksonlyentertainmentinitswondertalesa
4、ndgladlydispenseswithalldisagreeableincident.Havingthisthoughtinmind,thestoryof"TheWonderfulWizardofOz"waswrittensolelytopleasechildrenoftoday.Itaspirestobeingamodernizedfairytale,inwhichthewondermentandjoyareretainedandtheheartachesandnightmaresareleftout.
5、L.FrankBaumChicago,April,1900.1.TheCycloneDorothylivedinthemidstofthegreatKansasprairies,withUncleHenry,whowasafarmer,andAuntEm,whowasthefarmer'swife.Theirhousewassmall,forthelumbertobuildithadtobecarriedbywagonmanymiles.Therewerefourwalls,afloorandaroof,wh
6、ichmadeoneroom;andthisroomcontainedarustylookingcookstove,acupboardforthedishes,atable,threeorfourchairs,andthebeds.UncleHenryandAuntEmhadabigbedinonecorner,andDorothyalittlebedinanothercorner.Therewasnogarretatall,andnocellar--exceptasmallholeduginthegroun
7、d,calledacyclonecellar,wherethefamilycouldgoincaseoneofthosegreatwhirlwindsarose,mightyenoughtocrushanybuildinginitspath.Itwasreachedbyatrapdoorinthemiddleofthefloor,fromwhichaladderleddownintothesmall,darkhole.WhenDorothystoodinthedoorwayandlookedaround,sh
8、ecouldseenothingbutthegreatgrayprairieoneveryside.Notatreenorahousebrokethebroadsweepofflatcountrythatreachedtotheedgeoftheskyinalldirections.Thesunhadbakedtheplowedlandintoagraymass,withlittlecracksru
