The New Fairy Tales (Revised) - The Land of Oz

Copyright © 2011 of James Pettis, III

The Land of Oz is the sixth story in the revised series, The New Fairy Tales. It is the same as The Wonderful Wizard of Oz from the original series The New Fairy Tales except the name is different and it is more original. It is based on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum in 1900.

Dorothy Gale is a Nineteen year old Kansas City girl who lives with her Aunt Emma and Uncle Henry on their farm. Dorothy has an American Eskimo dog named Toto that quite often accidentally ruins a local gardener's garden, Ms. Gulch. She then takes it to the county and they give her the authority to take Toto to City Hall to be put to sleep. Toto escapes Ms. Gulch's Car and Dorothy runs away with him. Dorothy soon finds out about a storm coming, she thinks her Aunt Emma will worry about her and get herself hurt looking for her in the storm. Dorothy returns to the farm only to be whisked away by a cyclone the rips the farm right out of the ground. Dorothy then finds herself in the Land of Oz and surrounded by little people. She then meets Glinda the Good Witch and Lamallia the Wicked Witch (whose sister Dorothy unintentionally kills). Lamallia's sister's sapphire slippers are then given to Dorothy to help her along her journey to meet the Wizard of Oz; whom will grant her wish and send her back home to Kansas. On her journey, she meets a brainless scarecrow named Exavior, Cleo (a humanoid robot), a cowardly lion named Theodore, and a handsome young man named Larkin (Lamallia's son, who has a hidden agenda). They're all off to see the Wizard in this modern retelling of the 1900 novel by L. Frank Baum.

The Wizard of Oz has always been one of my favorite fairy tales. I have enjoyed coming up with ideas for it and love to work on it. Stay tuned for more info about The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.