Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies, with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and Aunt Em, who was the farmer's wife.

Folklore, legends, myths and fairy tales have followed childhood through the ages, for every healthy youngster has a wholesome and instinctive love for stories…

It was Toto that made Dorothy laugh, and saved her from growing as gray as her other surroundings. Toto was not gray; he was a little black dog, with long silk…

'But girls often marry when they are too young,' exclaimed Mary-Marie quickly; 'so, if you don't object to my age - '

Familles, je vous hais! foyers clos; portes refermees; possessions jalouses du bonheur.

Sadly I roam, Still longing for de old plantation, And for de old folks at home.

Tell your Mama Tell your Pa Gonna send you back to Arkansas