The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Follow Dorothy and her friends on a magical journey to the Emerald City. This story is adapted in modern English for learners at CEFR A2 · Lexile 850L.
L. Frank Baum · Level: A2 · 23 Chapters
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- Chapter 1. The Cyclone
A cyclone lifts Dorothy's Kansas farmhouse into the air while she and her dog Toto are inside.
Start learning - Chapter 2. The Council with the Munchkins
Dorothy awakens in Oz, meets the Munchkins and the Witch of the North, and learns her house killed the Wicked Witch of the East.
Start learning - Chapter 3. How Dorothy Saved the Scarecrow
Dorothy begins her journey to the Emerald City, meets the Munchkins, and frees a talking Scarecrow who joins her.
Start learning - Chapter 4. The Road Through the Forest
Dorothy, Toto, and the Scarecrow travel along the rough yellow brick road, rest and share stories, and enter a dark forest where they find a cottage to sleep.
Start learning - Chapter 5. The Rescue of the Tin Woodman
Dorothy and the Scarecrow rescue a rusted Tin Woodman, oil his joints, and he joins their journey to ask Oz for a heart.
Start learning - Chapter 6. The Cowardly Lion
Dorothy and her friends encounter a Lion who attacks them but reveals he is a coward, then joins their journey to seek courage from Oz.
Start learning - Chapter 7. The Journey to the Great Oz
The travelers camp in the forest, face a ditch and Kalidahs, cross a river, and continue toward the Emerald City.
Start learning - Chapter 8. The Deadly Poppy Field
The travelers cross a river, lose the Scarecrow, are rescued by a Stork, then fall asleep in a deadly poppy field.
Start learning - Chapter 9. The Queen of the Field Mice
The Tin Woodman saves a mouse from a wildcat, who reveals herself as the Queen of the Field Mice. The mice repay the favor by helping to rescue the Cowardly Lion from the poppy field.
Start learning - Chapter 10. The Guardian of the Gate
The travelers reach the Emerald City, are fitted with locked green spectacles by the Guardian of the Gate, and are led inside.
Start learning - Chapter 11. The Wonderful City of Oz
Dorothy and her friends arrive in the Emerald City, meet the Wizard of Oz, and are each tasked with killing the Wicked Witch of the West.
Start learning - Chapter 12. The Search for the Wicked Witch
Dorothy and her friends travel west, defeat the Witch's wolves, crows, and bees, but are captured by Winged Monkeys, leaving Dorothy enslaved.
Start learning - Chapter 13. The Rescue
Dorothy frees the Winkies and rescues the Tin Woodman and Scarecrow, repairing them with the Winkies' help before deciding to return to the Emerald City.
Start learning - Chapter 14. The Winged Monkeys
Dorothy and her companions, lost in the fields, use the Golden Cap to summon the Winged Monkeys, who carry them to the Emerald City while their king recounts the cap's history.
Start learning - Chapter 15. The Discovery of Oz, the Terrible
Dorothy and her friends confront Oz, who is revealed as a humbug using tricks, and he agrees to grant their requests.
Start learning - Chapter 16. The Magic Art of the Great Humbug
The Wizard grants the Scarecrow brains, the Tin Woodman a heart, and the Lion courage through clever illusions.
Start learning - Chapter 17. How the Balloon Was Launched
Oz and Dorothy build a hot air balloon to cross the desert, but Dorothy misses the launch when it departs without her.
Start learning - Chapter 18. Away to the South
Dorothy's friends decide to accompany her on a journey to seek Glinda's help in returning to Kansas.
Start learning - Chapter 19. Attacked by the Fighting Trees
The travelers leave the Emerald City, encounter a forest with hostile trees, and escape by chopping branches, then find a white china wall.
Start learning - Chapter 20. The Dainty China Country
The travelers climb a wall and discover a fragile china country, accidentally breaking a cow's leg and a church while crossing it.
Start learning - Chapter 21. The Lion Becomes the King of Beasts
The Lion defeats a giant spider threatening the forest animals, who then crown him their king.
Start learning - Chapter 22. The Country of the Quadlings
Dorothy and her friends encounter the armless Hammer-Heads blocking a hill, then use the Winged Monkeys to fly over them into the Quadlings' red country.
Start learning - Chapter 23. Glinda The Good Witch Grants Dorothy's Wish
Glinda reveals the Silver Shoes' power to Dorothy, who uses them to return to Kansas after bidding farewell to her friends.
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