Subject for July, 2016

Chapter 7 – The Journey to the Great Oz

Subject: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

They were obliged to camp out that night under a large tree in the forest, for there were no houses near. The tree made a good, thick covering to protect them from the dew...

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Chapter 6 – The Cowardly Lion

Subject: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

All this time Dorothy and her companions had been walking through the thick woods. The road was still paved with yellow brick, but these were much covered by dried branche...

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Chapter 5 – The Rescue of the Tin Woodman

Subject: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

When Dorothy awoke the sun was shining through the trees and Toto had long been out chasing birds around him and squirrels. She sat up and looked around her. Scarecrow, sti...

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Chapter 4 – The Road Through the Forest

Subject: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

After a few hours the road began to be rough, and the walking grew so difficult that the Scarecrow often stumbled over the yellow bricks, which were here very uneven. Some...

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Chapter 3 – How Dorothy Saved the Scarecrow

Subject: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

When Dorothy was left alone she began to feel hungry. So she went to the cupboard and cut herself some bread, which she spread with butter. She gave some to Toto, and tak...

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Chapter 2 – The Council with the Munchkins

Subject: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

She was awakened by a shock, so sudden and severe that if Dorothy had not been lying on the soft bed she might have been hurt. As it was, the jar made her catch her breath ...

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Chapter 1 – The Cyclone

Subject: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

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. Their house was small, for the l...

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Introduction

Subject: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

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

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Chapter 17 – When Wendy Grew Up

Subject: The Adventures of Peter Pan

I hope you want to know what became of the other boys. They were waiting below to give Wendy time to explain about them; and when they had counted five hundred they went u...

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Chapter 16 – Chapter 16 The Return Home

Subject: The Adventures of Peter Pan

By three bells that morning they were all stirring their stumps [legs]; for there was a big sea running; and Tootles, the bo’sun, was among them, with a rope’s ...

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