Saturday 21 September 2013

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum and read by Bill Nighy



The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a famous story. This is an abridged version of it, and lasts for 1 hour. I play it at night for my 6-year-old daughter as she goes to sleep. It has really caught her imagination. Here are some of things she recalls from the story:
  • The Wizard of Oz wasn't really a wizard.
  • Dorothy's house killed the Wicked Witch of the East and Dorothy melted the Wicked Witch of the West, and now there are only good witches.
  • Oz did help them, even though he wasn't a wizard. He tried to help Dorothy but the balloon went without her, because she had to find Toto.
  • The good Witch of the South helped Dorothy by telling her that the Wicked Witch of the East's shoes, if you stamped three times with them on, and told them where to take you they would take you there.
  • The good Witch of the North told Dorothy she had to stay in the East, because if she went to the West, where there is a desert that if you go across it you will be the wicked witch's servant.
  • The Wicked Witch of the West had one eye.
But she really enjoys listening to this and I'm sure she will be listening to it a few more times.

(I got this Audio Book CD through Amazon Vine UK. It is listed HERE.)

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