Chapter 8 The Deadly Poppy Field

<p>"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is an American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_literature" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">children's novel</a> written by author <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Frank_Baum" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">L. Frank Baum</a> and illustrated by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._W._Denslow" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">W. W. Denslow</a>, originally published by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_M._Hill_Company" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">George M. Hill Company</a> in May 1900. It has since seen several reprints, most often under the title The Wizard of Oz, which is the title of the popular <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Oz_(1902_musical)" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">1902 Broadway musical adaptation</a> as well as the iconic <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Oz_(1939_film)" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">1939 live-action film</a>.</p> <p>The story chronicles the adventures of a young farm girl named <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Gale" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dorothy</a> in the magical <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_of_Oz" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Land of Oz</a> after she and her pet dog <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toto_(Oz)" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Toto</a> are swept away from their home in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kansas</a> by a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">cyclone</a>. The book is one of the best-known stories in American literature and has been widely translated. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Library of Congress</a> has declared it "America's greatest and best-loved homegrown fairy