Professor
Well, well, well! House guests, huh? Ha ha ha ha! And who might you be?
No, no, now don't tell me.
Let's see. You're travelling in disguise.  No, that's not right.
You're - you're going on a visit. No, I'm wrong.
You're, you're - running away.
Dorothy
How did you guess?
Professor
Ha ha! Professor Marvel never guesses. He knows! Ha ha! Now, why
are you running away?
Dorothy
Why -
Professor
No, no, now don't tell me. They - they don't understand you at home.
They don't appreciate you.
You want to see other lands, big cities, big mountains, big oceans.
Ha ha!
Dorothy
Why, it's just like you could read what was inside of me.
Professor
Yes.
Dorothy
Oh, Toto, that's not polite! We haven't been asked yet.
Professor
Ha, ha, ha! He's perfectly welcome! Ha ha! As one dog to another, huh?
Ha ha ha!
Here now, let's see. Where were we?
Dorothy
Oh please, Professor, why can't we go with you and see all the
Crowned Heads of Europe?

Professor
Do you know any? Oh, you mean the thing. Yes. Well, I - I never do
anything without consulting my crystal first.  
Let's go inside here. We'll - just come along. I'll show you.
That's right. Here, sit right down here. That's it. Ha ha! This - this is the
same genuine, magic,
authentic crystal used by the priests of Isis and Osiris in the dys of the
Pharaohs of Egypt,
in which Cleopatra first saw the approach of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony -
and - and so on and so on.
Now, you - you'd better close your eyes, my child, for a moment - in order
to be better in tune with the infinite.
We - we can't do these things without reaching out into the ....infinite.
yes, that's - that's right. Now you can open them. We'll gaze into the crystal.
Ah, what's this I see?
A house with a picket fence - and a barn with a weather vane of a -
a- running horse.
Dorothy
That's our farm!
Professor
Oh, yes. There's - there's - there's a woman. She's - she's wearing a -
a - polka-dot dress.  
Her face is careworn.
Dorothy
That's Aunt Em.
Professor
Yes. Her - her name is Emily.
Dorothy
That's right. What's she doing?
Professor
Well, I - I can't see. Why, she's crying.
Dorothy
Oh.
Professor
Someone has hurt her. Someone has just about broken her heart.
Dorothy
Me?
Professor
Well, it's - it's someone she loves very much; someone she's been very kind to;
someone she's taken care of in sickness.
Dorothy
I had the measles once - and she stayed right by me every minute.
Professor
Uh - huh
Dorothy
What's she doing now?
Professor
Yes, she's - what's this? Why, she's putting her hand on her heart!
She's - she's dropping down on the bed!
Dorothy
Oh, no! No!
Professor
Well, that's all. The crystal's gone dark.
Dorothy
Oh, you ..... you don't suppose she could really be sick, do you? Oh! Oh, I've
got to go home right away!
Professor
But, what's this? I thought you were going along with me!
Dorothy
Oh, no! No, I have to get to her right away! Come on, Toto! Come on!
Come on!
Goodbye, Professor Marvel, and thanks a lot!
Professor
Better get under cover, Sylvester! There's a storm blowin! - a whopper,
to speak in the vernacular of the peasantry!
Poor little kid. I hope she gets home all right.
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The Gale Farm
Cyclone Scene
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Uncle Henry
Hurry up and get them horses loose! Find Hickory! Hickory! 
Hickory! Doggone it! Hickory.
Zeke
It's a twister! It's a twister!!
Aunt Em
Dorothy! Dorothy!
Uncle Henry
Come on, everybody in the storm cellar!
Aunt Em
Henry! Henry! I can't find Dorothy! She's somewhere out in the storm!  
Dorothy! Dorothy!
Dorothy
Auntie Em! Auntie Em! Auntie Em!
Auntie Em! Come and let me in!
Auntie Em!
We must be up inside the cyclone!
Oh, Miss Gulch!!
Miss Gulch
Ah, ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!!!
Dorothy
Oh!
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