The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Dorothy is a young girl who lives in a one-room house in Kansas with the care-worn Uncle Henry and Aunt Em; the joy of her life is her dog, Toto. A sudden cyclone strikes, and, by the time Dorothy catches Toto, she is unable to reach the storm cellar. They are still in the house when the cyclone carries it away for a long journey. When at last the house lands, Dorothy finds that she is in a beautiful land inhabited by very short, strangely dressed people. The Witch of the North informs her that she is in the land of the Munchkins, who are grateful to her for having killed the Wicked Witch of the East (the house having landed on the witch), thus freeing them. The Witch of the North gives Dorothy the silver shoes of the dead witch and advises her to go to the City of Emeralds to see the Great Wizard Oz, who might help her return to Kansas. The witch sends Dorothy off along the yellow brick road with a magical kiss to protect her from harm.
On the long journey to the Emerald City, Dorothy and Toto are joined by the Scarecrow, who wishes he had brains; the Tin Woodman, who longs for a heart; and the Cowardly Lion, who seeks courage. They face many trials along their route, but they overcome them all, often because of the Scarecrow's good sense, the Tin Woodman's kindness, and the bravery of the Cowardly Lion. At last they reach the Emerald City, where the Guardian of the Gates outfits them with green-lensed glasses and leads them to the Palace of Oz. Oz tells them that no favours will be granted until the Wicked Witch of the West has been killed.
The companions head to the land of the Winkies, ruled by the Wicked Witch of the West. The witch sends wolves, crows, bees, and armed Winkies to stop them, all to no avail. So she uses her Golden Cap to summon the Winged Monkeys. The Winged Monkeys destroy the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman and cage the Cowardly Lion, but they bring Dorothy and Toto to the witch, who enslaves Dorothy. The witch wants Dorothy's shoes, which she knows carry powerful magic. She contrives to make Dorothy trip and fall, so she can grab one of the shoes. An angered Dorothy throws a bucket of water at the witch, who then melts away to nothing. Dorothy frees the Cowardly Lion and engages the help of the now free Winkies in repairing and rebuilding the Tin Woodman and the Scarecrow, and the friends return to Oz.
Oz does not summon them for several days, and, when he does admit them into his presence, he seems reluctant to grant their wishes. Toto knocks over a screen, revealing that Oz is only a common man. However, he fills the Scarecrow's head with bran and pins and needles, saying that they are brains; he puts a silk-and-sawdust heart into the Tin Woodman; and he gives the Cowardly Lion a drink that he says is courage. He and Dorothy make a balloon to carry them out of the Land of Oz, but the balloon flies away before Dorothy can board; Oz leaves the Scarecrow in charge of the Emerald City.
At the suggestion of a soldier, Dorothy and her friends go to seek the help of Glinda, the Witch of the South. They encounter several obstacles but at last reach Glinda's Castle. Glinda summons the Winged Monkeys so that they can take the Tin Woodman back to rule the Winkies, the Scarecrow back to Emerald City, and the Cowardly Lion to the forest to be king of the beasts. Then she tells Dorothy how to use the silver shoes to take her back to Kansas. Dorothy gathers up Toto, clicks her heels together three times, and says, "Take me home to Aunt Em!" She is transported back to the farm in Kansas.
"Most people think that these kinds of stories are mostly for children, but I swear they are not.
Many of the stories are actually aimed at adults with metaphors and hidden meanings, even though they are classified as teenagers or children. I think it doesn't necessarily mean that they don't teach our children anything, but they are just deeper than the labels that are placed on them.
I haven't read classic children's stories for years, but a friend's suggestion made me think about it again and tell you a summary of it, I thought about this story not only as a writer but also as an absolute reader. In fact, this story narrates the path of liberation and excellence for each of the characters, especially Dorothy, which I hope everyone will go through in their lives."
Florence finished typing and published the text on his personal page. He was on the bed still wearing last night's clothes. Even though he woke up in the morning with a headache and didn't remember anything after he got drunk, the only thing on his mind when he woke up was the story of "The wonderful Wizard of Oz", and he didn't know why. It was probably because "Oz" mentioned this story in his message a few days ago.
He closed his laptop and put it on the table and noticed that his clothes was hanging on the chair. No matter how hard he tried to remember last night completely, it was completely unsuccessful, as if his memories were completely cut off from somewhere.
He didn't know how he behaved when he was drunk, and he hoped that he didn't act stupidly and embarrassingly like the stories.
Fortunately, his life was not an internet cliche story.
His head was throbbing and his stomach was hurting, but he needed to take a bath first. After 15 minutes, he got out of the bathroom and put his long hair in a towel cap because he never to dry it.
He hung up his towel. put on a baggy light blue t-shirt with gray shorts that reached his knees, his slender white legs like a statue.
He couldn't even imagine that people had hair all over their body until 100 years ago, it was hard for him to imagine that men in classic books and movies shaved their facial hair every day with razors and machines, and again their facial and body hair was like the hair on their heads. It was growing and was really scary.
Fortunately, he lived in a time when due to gene modification, men no longer grew mustaches or beards on their faces, and if some people still had it, it was very low-backed.
Delicia was not in the room and his headache was an excuse to leave the room early and go downstairs. Outside the kitchen, Delicia was eating dry food and Aya was preparing breakfast.
When the cat saw the man, it jumped quickly.
"My beautiful Delicia, I didn't know you would be friends with everyone so quickly"
"Good morning Florence"
"Good morning Aya"
At that moment, the door opened and Oswald entered the house wearing a dark blue sport clothes. after wearing slippers, The man looked good in all situations, even without his military uniform!
Oswald came towards Florence and Florence avoided his gaze.
"Aren't you tired? Don't you want to sleep more?"
"By the way, I slept a lot, what's the problem?"
Aya laughed.
"There is a saying that The early bird catches the worm، you, the General and Delicia have the ability to build a garrison in this house!"
Florence: "..."
Florence looked at the large clock on the wall. After all that he had done after waking up, it was only 6 in the morning! Well, waking up so early was not common for most people, but for Florence, it had been like this for years, he had a hard time falling asleep and waking up early, his sleep disorder never improved after that incident, only after treatments at that time were a little more.
Oswald went to the downstairs bathroom without saying a word, but in the next moment he returned to the hall and brought a hair dryer with him.
"Um no need!"
"You're cold, I'll do it for you"
Florence was still not looking closely at Oswald's face. He surrendered and without another word he took the towel cap off his head and wrapped his long wet hair around it.
Oswald patiently and gently dried his hair, the feeling of the warm wind and the movement of Oswald's hand in his hair was extremely comfortable, Florence thought to himself that needed someone to dry his hair for free for the rest of his life.
He felt gratitude and warmth in his heart, maybe he didn't show it to himself, but he realized that Oswald cares about him and takes care of him.
Maybe this was the family he needed all his life.
He really didn't expect that Oswald would love him or fall in love with him, he had no idea about his already conflicted and depressed feelings, but he wished that they would stay together like this for the rest of their lives.
Like Oswald was a family and friend that he had lost for many years and now found.