Instantly she was whirling through the air, so swiftly that all she
could see or feel was the wind whistling past her ears.
The Silver Shoes took but three steps, and then she stopped so suddenly
that she rolled over upon the grass several times before she knew where
she was.
At length, however, she sat up and looked about her.
Good gracious! she cried.
For she was sitting on the broad Kansas prairie, and just before her
was the new farmhouse Uncle Henry built after the cyclone had carried
away the old one. Uncle Henry was milking the cows in the barnyard, and
Toto had jumped out of her arms and was running toward the barn,
barking furiously.
Dorothy stood up and found she was in her stocking-feet. For the Silver
Shoes had fallen off in her flight through the air, and were lost
forever in the desert.
Chapter XXIV
Home Again
Aunt Em had just come out of the house to water the cabbages when she
looked up and saw Dorothy running toward her.
My darling child! she cried, folding the little girl in her arms and
covering her face with kisses. Where in the world did you come from?
From the Land of Oz, said Dorothy gravely. And here is Toto, too.
And oh, Aunt Em! I m so glad to be at home again!
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