The Witches of Oz

Ages ago, our world

was full of magic.

Wizards, witches

and fantastic beings...

roamed the land.

The pure at hear!

were the guardians of the greatest magic.

They practiced their arts

for the good of all..

Bu! in time, some humans would learn

to harness magic for darker purposes,

seeking to oppress

and dominate the world.

And, as the y grew powerful,

the y sought to posses

and control all magic,

waging war on all

who knew if.

The fantastic creatures

that remained were hunted

until the y were

all but exterminated,

and their power stolen-

The world grew dark.

The greatest of the grand

wizards of the munchkins,

Bini Aru, collected

all the magic that remained

and harnessed its power

into s final spell.

His magic book contained

but a single phrase,

the Changing Word.

And with the forces of darkness

and evil closing in...

he used the power of the word

to create a new realm...

a world that would be a refuge

for those hunted by humanity,

a place called Oz.

Terrified of the awesome

power that he had created,

Bini Aru vowed never

to use the word again.

And so he locked the book

and entrusted it to the guardians

of the City of Emeralds.

He ensured that he would never be

tempted to speak the word again.

And so the book sat safely

in Oz for many years,

but not all the darkness

of our world was left! behind.

The witches of the East

and West knew of the book.

They'd witnessed its power

and they lusted for it.

It corrupted them

and they became

completely wicked.

They turned many in Oz

to darkness

and plunged the peaceful land

into a long and horrible war.

Overwhelmed and near defeat,

Oz's great leader,

the Wizard,

had little choice.

Her army has us surrounded.

It is only

a matter of time.

The Book of Bini Aru

would be the price for peace.

Don't do this.

We have no choice.

Where is it?

Nice to see you, too.

No trickery, wizard!

Give me the book!

Take it.

Leave this place.

The key.

Where is the key?

Cold and dull.

Just like yesterday.

All right, Toto.

I'm off to work.

See you at six.

Good morning, ladies.

"'Hang on,

Toto,' Dorothy cried.

"l think we're

gonna land soon.

"And then,

with a great crash,

"the house landed."

"And the roof

and the floor shook.

"Dorothy and Toto

slowly opened the front door,

"And they found that they

were in a very strange place,

- with purple trees and orange grass."

- Ooh!

"'No one's ever done that to a

witch before,' said Glinda.

"'You must be a very

powerful witch yourself]

"l'm not a witch,

I'm Dorothy,' she replied.

"'Well then, being a Dorothy

is a very good thing indeed,'

"said Glinda as she pointed

to the sliver slippers,

"still on the Wicked

Witch's feet."

And that's where we

will leave off this time.

I'll be back next week

and we'll continue

to read, OK?

- Enjoy.

- Oh, thanks.

- Hey, guys.

- Hey, Rick.

Dorothy, got

a letter for ya.

It's addressed to your house,

but I knew you'd be here.

- Thanks, Rick.

- So, listen, guys,

we're all going down to Todd

Zebarsky's step-dad's house later,

a little barn party.

Gonna crack a couple of beers,

crank the tunes

in my new truck.

You guys

wanna come down?

I'll see you later, Rick.

Right, I'll talk to ya.

- I'll see you later, Rick.

- I'll call.

I can't believe it.

What?

I entered our book to this

writing contest online.

- And we won?

- No!

We didn't even make it

to third place.

- Oh...

- But, this is from an agency in New York.

They have a deal

to publish our books.

They just want me to sign here

so they can represent us.

Come on.

Wow. It says here they want us

to come to New York right away.

This is all expenses paid.

There's two plane tickets in here!

- First class!

- I know!

Oh, my God!

This is amazing!

This is amazing!

This is the best news ever!

No, it isn't.

We can't go!

Well...

Why Dorothy, this is an amazing

opportunity. I mean...

I can%leave.

Uncle Henry needs me.

Well, he can...

he can come with.

I mean, we...

we got one more ticket.

Yeah. Henry Gale

leave that house?

Leave Kansas.

I don't think so.

Dorothy, at least...

...ask him.

I mean, to come with,

or, or...

...at least you can go.

I've been thinking.

It's time.

For what?

For you to leave the nest.

Uncle Henry.

But what about you?

Me?

It's not a good idea

to talk people

into something

that you don't want.

You better start packing.

You, too, Toto.

Toto, you're gonna love New York.

I just know it.

I'm just looking for a picture

of us for you to take.

Thunder and silk.

Is that a good one?

Yeah, it is.

I wish she was here.

She knew how to pack

better than me.

Are you sure you don't

wanna come with me?

What, and leave all this?

There's gonna be a good

harvest under that snow.

I feel it in my bones.

You need to take care

of yourself.

I've been to New York.

I got mugged.

- Uncle Henry...

- No, I got mugged.

That was in the 70s.

- They cleaned it up. it's nice now.

- Hello.

- Hey!

- Hey, Dot.

- Mr. Gale!

- You want some coffee, Allen?

No, no, no. I already had three

cups this morning. I'm good.

Is that why

you're so fidgety?

I'm fidgeting

'cause I'm nervous.

Yeah, I know. But this is

an exciting, new adventure!

Yeah, yeah, I know.

Exciting's the word.

So is "scary."

So is "terrifying."

Yeah, I'm scared too,

but don't tell him.

Oh, yeah. Right.

Richard,

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