Chapter 156 Dorothy Returns Home
Oz said to the Tin Man:

“You are just like the scarecrow. Come see me tomorrow. It takes time to carve a beautiful heart.”

The Tin Man also happily retreated.

The next to come forward was the lion.

When he saw such a strong lion walking towards him, Oz’s eyes became noticeably bigger, but his expression immediately returned to calm.

The lion said: “I am a timid lion. I am afraid of many things, even creatures that are much smaller than me. I came to you to ask you to give me courage and let me become the true king of beasts, just like you who rule this beautiful country!”

Oz thought for a while and told the lion to come back to him tomorrow.

The last one to come forward was Pinocchio:

“Great Oz, as you can see, I am a puppet. The Tin Man and the Scarecrow only want part of a human being, but I want to be a real boy! Then I will have not only a human brain, but also a human heart.”

Oz said:

“Your wish is rather troublesome. Turning you into a real boy is definitely much more troublesome than giving you a brain or a heart. I’m not sure if I can help you. However, you can come to me again tomorrow, and I will give you the answer then.”

In the end, Aurora just followed her companions to see Oz and did not have any wishes of her own.

So everyone retreated together.

After leaving the magnificent room with the Emerald Throne, everyone walked in the aisle, discussing what had just happened.

“I never thought the Great and Terrible Oz would be like this! He looks like a perfectly kind and good old man,” said Dorothy in amazement.

Before visiting Oz, she felt that Oz was either as terrible and majestic as everyone said, or as Magredo said, a sinister and cunning liar.

But just now, the short old man left her with a very good impression.

“He is still a real and unmistakable magician,” said the Lion.

It reminded me of the scene where Oz used magic, which was really wonderful.

“He is not some magic trickster,” said the Tin Woodman. “His magic is certainly more powerful than that of the Witch of the East who cursed me.”

The Scarecrow concluded: “Only such a king can make the people of the Emerald City live in happiness and peace.”

……

After everyone left, Oz returned to sit on the Emerald Throne.

The little pigeon that was hiding in the corner of the room just now flew over and turned into a silver-haired boy in a white cloud.

“It seems that you have left a very good impression on them. They all like you very much and believe from the bottom of their hearts that you are a great yet kind magician,” Rhine said.

Oz nodded with satisfaction:

“I have to thank you, my teacher. If it weren’t for you, I would have been so mysterious and used terrible magic images to scare them and fool them.”

He asked again:

“Teacher, how can we fulfill the wishes of the Tin Man, the Scarecrow, the Wooden Man, and the Lion?”

——Oz dared to agree to their request before because Rhine told Oz that he would cover for him.

By the way, Oz calls Pinocchio a wooden man, and in his opinion, this puppet belongs in the same category as the Tin Man and the Scarecrow.

Rhine smiled.

He remembered Oz’s final solution in the original work, but it seemed that Oz now had not thought of it yet.

“Am I going to tell present Oz the idea that future Oz came up with?” Rhine thought this was a little funny.

“Oz, you should have discovered it, right? The Scarecrow is not really brainless, and the Tin Man is not really heartless. If he really had no heart, how could he travel halfway across the country to the Emerald City just because he loved someone?”

Oz seemed to understand.

At this time, Aurora also turned back and pushed the door open:

“Teacher, what you said is true. During this journey, I always felt that except for Pinocchio and Dorothy, whose wishes really needed magic to be fulfilled, the other three companions just lacked confidence.”

Rhine then told Oz:
“Tomorrow, I will go with you to fulfill their wishes. All we have to do is do this…

“Before that, I will go and fulfill Dorothy’s wish to go home…”

…A soldier led Dorothy to the door of a room:
“The great Oz’s teacher, the great magician Rhine is inside.” After saying this, the soldier left.

Dorothy knocked politely and saw the door open of its own accord.

“Hello, great wizard Rhine!” Dorothy asked sincerely, “Are you the teacher of Aurora and Oz? Can you take me back to my hometown?”

“Hello, Dorothy, I heard about your story.” Rhine smiled.

He took out a pair of silver shoes:

“Aurora has seen me before and gave me the shoe she was carrying, so that both shoes are complete. This pair of shoes has great magic power. It can take you to any place in the world within three steps. I can use the magic power of the shoes to take you home.”

With that, Rhine took off his slippers, stuffed his bare feet into the silver shoes, clapped his hand on Dorothy’s shoulder, and let the heels of his shoes collide, and then said:
“Please take us back to Dorothy’s hometown.”

A gust of silver wind swept Rhine and Dorothy up.

Dorothy felt the world spinning and the wind whistling in her ears.

After Rhine took three steps, the two of them landed steadily on the ground.

“My God!”

Dorothy saw that she was standing on the prairie, and in front of her was the new house that her uncle had built after the old house was blown away by the strong wind.

“I’m home!”

Uncle was milking the cows in front of the barn and had not yet realized that Dorothy had come home.

Toto the little dog jumped out of Dorothy’s arms, barking with joy.

At this moment Aunt Em came out of the room and was about to wash the cabbages. When she looked up, she saw Dorothy and Toto running towards her.

“My dear child!” cried Aunt Em in delight. “Where have you come from?”

Dorothy hugged her aunt:

“I just got back from Oz, and so did Toto. I’m so glad to be home!”

“What’s that place?” asked Aunt Em, “and how did you get back?”

“The good wizard Rhine used his magic to bring me back!” Dorothy answered happily, turning her head and pointing behind her:
“Look, the magician Rhine is right there…uh, where did he go?”

The grassland behind was empty and the silver-haired boy had long disappeared.

“As a great magician, Rhine may have already left. He has those silver shoes that can take him anywhere in the world in three steps.”

Dorothy said somewhat sadly that she was still hoping that her uncle and aunt would be able to meet the wonderful wizard.

“Rhine?” Aunt Em was thinking about this familiar name and was suddenly shocked. “The wise man from the Rose Kingdom and the White Kingdom?”

“Aunt, do you know him?” Dorothy looked up curiously.

She didn’t know much about these things, she only knew that Rhine was Aurora and Oz’s teacher.

“Of course, the story of the wizard is very famous,” said Aunt Em.

“Will you tell me about it?” asked Dorothy excitedly, her curiosity aroused.

“It would probably take hours to finish the story.” Aunt Em hugged Dorothy tightly and stroked the girl’s head. “First, tell me about your experience in the Land of Oz.”

Dorothy then began to talk about her experiences in Oz, mentioning the Scarecrow who wanted a brain and the Tin Man who wanted a heart, the Wooden Man whose nose grew longer when he lied, the Cowardly Lion, Aurora who had extraordinary strength but was kind and lovely, the kind and gentle Wizard Oz, and the Wizard Rhine, the teacher that both Oz and Aurora had…

“Okay, auntie, I’ve finished my story. It’s time to tell me about the magician Rhine’s past.”

“In the north, there is a kingdom called Rose. One day, a magician came to the forest of the kingdom…”

……

Feeling the surging power of Dorothy’s wishes, Rhine returned to Oz.

“Dorothy has come home too…”

Rhine raised his head and looked at the blue sky above his head.

Will I be able to go home soon?
“We must find a way to capture Maleficent as soon as possible. Before killing her, we must find a way from her to contact the founder of the Witch Society!”

(End of this chapter)