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   From: jwkenne@attglobal.net   
      
   On 7/30/09 1:39 AM, Sean_Q_ wrote:   
   > Anyway, I didn't feel betrayed in the least by the Judy Garland   
   > version of Oz. She does wake up in bed, but also knows that it all   
   > wasn't a dream. I've never been to Kansas, but if I ever visit I'll   
   > see for myself if everything is gray (except for Cairn Terriers).   
      
   It isn't really. Baum based his version of Kansas, where he had never   
   been, on the area of Aberdeen, South Dakota, where he lived for several   
   years, during a drought.   
      
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