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   From: mscottschilling@hotmail.com   
      
   "Andrew Barss"  wrote in message   
   news:i6cd84$n0d$1@onion.ccit.arizona.edu...   
   > In rec.arts.books.childrens Christopher Henrich    
   > wrote:   
   > : plenty of times. Let's see: Dorothy's parents die; her aunt and uncle   
   > : are not very sympathetic; she is sucked into a tornado; the Wicked Witch   
   > : of the East (IMS) is killed by a falling house... skip ahead ... the   
   > : Wicked Witch of the West is dissolved by a bucket of water. Scary   
   > enough?   
   >   
   > Don't forget that at the end she has to leave a magical kingdom   
   > in which she has lots of friends and adventures to go back to a   
   > dustbowl farm with humorless relatives. Talk about a sad ending!   
      
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