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   From: barss@mint.u.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!   
      
   -- Andy Barss   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)