Story by: Gail Nobles
Keyboard music by: Gail Nobles
Art by: Gail Nobles
Farm effects: Public Domain - Soundbible.com
Crows calling: Jim Crow - Attribution 3.0 Soundbible.com

(Singing)

I often find myself singing with Dorothy watching The Wizard of Oz. Dorothy Gale returned to Kansas from The Land of Oz. We know that she had to return to Oz. Dorothy had friends there. There was the scarecrow, tin man, the lion, and later, Jack Pumpkin Head. Oh, and Toto.

Now in Kansas, she lived with her Uncle Henry who was a farmer, and Aunt Em who was the farmer's wife. It's funny how the pumpkin became a part of her life from Oz. He was also a farmer according to the book, "The Road To Oz".

Jack lived in a pumpkin field in a monstrous, big; hollow pumpkin which had a door and windows cut through the rind. The funny thing about Jack was he always had to get a new head for himself. The heads he wore would spoil.

Once Jack had a dreadful time to find another pumpkin as they were out of season. So he got himself a field to grow them. Reading between the lines, I'm thinking Dorothy always had something to grow on the farm in Kansas because she had a prosperous friend. Jack Pumpkinhead had seeds to sow.

Dorthy was in the dark one day, and the winds howled and terribly surrounded her. It shook her home. Dorothy found herself in another world. To get back home, she clapped the heels of her shoes together 3 times. Dorothy's shoes had power. They could carry her any place in the world, but I believe Oz was a world deep down in her mind and soul and within her all along. I believe Dorothy's shoes were simply her shoes all along, and she traveled seeing the world a different way.

Dorothy and her friends were all needing something. A brain, a heart, courage, and home. They were already deeply rooted within them. Dorothy met Jack Pumpkinhead. The seeds they had were already sown.

I'm Gail Nobles. Have a wonderful day.