<P> The following is an excerpt from the third chapter of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, in which Dorothy sets off to see the Wizard: </P> <P>... "There were several roads near by, but it did not take Dorothy long to find the one paved with yellow bricks . Within a short time she was walking briskly toward the Emerald City; her Silver Shoes tinkling merrily on the hard, yellow road - bed ". </P> <P> The road is first introduced in the third chapter of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz . The road begins in the heart of the eastern quadrant called Munchkin Country in the Land of Oz . It functions as a guideline that leads all who follow it, to the road's ultimate destination--the imperial capital of Oz called Emerald City that is located in the exact center of the entire continent . In the book, the novel's main protagonist, Dorothy, is forced to search for the road before she can begin her quest to seek the Wizard . This is because the cyclone from Kansas did not release her farmhouse closely near it as it did in the various film adaptations . After the council with the native Munchkins and their dear friend the Good Witch of the North, Dorothy begins looking for it and sees many pathways and roads nearby, (all of which lead in various directions). Thankfully it doesn't take her too long to spot the one paved with bright yellow bricks . </P> <P> Later in the book, Dorothy and her companions, the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman and Cowardly Lion discover that the road has fallen into disrepair in some parts of the land, having several broken chasms ending at dangerous cliffs with deadly drops . In the end of the book we learn the road's history; unlike in Walt Disney's prequel film Oz the Great and Powerful (2013), the Emerald City and yellow brick road did not exist prior to Oz's arrival . When Oscar Diggs arrived in Oz via hot air - balloon that had been swept away in a storm, the people of the land were convinced he was a great "Wizard" who had finally come to fulfill Oz's long - awaited prophecy . Since the recent fall of Oz's mortal King Pastoria, and the mysterious disappearance of his baby daughter Princess Ozma, Oscar immediately proclaimed himself as Oz's new dominant ruler and had his people build the road as well as the city in his honor . </P>

Whats at the end of the yellow brick road