<P> The Wicked Witch successfully tricks Dorothy out of one of her Silver Shoes . Angered, Dorothy throws a bucket of water at her and is shocked to see the witch melt away . The Winkies rejoice at being freed of the witch's tyranny and help restuff the Scarecrow and mend the Tin Woodman . They ask the Tin Woodman to become their ruler, which he agrees to do after helping Dorothy return to Kansas . Dorothy finds the Golden Cap and summons the Winged Monkeys to carry her and her companions back to the Emerald City . The King of the Winged Monkeys tells how he and the other monkeys are bound by an enchantment to the cap by the sorceress Gayelette from the North, and that Dorothy may use the cap to summon the Winged Monkeys two more times . </P> <P> When Dorothy and her friends meet the Wizard of Oz again, Toto tips over a screen in a corner of the throne room that reveals the Wizard . He sadly explains he is a humbug--an ordinary old man who, by a hot air balloon, came to Oz long ago from Omaha . The Wizard provides the Scarecrow with a head full of bran, pins, and needles ("a lot of bran - new brains"), the Tin Woodman with a silk heart stuffed with sawdust, and the Cowardly Lion a potion of "courage". Their faith in the Wizard's power gives these items a focus for their desires . The Wizard decides to take Dorothy and Toto home and leave the Emerald City . At the send - off, he appoints the Scarecrow to rule in his stead, which he agrees to do after Dorothy returns to Kansas . Toto chases a kitten in the crowd and Dorothy goes after him, but the tethers of the balloon break and the Wizard floats away . </P> <P> Dorothy summons the Winged Monkeys to carry her and Toto home, but they explain they cannot cross the desert surrounding Oz . The Soldier with the Green Whiskers informs Dorothy that Glinda the Good Witch of the South may be able to help her return home, so the friends begin their journey to see Glinda, who lives in Oz's Quadling Country . On the way, the Cowardly Lion kills a giant spider who is terrorizing the animals in a forest . The animals ask the Cowardly Lion to become their king, which he agrees to do after helping Dorothy return to Kansas . Dorothy summons the Winged Monkeys a third time to fly them over a mountain to Glinda's palace . Glinda greets the travelers and reveals that the Silver Shoes Dorothy wears can take her anywhere she wishes to go . Dorothy embraces her friends, all of whom will be returned to their new kingdoms through Glinda's three uses of the Golden Cap: the Scarecrow to the Emerald City, the Tin Woodman to the Winkie Country, and the Lion to the forest; after which the cap shall be given to the King of the Winged Monkeys, freeing them . Dorothy takes Toto in her arms, knocks her heels together three times, and wishes to return home . Instantly, she begins whirling through the air and rolling through the grass of the Kansas prairie, up to her Kansas farmhouse . Dorothy runs to her Aunt Em, saying "I'm so glad to be at home again!" </P> <P> The book was illustrated by Baum's friend and collaborator W.W. Denslow, who also co-held the copyright . The design was lavish for the time, with illustrations on many pages, backgrounds in different colors, and several color plate illustrations . In September 1900, The Grand Rapids Herald wrote that Denslow's illustrations are "quite as much of the story as in the writing". The editorial opined that had it not been for Denslow's pictures, the readers would be unable to picture precisely the figures of Dorothy, Toto, and the other characters . </P>

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