Wizard of Oz: Yellow Brick Road (video)
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Wizard of Oz: Somewhere Over The Rainbow (video)
From Wikipedia: About five minutes into the film, Dorothy sings the song after failing to get Aunt Em, Uncle Henry, and the farmhands to listen to her story of an unpleasant incident involving her dog, Toto, and the town spinster, Miss Gulch (Margaret Hamilton). Aunt Em tells her to "find yourself a place where you won't get into any trouble". This prompts her to walk off by herself, musing to Toto, "Some place where there isn't any trouble. Do you suppose there is such a place, Toto? There must be. It's not a place you can get to by a boat, or a train. It's far, far away.
The End of the Wizard of Oz
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The Beginning of The Wizard of OZ - SJCC Novice
The story is framed with support for the novice caregiver. It covers the basic context of the story beginning with Dorothy, who is living on her aunt and uncle's farm in Kansas. She sings a shortened version of "Somewhere Over The Rainbow."
The Beginning of The Wizard of OZ - SJCC Junior
The story covers the basic context of the story beginning with Dorothy, her aunt and uncle's farm in Kansas, the busy farm hands, and Toto right up to her performance of an edited, shortened version of "Somewhere Over The Rainbow."
The Beginning of The Wizard of OZ - SJCC Expert
The story covers the basic context of the story beginning with Dorothy, her aunt and uncle's farm in Kansas, the busy farm hands, Toto and the frightening Almira Gulch right up to her performance of an edited, shortened version of "Somewhere Over The Rainbow."
The Beginning of The Wizard of OZ
The story takes Dorothy from her aunt and uncle's farm in Kansas on an epic adventure in the land of Oz in which she meets her three companions and they defeat the Wicked Witch of the West.
History of the Wizard of Oz
This story covers the origins of the Wizard of Oz, not to inform but only to remind you of where it came from: some context about the author, the book, the film and the television broadcast. There is just one clip of Judy Garland singing the intro to "Somewhere Over The Rainbow".
See related Meema Stories for more detail on the characters, the plot and the most popular musical numbers we love to remember.
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