Dreams of a Kitten by Edward Drobinski - HTML preview

Dreams of a Kitten

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go with her, leaving Glinda heartbroken. She privately laments

that Fiyero always loved Elphaba. Glinda tells the Wizard and

Madame Morrible a way they can capture Elphaba; spreading a

rumor that Nessarose is in trouble, so she will be forced to

show herself to save her. Unknown to Glinda, Morrible and the

Wizard decide a mere rumor would not fool Elphaba, and Morrible

proposes "a change in the weather."

Hidden in the forest, Elphaba and Fiyero confess their love for

each other when Elphaba senses Nessarose is in danger. Her

premonition is correct; a house has fallen out of the sky and

crushed her sister to death. Elphaba is distraught and furious

that Glinda has given Nessarose's enchanted shoes to the house's

occupant, Dorothy Gale, and the two get into a physical fight,

during which Dorothy’s little dog Toto is afraid and of no help.

The fight is eventually broken up by the Wizard's guards. Fiyero

arrives and allows Elphaba to escape but gets captured. At Kiamo

Ko castle, Elphaba casts a spell to try to make Fiyero

invincible to any weapon, but presuming him dead, she laments

that she will never be seen as good and finally accepts her role

as the Wicked Witch of the West. The citizens of Oz declare war

on Elphaba. Glinda realizes that Morrible summoned the tornado

that killed Nessarose, but Morrible informs her there is also

blood on her hands as well. Meanwhile, Elphaba has captured