Dreams of a Kitten by Edward Drobinski - HTML preview

Dreams of a Kitten

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diagonals cross, is the fabled Emerald City, capital of the land

of Oz and seat to the monarch of Oz.

The regions have a color scheme; blue for Munchkins, yellow for

Winkies, red for Quadlings, green for the Emerald City, and

purple for the Gillikins. In The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, this is

merely the favorite color of each quadrant, used for clothing

and other man made objects, and having some influence on their

choice of crops, but the basic colors of the world are natural

colors.

Most of these regions are settled with prosperous and contented

people. However, numerous pockets throughout the Land of Oz are

cut off from the main culture, for geographic or cultural

reasons. Many have never heard of Oz. These regions are

concentrated around the edges of the country.

A yellow brick road leads from the lands of the Munchkins to the

Emerald City. Oz is completely surrounded on all four sides by a

desert which insulates the citizens of the Land of Oz from

discovery and invasion. Indeed, The Marvelous Land of Oz.

Theme For An Imaginary Western

Mountain

When the wagons leave the city