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15 The Cyclone 1
Dorothy lived in Kansas with Uncle Henry and
Aunt Em.
Their house was small with
only one room. When Dorothy
stood in the doorway and
looked around, she could see
nothing but the great grey
land on every side. Even the
grass was not green.
The room had a rusty-looking cookstove, a cupboard, a table, three or four chairs and two beds. A
trapdoor led to a small hole dug in the ground, called a cyclone cellar, where the family could go in case
there was a cyclone.
When Aunt Em came to Kansas she was young They had taken the sparkle from her eyes and left
and lively but the sun and wind had changed them grey. She was thin now and never smiled.
her, too.
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