Page 103 - English Expedition Class 4

Aunt Em opened the trapdoor and climbed down the ladder.
But just then Toto ran off to hide under the bed.

Toto! Toto! Come
back here!

. . . that she lost her balance Then a strange thing happened.
and sat down suddenly upon The house took off in the cyclone!
the fl oor.

Ouch!

As Dorothy was making her way
to the cellar, the house shook so
hard . . .
It was very dark and the wind howled horribly but At last she crawled to her bed, lay down upon it
Dorothy was quite comfortable. and fell fast asleep.

I wonder if I should be
dashed to pieces when
the house falls again.

But as the hours passed and nothing terrible The house was carried miles and miles away as
happened, she stopped worrying and waited calmly. easily as you could carry a feather.

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