The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Wizard's power gives these items a focus for their desires. The Wizard decides to take Dorothy and Toto home and leave the Emerald City. At the send-off, he appoints the Scarecrow to rule in his stead, which he agrees to do after Dorothy returns to Kansas. Toto chases a kitten in the crowd and Dorothy goes after him, but the tethers of the balloon break and the Wizard floats away. Dorothy summons the Winged Monkeys to carry her and Toto home, but they explain they cannot cross the desert surrounding Oz. The Soldier with the Green Whiskers informs Dorothy that
Dorothy Gale tornado in Irving, Kansas, in May 1879 which included the name of a victim, Dorothy Gale, who was "found buried face down in a mud puddle." In Baum's 1902 stage musical adaptation, Dorothy was played by Anna Laughlin. In 1908 L. Frank Baum adapted his early Oz novels as "The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays", with Romola Remus as Dorothy. This was followed by "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", a motion picture short that Otis Turner, one of the directors of "Fairylogue", made without Baum as part of a contract fulfillment. In this 1910 film, Dorothy was played by Bebe Daniels. It