Posted by One-Shot Scot on 11/07/05 03:55

"Oliver Clothsoff" <josephs222@aol.com> wrote in message
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>Almira Gulch deserves some sympathy here. After all, Toto ransacked her
>garden, crapped in her yard, pissed on her petunias and chased her cat --
>once or twice a week. On top of that, Toto bit Miss Gulch on her leg and
>left her nearly lame.
>
>"There's a law protecting folks against dogs that bite!"
>
>Damn right, Almira!
>
>
>

<<Actually, in the sequel we see how this problem is solved. The 3 farm
hands give it to Miss Gulch "Toto-style" in return for her having the order
cancelled.>>


The book wasn't much help. By the end of page 3, Dorothy was caught up in
the cyclone. There was no Miss Gulch and there were no farmhands.

The scenario you have revealed appears to have been set up in the original
movie script. Here are the opinions held by the farm hands -- one of which
was deleted from the final version:

HUNK
Now lookit, Dorothy, you ain't using your
head about Miss Gulch. Think you didn't
have any brains at all.

DOROTHY
I have so got brains.

HUNK
Well, why don't you use them? When you come
home, don't go by Miss Gulch's place. Then
Toto won't get in her garden, and you won't
get in no trouble. See?

HICKORY
Oh! Oh, it feels like my joints are rusted.
Listen, Dorothy, don't let Hunk kid you
about Miss Gulch. She's just a poor
sour-faced old maid that -- she ain't got
no heart left. You know, you should have a
little more heart yourself, and have pity
on her.

ZEKE
Listen, kid, are you going to let that old Gulch
heifer try and buffalo you? She ain't nothing to
be afraid of. Have a little courage, that's all.

So, they all knew Miss Gulch and, from what you've said, the all had the
hots for her -- and she for them.

We also find out why Dorothy was living with Uncle Henry and Aunt Em:

UNCLE HENRY
Poor little orphan, and her Miss Gulch
troubles. Gosh all hemlock - you know, she
ought to have somebody to play with.

AUNT EM
I know, but we all got to work out our own
problems, Henry.


http://www.un-official.com/The_Daily_Script/ms_wizoz.htm

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