Opening: Dorothy on the Kansas Prairie

From The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Baum opens with a stark, gray depiction of the Kansas prairie that establishes the dreary world Dorothy will escape, contrasting sharply with the colorful Oz to come.
Chapter 1

The famous gray-on-gray description: 'Not a tree nor a house broke the broad sweep of flat country.' Aunt Em and Uncle Henry are described as drained of color, making Toto the only living thing that keeps Dorothy laughing.

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