Wizard of Oz-Professor Marvel

Uh-huh.

But that was when I was very small. She doesn't care about me at all now. And I don't care about her.

If were done, it were best it be one... equally on both sides. Well, well, well! House guests, huh? Ha ha ha ha! And who might you be? No, no, now don't tell me. You're traveling in disguise. No, that's not right. I... You're... you're going on a visit. No, I'm wrong. You're... you're running away.

How did you guess?

I don't know but it's... It's someone she loves very much: someone she's been very kind to: someone she's taken care of in sickness.

I had the measles once... and she stayed by me every minute.

But, what's this? I thought you were going along with me!

Oh no! I have to get to her right away. Come on, Toto! Come on, come on! Goodbye Professor Marvel, and thanks a lot!

Ha, ha, ha. He's perfectly welcome! Ha ha! As one dog to another, huh? Ha, ha, ha! Here now, let's see. Where were we?

Oh please, Professor, why can't we go with you and see all the Crowned Heads of Europe?

It is my trade, my calling. See what it says on the side of my conveyance.

Oh, Toto, that's not polite! We haven't been asked yet.

Yes, she's... what's this? Why, she's... she's putting her hand to her heart! She's... she's dropping down on the bed!

Oh, you... you don't suppose she could really be sick, do you? Oh! Oh. I've got to go home right away!

Well, I... I can't quite see. Why, she's crying.

Oh.

Oh, yes. There's... there's... there's a woman. She's... she's wearing a... a... polka-dot dress. Her face is careworn.

That's Aunt Em.

Do you know any? Oh, you mean the thing... yes. Well, I... I never do anything without consulting my crystal first. Here, sit right down here. That's it. Ha ha! Just make yourself comfortable while I conjure out of the air, out of thin air... this very genuine, magic, authentic crystal used by the priests of the Isis and Osiris in the days of the Pharaohs of Egypt, in which Cleopatra first saw the approach of Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony... and... and so on and so on. Now then you hold out your hands to help me look into the future. Now you... you'd better close your eyes, my child, for a moment... in order to be better in tune with the infinite. We... we can't do these things without reaching out into the infinite. Yes, that's... that's all right. Now you can open them. We'll gaze into the crystal. Ah, what's this I see? A house... with picket fence.

That's our farm!

Yes. Her... her name is Emily.

That's right. What's she doing?

Oh well that's... that's not what the crystal says.

They were going to kill Toto and she did nothing to stop them.

I don't see any of that in the crystal. All I see is a woman who does the best she can and misses you something terrible.

What's she doing now?

Someone has hurt her. Someone has just about broken her heart.

Why would anyone do that?

No, no, now don't tell me. They - they don't understand you at home. They don't appreciate you. You want to see other lands, big cities, big mountains and big oceans. Ha ha!

Why, it's just like you can read what was inside of me.

Ha ha! Professor Marvel never guesses. He knows! Now why are you running away?

Why?