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  Purple Platypus In:

  A Jacked Up Wizard of Oz

  This book is dedicated to Kathy Sweesy, my kindergarten teacher who taught me I could write books and have them published.

  By: Emma Couvillion

  Emma Couvillion copryright.

  6-10-12

 

  Once upon a time there were three best friends named Emma, Jaycee, and Sammy. One day they decided to have a sleepover in Jaycee’s brand new, beautiful R.V. They packed their PJ’s and sleeping bags and headed across the street to Jaycee’s driveway. The girls stayed up until Emma fell asleep. Of course Sammy thought of pulling a prank. They decided to put whipped cream on Emma’s face. Just as they were about to go inside the house to get whipped cream, they heard noises coming from outside. “THUD THUD THUD” “There’s no way I’m going out there now!” Said Jaycee. So Sammy and Jaycee stayed inside the R.V.

  Eventually the remaining two hit the hay and fell into a very deep sleep. When they woke up they looked out the R.V.’s window and saw the most colorful land they had ever seen. They looked behind their shoulders and saw Emma, asleep in the corner from an all-time sugar high the night before. “I don’t think we should tell her there’s a gummy worm tree outside.” Said Jaycee. They went into the corner and woke Emma up. “What!? Did the zebra come out yet?!” “No, now get up” Said Sammy. Emma looked out the window “GUMMY WORMS!!!” Emma ran towards the tree and started picking off the candy. “I wonder if she knows we’re not in California anymore” Said Jaycee. “Wait a minute......something isn’t right here.” Emma looked around. “I think she caught on” Said Sammy. “That tree looks funny” Emma pointed to a tiny tree with a face. Sammy and Jaycee exchanged glances “So she can notice that a tree has a face but doesn’t care that we’re lost?” Just then the tree took off a costume and tons of little people gathered around the three girls. One of the little people walked a goat up to Emma. “Franklin! How did you get here?” Franklin was the goat Emma liked to talk to back home. Just as Emma was hugging Franklin a big pink hamster ball rolled into the square. A lady with a puffy pink dress walked out of the ball. “Welcome to Munchkin County, thank you for killing our evil mayor!” Jaycee stepped forward. “We didn’t kill anyone at all!” “Why yes you did, and there are her piggy toes under that big truck of yours” Sure enough there were ugly feet sticking out from under the vehicle. “Since you killed her, the Munchkin people would like to thank you.” Said the puffy dress lady. “Hold on I like it here and all, it’s just I’d rather go back to California and live there. How do I get home?” Asked Emma. “Well you would have to follow the yellow brick road to Oz. There you may see the wizard and get home from there” said the lady. “Well how long does the road go on for?” Asked Jaycee. “It’s about a five day trip” Said the lady. “What happens when our feet get tired?” Asked Emma. “Well that is how the Munchkins are rewarding you for killing Wicked Witch Uno.” The Munchkins brought out three different toy cars. A pink limo for Sammy, A black Cadillac for Jaycee, and a John Deere tractor for Emma. Emma’s tractor even had a side cart specially built for Franklin. They got in the car and loaded up. They waved goodbye to the Munchkins and the puffy dress lady. Soon they were off onto the yellow brick road to Oz.

  The group drove until the afternoon and came upon a corn field. “Hey look, there’s a scarecrow in the field. Can we go poke it with sticks?” “No Emma, we aren’t going to poke things with sticks.” Said Sammy. They walked up to the scarecrow and looked at him. “Can someone please help me down?” The girls looked at him. “Why are you up there?” They asked. “Why because I haven’t got any brains.” “You can’t talk if you don’t have any brains” Argued Emma. “Lots of people without brains talk all the time. Just watch T.V. and you’ll see tons of them” “Do you want to come to Oz with us to see the wizard?” Jaycee invited the scarecrow. “Would you be willing to take me?” “Of course we would, you an ride with me in my limo.” Said Sammy. “Ok.” So the group started off again this time with the scarecrow.They drove until it was night time and decided to stop and rest. Emma found a tent packed in Franklin’s side cart. They set up and slept until morning. Franklin was the watch goat to make sure nobody robbed the camp at night. When they got up in the morning, they packed the tent and set off for the orchards. Once they got to the orchards they came across an abandoned Orchard Supply Hardware. They got out of their small cars and headed toward the store. “Meeeehhhh.” “Franklin stay in the car” “Meeeehhhh” They walked up to the doors and read the sign posted. It read “Take what you need before the wicked witch comes” “Well the wicked witch is already dead so we don’t have to worry” Said Jaycee. So they went inside and looked around. They filled their carts with some tools and other stuff they would need for their long journey to Oz. When they finished loading the cars up they went into the orchard. There they came upon a metal man with an ax in his hand. “Mmmph! Mmmph!” Jaycee found an oilcan and tried to oil the tin man. The can was empty so they just left the tin man. They got into their cars and started to drive off. “WAIT! DON’T LEAVE YET!” They stopped and waited for him to catch up. “Please don’t leave me! I didn’t need to be oiled I just like it when people massage my joints to get me to move, but this time I forgot to refill my can!” Emma, Jaycee, and Sammy looked at each other. “Hop in the limo......” Sammy opened the door of the long car for the tin man to hop in. “So why do you want to come to Oz?” Asked Jaycee. “Well because I haven’t got a heart to love anyone with. Why are you guys going to Oz?” “Well, us girls and goat are trying to get back to California.” “And I’m trying to get some brains” Said the scarecrow. So they went on deeper and deeper into the orchards.The group went on until nightfall and decided to stop at an abandoned in-n-out restaurant. There were fresh ingredients at the restaurant so they cooked up some hamburgers and sat down to eat them. Right when they sat down a big puff of red smoke creeped through the door. “Who killed my sister!?” A wicked witch asked? “I thought she was dead” Said Emma. “No, that was her sister wicked witch Uno.” Said tin man. “There’s another one?” Asked Emma. “Yes, wicked witch Dos is her evil sister” Said scarecrow. “I said who killed my sister!” Emma walked up to the witch. “Look lady, we’re trying to eat here and then we’re going to go home. So bye-bye!” The witch looked confused. “I will get you....” Emma cut the witch off. “Ok first off, you need a breath mint because your breath is STANKY! Second of all, I’m really tired of this whole you killed my sister stuff so if you could just go and talk to your flying monkey friends and leave us alone that could make all of us pretty happy.The witch looked like someone just slapped her in the face. “I’ll get you pretty girls and your nubian goat too!” Then the witch stormed off. Their group packed up and got into their small cars. They drove on until they got to the much feared woods. “You know, I hear there’s tigers, lions, and bears in the woods.” “It’s lions and tigers and bears Emma.” So they drove into the woods.

  When they were deep in the forest they stopped to rest. “GRRRRRUFFFF!” Emma, Jaycee, Sammy, Tin-Man, Scarecrow, and Franklin turned around to see a bush moving. “GRRRRRUFFF!” Just then a small black and white dog popped out of the bush. “P-please d-don’t h-hurt m-me! I’m so scared of everything and I need courage!” Everyone looked at each other “That dog can talk?!” “Do you want to come to Oz with us?” Asked Jaycee. “Will Oz give me courage?” Asked the small dog. “The wizard can” Said Jaycee. “What’s your name?” “Mickey” “Ok Mickey you can ride with me in my Cadillac car” Jaycee loaded Mickey into her car and everyone drove off out of the woods.When they reached the end of the woods they came upon a sign that said “Welcome to Emerald Cou
nty!” They drove past it and stopped when the came to a poppy field. “Hey look, there’s a road that goes right around the field!” Said Sammy. “Wait a minute.” Emma took out some binoculars from her tractor and examined the pathway. “We can’t take that road because there’s a pressure plate on it. If we drive over it, we’ll explode to pieces.” “Meeehhhhhh! I bet the wicked witch dos set that up!” Everybody’s head whipped toward Franklin. “What’s everyone looking at? We have a scarecrow, a guy made of metal, and a dog all talking. How is it any different if a goat starts talking too? My opinion is if everyone around me is speaking in English and I’m stuck speaking goat then I too should be able to converse in this English language!” “Oh my Buddha Franklin can talk.” Emma sat with her mouth open. “Are you going to stand there with your mouth open like that or are you going to get through this poppy field and get us home?” They went on into the poppy field for a couple hours. When they reached the giant emerald castle they rang the doorbell and a small terrier answered “Who rang that bell!?” “We did!” The dog looked surprised. “What’s the password?” Franklin spoke up. “Open Sesame” “Oh dear you guessed it!”The small dog pulled a rope and the door swung open. Inside there were all sorts of horses with different colors all over. “Now that’s a horse of a different color” said tin man. “So when can we see the wizard?” Asked Jaycee. The small dog replied “We can schedule an appointment for three days from now” They settled for three days and stayed in the Emerald Hotel.

  Once their three days were up, Emma, Jaycee, Sammy, Franklin, scarecrow, tin man, and Mickey went into the wizards lair. In the emerald throne sat a very pretty girl named Maggie. “I am the wizard of Oz. How can I help you?” Emma stepped forward “Well, My friends and I got lost and would like to get back to California” Then Mickey stepped up “And I need some courage because i’m scared of everything in the woods!” Then the scarecrow “I need brains to think with.” Finally the tin man “I need a heart to love someone with!” The wizard sat and thought for a moment. “Tin man I shall solve your problem first. You have a heart but nobody you have met has the same kind of heart to match your love” The wizard waved her wand and opened a door. Out came a tin woman who ran up to the tin man and gave him a great big hug. “Mickey you are next. You were very brave to volunteer as guard dog while Franklin slept some nights. Here is a metal rewarding your bravery.” Mickey stepped back into line. “Scarecrow I can fix your problem easily” The Wizard snapped her fingers and a parachute came down with a jar of something inside came down from the ceiling. She opened the jar and pulled out a brain. The wizard put the brain in scarecrow’s head and sent him off to CAL Berkeley to get his degree in paleontology. “And now the lost girls and.....” The wizard looked at Franklin. Franklin looked back. “The lost goat as well....All you have to do is take this magic carpet and fly to the tallest tree is Emerald County. Since the city of Oz owns this tree it will be easier to find. When you find the tree, type in your destination on the touch screen and it will take you there.” They took the magic carpet and stepped back with everyone else. They waved goodbye to the wizard and soon they were off to find the tallest tree in Oz. When they were flying above the witches castle Emma took out a bottle of battery acid and some gloves. Then she poured a mysterious liquid into the bottle. The mixture started fizzing and changed to a red color. Emma threw the mixture at the witch and she melted. “What the heck was that?” Asked Jaycee. “A little something I learned in science.” She replied. “HA! Take that old hag!” Said Franklin.When they reached the tree they typed in their destination and were zapped back in the R.V. They still had their pajamas on and were in their sleeping bags. They looked through the windows and made sure it wasn’t Munchkin County. “I just had the weirdest dream EVER” said all three at once. So they all sat for the rest of the day and discussed their weird dream. THE END