Return to Oz

Can't you sleep?

It's past 1:00 in the morning, Dorothy.

- Aunt Em? - What, precious?

I wish I could put my head on my paws and go to sleep like Toto.

Soon you will.

I just can't see payin' out money for this doctor when we don't have any.

Garnet said she'd loan it to us.

Garnet. That's charity, Em.

She's my sister. It's family, not charity.

It's been six months since the tornado,

and Dorothy hasn't been herself since.

I'm takin' her to Cottonwood Falls tomorrow and see if she can be helped.

All she ever talks about is someplace that just doesn't exist.

Talkin' tin men, walkin' scarecrows, ruby slippers.

A shooting star, Toto.

A shooting star.

Toto, no! No, Toto!

Did you lay an egg this morning, Billina?

Let's go see.

Where's your egg, Billina?

Billina, if you don't start laying again,

Aunt Em says she's gonna stew you up for supper.

It's a key, Toto.

"O... Z."

Oz.

Aunt Em!

Aunt Em, look! A key from Oz!

It's just a key to the old house before the tornado.

- I must've turned it a thousand times. - No, look, Aunt Em.

It's proof. "O-Z." Oz.

- Dorothy... - My friends sent it on a shooting star.

Remember how we spoke?

Not to talk about Oz?

Why?

'Cause it's just my imagination.

I know you don't want to go to the doctor's.

But you just haven't slept the night right through since the tornado.

And then, you're no help to me in the morning.

Aunt Em, my friends are in trouble.

- I know it! - We are in trouble, Dorothy.

Lost the old house in the tornado.

Never before had to have a mortgage, now we may have to have two.

Winter's comin' on. New house isn't finished.

He broke his leg, Aunt Em.

Dorothy, that leg's mended. It's mended.

Hurry up and get yourself ready. We're going to be late.

Bye, Uncle Henry!

Y'all get yourselves back here by dark!

We will!

Come on, giddap! There you go.

Go home, Toto.

Toto, go home!

Go home!

Aunt Em, will he be all right?

He will.

Go home!

Giddap.

I've never been past Franklin before.

The tin woodsman used to be made of flesh, like everybody else,

but then he cut off his leg.

He had a tin leg made,

but then a witch enchanted his ax,

and he kept on cutting off the other parts of his body, until he was all made of tin.

- Even his head was... - That's all right, Dorothy.

You mentioned something about a tiger.

A lion. A cowardly lion.

And he could talk too, like the scarecrow and the tin man?

Yes, all the animals in Oz could talk.

Just how did you get back from Oz?

With my ruby slippers.

Uh-huh. And exactly

how did that work?

You put them on and you click the heels three times,

and then you said, "There's no place like home."

Dorothy, where are those slippers now?

Dorothy?

I lost them.

They fell off on the way back.

Well, I think I know just the thing

to cheer Dorothy up.

This electrical marvel will make it possible for you to sleep again.

And it will also get rid of all those bad waking dreams

that you've been telling me about.

Now, this fellow here has a face.

Do you see it?

Here are his eyes, and this must be his nose,

and this must be his mouth.

But what's this? Dorothy?

Why, it's his tongue!

Isn't it?

- Will it hurt? - No, no!

It just manages electrical current.

Now, your aunt already knows that we are at the dawn of a new age.

In just two months, it will be the year 1900.

A new century. The 20th century.

A century of electricity.

The brain itself is an electrical machine. It's nothing but a machine.

When it malfunctions, a blow to the head, for example,

then the brain produces useless excess currents.

These excess currents are our dreams and delusions.

And we have found out that sometimes the brain malfunctions.

Just like the dreams that you have, Dorothy.

Now we have the means to control these excess currents.

Yes.

Fine.

I must get back to Henry before nightfall.

You understand, don't you?

Here's your lunch pail. I was thinking we'd only stay a short time.

That won't be necessary. We have excellent meals here.

Now, be a good girl,

and do everything the doctor and the head nurse tell you,

and I'll be back tomorrow

and we'll go home!

I've never left her out of my sight among strangers.

She's in good hands.

Will you bring Toto when you come to get me?

I will. Yes, of course I will.

You won't need that!

You stay here until we come and get you.

You may have a nap if you wish.

Come on, giddap!

Come on!

Aunt Em.

This is for you.

Thank you.

- It's Halloween soon. - I know.

Why did they bring you here, Dorothy?

Because I can't sleep.

And I talk about a place that I've been to, but nobody believes it exists.

I have to go. I'll come back later.

Would you like to go for a ride, Dorothy?

- Lie down. - I'd like to sit up if I may.

- What did your aunt tell you? - To do what you told me, Miss Wilson.

Then lie down.

Why do you have to tie me down?

So that you don't fall off.

I came all the way from the farm in the buggy and didn't fall off.

- Did I hear somebody screaming there? - No.

Hello, Dorothy. How are you?

I wish I wasn't tied down.

Nothing to worry about.

What are those?

Oh.

We'll just put them over your ears.

Pretty soon they'll draw all those unpleasant dreams out of your head.

Then, when you wake up, you'll never be bothered by them again.

Testing. On.

Off.

Well, I think we're almost ready.

- Ready? - Yes, Doctor.

Oh, dear.

I'll see to that. You check the generator.

- Who's there? - Quick! We have to get you out of here.

What's that screaming?

Patients who have been damaged, locked in the cellar.

Quick!

Get back!

In here, quick!

So!

Run, Dorothy, run!

Come on!

Faster, Dorothy! Faster!

Stop!

Stop!

- Dorothy! - Here, grab my hand!

Dorothy!

Jump!

Stop!

Here, Dorothy, here!

Hold on!

- What's that? - I was just tryin' to lay my egg, that's all.

Billina?

Who else?

What are you doing here? Have you been here all night too?

I've never been so wet in my whole life.

Ah. Hmm.

How big is this pond anyway?

I don't think it's a pond, Billina.

- I guess it is a pond. - Told you so.

Where did all the rest of the water go?

Where did Kansas go?

This is some place for a chicken coop.

When did you learn to talk? I thought hens could only cluck and cackle.

Strange, ain't it? How's my grammar?

If we were in the Land of Oz, your talking wouldn't be strange at all.

There goes the water.

High and dry.

Oz.

Hmm.

- Maybe this is Oz! - Oz?

Well, I think I'll have a look around and see if I can find myself some breakfast.

Wait!

If this is the Land of Oz, then this is the Deadly Desert.

Deadly Desert?

It surrounds Oz. Last time I flew over it in the old house.

Anything living that touches it turns to sand.

Just my luck.

If we stay on these stones, we'll be all right.

Careful.

Careful.