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Chapter 1: The Cyclone

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Dorothy

lived

in

the

midst

of

the

great

Kansas

prairies,

with

Uncle

Henry,

who

was

a

farmer,

and

Aunt

Em,

who

was

the

farmer's

wife.

Their

house

was

small,

for

the

lumber

to

build

it

had

to

be

carried

by

wagon

many

miles.

There

were

four

walls,

a

floor

and

a

roof,

which

made

one

room;

and

this

room

contained

a

rusty

looking

cookstove,

a

cupboard

for

the

dishes,

a

table,

three

or

four

chairs,

and

the

beds.

Uncle

Henry

and

Aunt

Em

had

a

big

bed

in

one

corner,

and

Dorothy

a

little

bed

in

another

corner.

There

was

no

garret

at

all,

and

no

cellar-except

a

small

hole

dug

in

the

ground,

called

a

cyclone

cellar,

where

the

family

could

go

in

case

one

of

those

great

whirlwinds

arose,

mighty

enough

to

crush

any

building

in

its

path.

It

was

reached

by

a

trap

door

in

the

middle

of

the

floor,

from

which

a

ladder

led

down

into

the

small,

dark

hole.

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