My own Red Slippers
...hkins." Dorothy begins to miss the comforts of home and expresses her desire to return to her comfort zone. She feels completly powerless, but is told she has the power; it lies within her ruby slippers. She first meets a man. A man with no brains. Ironically she is not in a bar but in a cornfield. But the man with no brains, is still fun to be around, and Dorothy is convinced she can fix this man, when she finds her own empowerment. She invites him to join him in her journey down the "Yellow Brick Road." Dorothy next enters what might today be considered an abusive relationship. She finds a man who has no heart. He is cold and Baum uses the "tin" as unreachable. Still, Dorothy feels if she can fix a brainless guy, why not the heartless one also. A short distance later, Dorothy meets a man who is not a man. He is a lion who pretends to be brave, brags about his Kingdom of the forest, and yet in the end is a cat full of fear. Today this man would probably be married. Dorothy takes the liar, the dumb guy, and the mean guy, feeling she can fix all of them. As they travel, the begin to imagine the terrors that lie ahead. Probably today this would be considered a methamphetamine parania or halucinigenic drug trip. The begin to see invisible lions, tigers, and bears (Oh my!) Dorothy finds the power and see a vision of her dream, yet is halted by her herion addiction. Running towards the Wizard, the poppies seem to stop her, and she gives up. But a little white pow...