| COWARDLY LION | Can I please tag along with you in the woods? It’s scary in there. |
| DOROTHY | Why of course you can… Wait a minute… You shouldn’t be scared of anything. |
| COWARDLY LION | Are you kidding? There are lions and tigers and bears in there! |
| DOROTHY | But… aren’t you a lion? |
| COWARDLY LION | No I’m a cowardly lion. My mother was a lion but my father was a chicken. |
| SCARECROW | Hi there, little girl and her dog. I see you’re heading down the Yellow Brick Road? |
| DOROTHY | Hello Mr Straw Man. Yes, we’re off to the Turner Centre to see the Wizard of Oz. |
| SCARECROW | Oh, I really want to see that show, and so do my young crow friends. |
| DOROTHY | They have Family Tickets, you know. How many crow friends do you have? |
| SCARECROW | (Thinks) Twelvety fiveteen and a halven |
| DOROTHY | (Momentarily confused) I tell you what, we’ll work it out when we get there. |
| DOROTHY | What is this place? Wait… it looks just like Oz! |
| TOTO | The place with man-eating sharks and killer spiders? |
| DOROTHY | No not Australia, Toto. ‘Oz’, as in ‘The Wizard of Oz’. |
| TOTO | You mean the place with flying monkeys and evil witches? |
| DOROTHY | Yes. We’re much safer here. |
| TOTO | And I have to say, it’s doing wonders for your complexion, Dorothy. |
| DOROTHY | Run to the storm shelter, Toto! There’s a tornado coming! |
| TOTO | But where did you put our Wizard of Oz tickets, Dorothy? |
| DOROTHY | It’s okay, they’re right here in my… Oh no! They’ve blown away! Did you see where they went? |
| TOTO | Yes. Somewhere over that rainbow. |
| DOROTHY | Quick, after them, Toto! We can’t miss that show. It’s going to be out of this world! |
| DOROTHY | Toto, I can’t think of anything to do. Nothing ever happens around here. We haven’t even had a decent tornado to hide from in ages. |
| TOTO | Ooh, I’ve thought of something! |
| DOROTHY | This better be good… And nothing to do with bones… |
| TOTO | The WIZARD OF OZ is coming to The Turner Centre, Kerikeri, in exactly ONE MONTH! Let’s book some tickets! |
| DOROTHY | Well, that is a wonderful idea, Toto! You know how much I’d love to see The Wizard! |
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