With One Look

We talked about The Wizard of Oz—read some from the story, which of course, they all knew. We started just as the tornado was coming and as it swept the house away.

With one look out the door, Dorothy knew something had happened.

I closed the book for a second and looked up at the kids sitting on the floor in front of me. I leaned forward in my chair. They looked back, all of them silent, even the two boys in the back.

With one look out the door? What does that mean? How could she know with one look out the door? What did she see?

They still sat there.

Have you seen the movie? I asked.

Yeees, they all answered.

And you know that part when she opens the door?

Some of them nodded.

What's the movie like at the beginning? Is it in color?

Nooo, they all answered.

And what happens when she opens the door and looks out?

They all answered. Color. They all knew.

That's right. She opened the door, and the whole world out there exploded into dazzling color. Inside it was black and white. Back in Kansas it was black and white. But out there, out in Oz, everything was in color.

With one look out the door, Dorothy knew something had happened!!

I stopped for a second and realized that I was standing and my arms were spread out wide. Maybe they'll remember that sentence.

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RIF Day
Pleasant Hill Elementary
Austin, Texas

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