SilverShoeswithPointedToesWhileshestoodlookingeagerlyatthestrangeandbeautifulsights,shenoticedcoming

towardheragroupofthequeerestpeopleshehadeverseen.Theywerenotasbigasthe

grownfolkshehadalwaysbeenusedto;butneitherweretheyverysmall.Infact,they

seemedaboutastallasDorothy,whowasawell-grownchildforherage,althoughthey

were,sofaraslooksgo,manyyearsolder.

Threeweremenandoneawoman,andallwereoddlydressed.Theyworeroundhatsthat

rosetoasmallpointafootabovetheirheads,withlittlebellsaroundthebrimsthattinkled

sweetlyastheymoved.Thehatsofthemenwereblue;thelittlewoman'shatwaswhite,

andsheworeawhitegownthathunginpleatsfromhershoulders.Overitweresprinkled

littlestarsthatglistenedinthesunlikediamonds.Themenweredressedinblue,ofthe

sameshadeastheirhats,andworewell-polishedbootswithadeeprollofblueatthetops.

Themen,Dorothythought,wereaboutasoldasUncleHenry,fortwoofthemhadbeards.

Butthelittlewomanwasdoubtlessmucholder.Herfacewascoveredwithwrinkles,her

hairwasnearlywhite,andshewalkedratherstiffly.

WhenthesepeopledrewnearthehousewhereDorothywasstandinginthedoorway,they

pausedandwhisperedamongthemselves,asifafraidtocomefarther.Butthelittleold

womanwalkeduptoDorothy,madealowbowandsaid,inasweetvoice:

"Youarewelcome,mostnobleSorceress,tothelandoftheMunchkins.Wearesograteful

toyouforhavingkilledtheWickedWitchoftheEast,andforsettingourpeoplefreefrom

bondage."

Dorothylistenedtothisspeechwithwonder.Whatcouldthelittlewomanpossiblymeanby

callingherasorceress,andsayingshehadkilledtheWickedWitchoftheEast?Dorothywas

aninnocent,harmlesslittlegirl,whohadbeencarriedbyacyclonemanymilesfromhome;

andshehadneverkilledanythinginallherlife.

Butthelittlewomanevidentlyexpectedhertoanswer;soDorothysaid,withhesitation,

"Youareverykind,buttheremustbesomemistake.Ihavenotkilledanything.”

"Yourhousedid,anyway,"repliedthelittleoldwoman,withalaugh,"andthatisthesame

thing.See!"shecontinued,pointingtothecornerofthehouse."Therearehertwofeet,still

stickingoutfromunderablockofwood."

Dorothylooked,andgavealittlecryoffright.There,indeed,justunderthecornerofthe

greatbeamthehouserestedon,twofeetwerestickingout,shodinsilvershoeswith

pointedtoes.

SilvershoeswithpointedtoesDorothyiscalled’mostnoblesorceress.’Whatdoyouthinkthismeans?

2.HowdoyouthinkDorothyisfeelingwhenitisrevealedthatshehaskilledsomebody?Useevidencefromthetexttosupportyouranswer.

3.HowdoyouthinktheMunchkinswilltreatDorothyafterthisepisode?Whatcluesarethereinthetext?

Silvershoeswithpointedtoes4.HowdoesDorothy’smoodchangethroughoutthetext?

5.Whohasbeenkilledbythefallinghouse?

6.Inyourownwords,summarisewhatthemunchkinslooklike.