Final Scene. Remember the last scene of The Wizard of Oz? Following Glinda’s instructions,

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Dorothy closes her eyes and clicks the heels of her red slippers together three times, repeating “There’s no place like home. ” She opens her eyes moments later, startled, to find Auntie Em, Uncle Henry, Professor Marvel, Hunk, Zeke, and Hickory standing beside her bed, smiling. Trying to comfort her, Auntie Em coos, “There, there, lie quiet now. You just had a bad dream. ” “No, ” Dorothy insists, “it wasn’t a dream – it was a place. ” Pointing at Professor Marvel and her Uncle’s three workmen, she adds, “And you – and you – and you – and you were there. ” But Dorothy quickly corrects herself, as if she spoke too quickly, before thinking, “you couldn’t have been, could you? ” Auntie Em makes a second unsuccessful attempt to calm her niece: “Oh, we dream lots of silly things when we... ” Dorothy interrupts her. Emphatically, “No, Auntie Em – this was a real, truly live place. And I remember that some of it wasn’t very nice but most of it was beautiful. ” Disappointed by her Aunt’s incredulity, Dorothy pouts, “Doesn’t anybody believe me? ” Her Uncle assures her, patronizingly, “Of course we believe you Dorothy.” The film ends with Dorothy hugging her dog Toto and Auntie Em hugging Dorothy who teary, but beaming exudes, “Oh, but anyway, Toto, we’re home! Home! And this is m