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Where does Dorothy live before she is carried to the Land of Oz?

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Illustration by W.W. Denslow showing Dorothy comforting the Cowardly Lion on a yellow brick road, with Toto, the Tin Woodsman, and the Scarecrow nearby in a forest. — The Wonderful Wizard of Oz An illustrated page by W.W. Denslow in L. Frank Baum's *The Wonderful Wizard of Oz*.

Before she is carried away to the Land of Oz by a cyclone, Dorothy lives on a farm in Kansas with her Uncle Henry and Aunt Em. She resides in a one-room house on the property, accompanied by her dog, Toto.12