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Where does the yellow brick road lead in The Wonderful Wizard 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*.

In L. Frank Baum's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the yellow brick road leads to the Emerald City.

Dorothy is advised by the Witch of the North to follow this path to find the Great Wizard of Oz, who she hopes will be able to help her return to her home in Kansas.1