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Why does Dorothy seek Glinda after the balloon departs without her?

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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*.

After the balloon departs without her, Dorothy seeks the help of Glinda, the Witch of the South, at the suggestion of a soldier. She pursues this course of action because she still needs assistance to return to her home in Kansas after the Wizard's failed attempt to transport her.1