The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Read The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum in Russian and English, a parallel text graded reader with audio. Available in CEFR levels A2, B1, B2, and C1.
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On a gray Kansas prairie where the earth is cracked and colorless and even the little house stands paint-blistered and alone, a farm girl named Dorothy finds her only brightness in the laughter she shares with Toto, her small black dog. Then a cyclone lifts the whole house whirling into the sky and carries it far from everything she knows. When it comes to rest, it lands in a country of lush greensward and fruit-laden trees, of brilliant birds and gorgeous flowers — the land of Oz, home to witches and wizards and a road of yellow brick that leads to a city built of emeralds.
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Дороти жила посреди больших прерий Канзаса.
Dorothy lived in the middle of the big Kansas prairies.
Она жила с дядей Генри, который был фермером, и тётей Эм, его женой.
She lived with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and Aunt Em, his wife.
Их дом был маленьким.
Their house was small.
Это было потому, что дерево для его постройки везли на повозке много миль.
This was because the wood to build it had to travel many miles by wagon.
У дома было четыре стены, пол и крыша, и всё это составляло только одну комнату.
The house had four walls, a floor, and a roof, and these made just one room.
Внутри этой комнаты стояла старая ржавая кухонная плита.
Inside this room there was an old, rusty cookstove.
Там также были шкаф для посуды, стол, три или четыре стула и кровати.
There was also a cupboard for dishes, a table, three or four chairs, and the beds.
History
- Written by L. Frank Baum in English
- Adapted by Line by Line Publishing in 2026