[dorothy]

The Wizard of Oz was written as a political parable -- all about the gold standard (the Yellow Brick Road). In the book, Dorothy was returned to Kansas (normalcy) by silver, not ruby, slippers. You might find this site interesting for its discussion of this here

I was an early reader and had read all of the Oz books by the time I hit second grade. I really, really believed in Oz. There was the name, of course, and my mother was from Kansas. Apparently (and I don't remember this), each time I finished an Oz book I'd drive my parent crazy by insisting we take a trip to Kansas to visit Mom's relatives. I just knew that if I could get there, Oz was just a tornado away.

[RMDupree]

Thanks for the insight, Dorothy. I’ll check out that site when I get home tonight.

My guess is that you really wouldn’t want to go to Oz now, right? :-)