The Wizard of Oz, Luman Frank Baum. Lesson 2 Read the text. While you are reading, drag sentences to fill in the gaps correctly.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Part 2

Walking further, they met a tin man, he couldn’t walk.
He was sad because he didn’t have a heart. Dorothy told him about the wonderful wizard who could give him a heart. The tin man joined them, and they continued down the yellow brick road. Next, they met a huge lion. He was curled up in a little ball, he was very afraid. A mouse had bitten his tail.
. She asked him to join in their journey to the Emerald City where the wizard would give him some courage.
They continued their journey to the wizard and didn’t know that the witch followed them. The wicked witch of the west was furious that Dorothy had killed her sister and she wanted her sister’s slippers back. She told her soldiers to bring them to her, but they helped to each other and she couldn’t do it. They overcame the witch and suddenly a wizard appeared. The wizard thanked Dorothy for saving him and freeing Oz of not just one, but two horrible witches. "As a reward, the Scarecrow got his brain, the Tin-man got his heart, and the lion got his courage. However, he told Dorothy that he could not help her get home. The power had been with her all along.
It was time for Dorothy and Toto to return home. She said goodbye to everyone and clicked her shoes together. In the blink of an eye, she was back with her aunt and uncle in Kansas. Dorothy was happy to be home, but she would never forget her new friends.
It’s an adapted summary.

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Сильвестр Щедрин   (1791-1830) Мастер русского пейзажного романтизма и лирического осмысления природы. Полностью отдавшись романтике пейзажа и природной среде восприятия, Щедрин как бы восполняет своими картинами, упавший интерес художников того времени к пейзажу. Щедрин познал рассвет своего творчества и признания. Закончив Академию художеств в Санкт Петербурге, в 1818 г. приехал в Италию и прожил более 10 лет, в Риме, Неаполе, Амальфи и в Соренто где провел свои последние месяцы жизни. На более сорока его картинах Щедрин изобразил виды окрестности Соренто, при встрече на улицах города Сорентийцы его ласково приветствовали Дон Сильвестро. Очень много работал с натуры, заслужил невероятную по тем временам популярность у итальянцев желавших купить его картины, иногда приходилось писать много копий своих наиболее удачных работ, которые быстро раскупались. Его знаменитые работы Новый Рим "Замок святого ангела", Набережная Мерджеллина в Неаполе, Большая гавань на острове Капри и др. Прожив недолгую но насыщенную творчеством жизнь, Щедрин так и не смог вернуться в Россию. Великолепные итальянские пейзажи отразили всю уникальную красоту природы этого края, представлявшаяся многим русским художникам райским местом - землей обетованной.

Sylvester Shchedrin artist (1791-1830) Master of Russian landscape romantic and lyrical reflection of nature. Completely surrendering to the romanticism of the landscape and natural environment perception, Shchedrin like fills his paintings, fallen interest of artists of that time to the landscape. Shchedrin knew the dawn of his creativity and recognition. Having graduated from the Academy of arts in St. Petersburg in 1818, came to Italy and lived for more than 10 years, in Rome, Naples, Amalfi and Sorrento where he spent his last months of life. For more than forty his paintings Shchedrin depicted views of the surroundings Sorrento, at the meeting on the streets of the city Сорентийцы him kindly welcomed don Silvestro. Worked a lot with nature, has earned incredible on those days the popularity of the Italians wanted to buy his paintings, sometimes we had to write a lot of copies of his most successful works, which quickly sold out. His famous works as the " New Rome "Castel Sant'angelo", Quay of Mergellina in Naples, the Grand harbour on the island of Capri etc. having Lived a short but rich creativity of life, Shchedrin and could not return to Russia. Excellent Italian landscapes reflected all the unique beauty of the nature of this region, представлявшаяся many Russian artists Paradise - promised land.