 an element  of fantasy literature Baum decried in several essays but used in his  "Laura Bancroft" titles for very young readers. From the former, it  took only the snowstorm summoned by the Good Witch of the North to  destroy the poppies, which in the play was a huge set piece that  concluded Act I. (In the novel, the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman  carry Dorothy out and hoist the Lion onto a truck that is pulled on  strings by hundreds of mice.) Lengthy debate occurred at MGM as to  whether or not to include the songs from the play, but as the  vaudeville