Narrator:
Dorothy, who left home 10 years earlier with the goal of compiling a list of vegan restaurants, has recently finished her 3rd draft and is returning home to her dear mother who she thinks of with deep affection and recalls her wonderful ability of making the most delicious tasting vegan lasagne… Unfortunately, it seems things have changed since she left home, and she is unable to find her way back..

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Dorothy meets traveller on road…

Dorothy: Hallo, couldn't you please help me find my way home? I haven't come across a good vegan restaurant since "20,000 Cows" in Lismore, and I'm terribly tired and hungry, and my mother makes such wonderful vegan lasagne.. sigh.

Traveller: Oim not from around these parts me, you should go ask that there "Wonderful vegan wizard of Oz", they say she can fix all problems, she'll be knowing your way back, eye, that she will..

Dorothy: How do I find the "Wonderful Vegan Wizard of Oz?"

Traveller: Just be following that there yellow brick road over yonder..

Traveller indicates yellow brick road over yonder, Dorothy thanks, waves goodbye, and heads off toward it.. Moments later, Dorothy meets a very sad looking lion…

Dorothy: Hallo little lion, why are you looking so sad?

Lion: Well, you see, I really want to become a vegan, but I'm afraid to do so because of how my friends and family might react..

Dorothy: Well, come along with me, I'm off to see the "Wonderful Vegan of Oz", I'm sure she'd be able to help and give you support and courage. They say she can do anything..

Lion: Why thankyou, I'll come along and see what she can do..

Off they go again, until they meet the Scarecrow..

Scarecrow: Hallo, where are you guys heading?
Lion: We're off to see the "Wonderful Vegan of Oz". She's going to give me courage enough to become vegan.
Scarecrow: Vegan! Ha! You'ld not catch me eating that rabbit food. I like good wholesome foods, like Big Macs..
Lion: That's only because you don't have a brain, if you had a brain, you wouldn't be seen near a McDonalds, except maybe to borrow their toilets and piss on the floor, or to stuff matchsticks & glue into their door locks in after dark undercover operations.

To prove his point, that the Scarecrow has no brain, the lion lifts the Scarecrow's head off and peers inside…

Lion: See, no brain, what did I tell you!
Scarecrow: Well, maybe I'd better come along, duh.. hadn't I? If this here "Wonderful Vegan of Oz" is as good as they claim, she should be able to give me a brain? Shouldn't she?

Later.. they meet Tin Man on the path..

Dorothy: Hallo, we're off to see the "Wonderful Vegan of Oz".
Tin Man: Vegan did you say? I'm not vegan.. I eat birds and all kinds of small running and flying around little critters.. I don't care about them, they're just dumb critters..
Dorothy: Well now.. You're probably just thinking that because you have no heart.

Tin Man feels inside vest..

Tin Man: By Jove you're right! I always wondered why my pulse rate was so low. Do you think the "Wonderful Vegan of Oz" might be able to help?
Everyone together: Of Course! - She can fix everything!

Off they all go again, until they come to… "The Wonderful Vegan of Oz" !!

Dorothy: Mother! So you're the "Wonderful Vegan of Oz", they're all talking about!!

Dorothy and her Mother exchange a warm affectionate hug..

WVoO: Yes, they call me that because of the vegan lasagne I make.. I've perfected it a little since you left home 10 years ago..
Dorothy: Mother can you help my friends here? The Scarecrow needs a brain, Tin Man needs a heart, and friend Lion here needs some courage..
WVoO: Eat some of this here magic lasagne then.. A meal for all problems.. Completely cruelty free..

They all sit down to eat the Vegan Lasagne..

Narrator: And such, through eating the magical lasagne, were our friends freed of their individual problems…

The Lion with his newly found courage, went home and announced his veganism to his family and friends.. Despite the initial expected protests, they were really all rather curious, and even some thought of packing in the flesh habits themselves..

The Scarecrow, equipped with his fluffy new brain, stopped eating at McDonalds, became a fruitarian, got a PhD in math, and became an adamant animal rights activist..

And our friend the Tin Man, with his shiny, soft, new, loving heart, found compassion for all the small scurrying and flying critters he had once eaten in abundance.. He sat and meditated silent OMS the rest of his days, vowing to do so until the world became a big cuddle puddle of compassionate sharing caring vegans..

Thankyou..