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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a 1900 novel by L. Frank Baum. In the novel, the narrator describes a character's house as having become very faded in appearance over time: _____
Which quotation from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz most effectively illustrates the claim?
"Once more [Dorothy and her companions] could see fences built beside the road; but these were painted green, and when they came to a small house, in which a farmer evidently lived, that also was painted green."
A
"Then [Dorothy] went back to the house, and having helped herself and Toto to a good drink of the cool, clear water, she set about making ready for the journey to the City of Emeralds."
B
"Once the house had been painted, but the sun blistered the paint and the rains washed it away, and now the house was as dull and gray as everything else."
C
"When Dorothy stood in the doorway and looked around, she could see nothing but the great gray prairie on every side. Not a tree nor a house broke the broad sweep of flat country."
D