...and as I began to trawl through these many OZ story entries...I had a flashback to MCDONALD coming up with:

"SEPTIC TANKER WANKER..."

http://dorothylockedandloaded.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2011-01-03T12%3A46%3A00-08%3A00&max-results=7

so I am assuming he had something to do with this excerpt:

I might as well assume Grandma was correct. I can still hear the little song she used to sing:

Follow the yellow brick road,
Follow the yellow brick road,
Follow, follow, follow, follow,
Follow the yellow brick road…

My take:

Follow the yellow algae road,
Follow the yellow algae road…

I snickered to myself.

Blue tufts and snickitys and bricks, oh my!

I laughed out loud, and heard a gasp from the little stand of trees on my right. Toto was in my hand and pointed directly at the forehead of one of the smallest women I’ve ever seen in my life.