The emerald city was soon left far behind. as they advanced the ground became rougher and hillier, for there were no farms nor houses in this country of the west, and the ground was untilled.

in the afternoon the sun shone hot in their faces, for there were no trees to offer them shade; so that before night dorothy and toto and the lion were tired, and lay down upon the grass and fell asleep, with the woodman and the scarecrow keeping watch.

the setting illustrated in the first two paragraphs of the passage can best be described as
a) happy and joyous
b) peaceful and mild
c) rough and unpleasant
d) wonderful and strange