Each year, hundreds of people travel to different countries, flocking to their “bucket list” locations to meet new people and try new things. But the most important journeys begin and end with home.
In his short story, “The Man in the Moon,” L. Frank Baum shows how the Man’s journey from the moon to earth proves educational. The Man learns that wanderlust must not suppress our appreciation for home.
The Man in the Moon is very lonely, for he is the only one on the Moon and must “whistle to keep himself company.” He envies the people on earth, who have so much company and conversation. He begins to want to visit earth to relieve this loneliness….
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