ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Ruby slippers

Okay kiddo, let's talk about ruby slippers! You know the movie The Wizard of Oz, right? Well, in that movie, there is a girl named Dorothy, and she ends up in a magical land called Oz. To get back home, she has to go on an adventure to meet the Wizard of Oz.

Now, on her adventure, she meets a good witch who gives her a pair of ruby slippers. These are special shoes that have red shiny jewels on them that sparkle in the light. But the really cool thing about these shoes is that they have magical powers! They can take Dorothy wherever she wants to go just by clicking her heels together three times and saying "There's no place like home."

So, Dorothy uses the ruby slippers to get back home to Kansas, but of course, she has to overcome some challenges first. She meets lots of friends along the way, like the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion.

In the end, Dorothy learns that home is the best place to be and that the ruby slippers were just a symbol of her inner power and strength. They helped her realize that she could overcome anything and go wherever she wanted to go, even if it was just in her own imagination.

So, ruby slippers are magical shoes that helped Dorothy on her adventure in The Wizard of Oz, but they also represent the power and strength that we all have inside us.