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The road to Oz; in which is related how Dorothy Gale of Kansas, the Shaggy Man, Button Bright, and Polychrome the Rainbow's daughter met on an enchanted road and followed it all the way to the (14730161276)
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Title: The road to Oz; in which is related how Dorothy Gale of Kansas, the Shaggy Man, Button Bright, and Polychrome the Rainbow's daughter met on an enchanted road and followed it all the way to the marvelous land of Oz
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank), 1856-1919 Neill, John R. (John Rea), ill
Subjects: Fairy tales
Publisher: Chicago : Reilly & Lee
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN
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e Mombi had trans-formed her into the shape of a boy. Well, while Mombi wasgone to the crooked Sorcerers, the boy made this pumpkin-headed man to amuse himself, and also with the hope offrightening the Witch with it when she returned. ButMombi was not scared, and she sprinkled the Pumpkinheadwith her Magic Powder of Life, to see if the Powder wouldwork. Ozma was watching, and saw the Pumpkinheadcome to life; so that night she took the pepper-box contain-ing the Powder and ran away with it and with Jack, in searchof adventures. Next day they found a wooden Saw-Horse standing bythe roadside, and sprinkled it with the Powder. It came tolife at once, and Jack Pumpkinhead rode the Saw-Horse tothe Emerald City. 177 The Road to Oz What became of the Saw-Horse, afterward? asked theshaggy man, much interested in this story. Oh, it s alive yet, and you will probably meet it pres-ently in the Emerald City. Afterward Ozma used the last ofthe Powder to bring the Flying Gump to life; but as soon as
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it had carried her away from her enemies the Gump was takenapart, so it does nt exist any more. It s too bad the Powder of Life was all used up, re-marked the shaggy man; it would be a handy thing to havearound. 1 am not so sure of that, sir, answered the Tin Wood-man. A while ago the crooked Sorcerer who invented themagic Powder fell down a precipice and was killed. All his The Royal Chariot Arrives possessions went to a relative — an old woman named Dyna,who lives in the Emerald City. She went to the mountainswhere the Sorcerer had lived and brought away everythingshe thought of value. Among them was a small bottle of thePowder of Life; but of course Dyna did nt know it was amagic Powder, at all. It happened she had once had a bigblue bear for a pet; but the bear choked to death on a fish-bone one day, and she loved it so dearly that Dyna made arug of its skin, leaving the head and four paws on the hide.She kept the rug on the floor of her front parlor. I ve seen rugs like that, s
John Rea Neill (1877–1943) was a children's book illustrator primarily known for illustrating more than forty stories set in the Land of Oz, including L. Frank Baum's, Ruth Plumly Thompson's, and three of his own. His pen and ink drawings have become identified almost exclusively with the Oz series.
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