Glinda of Oz: In Which Are Related the Exciting Experiences of Princess Ozma of Oz, and Dorothy, in Their Hazardous Journey to the Home of the Flatheads, and to the Magic Isle of the Skeezers, and How They Were Rescued from Dire Peril by the Sorcery of Glinda the GoodBaum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)
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Glinda of Oz: In Which Are Related the Exciting Experiences of Princess Ozma of Oz, and Dorothy, in Their Hazardous Journey to the Home of the Flatheads, and to the Magic Isle of the Skeezers, and How They Were Rescued from Dire Peril by the Sorcery of Glinda the Good
Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)
Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction; Animals, Mythical -- Juvenile fiction; Courage -- Juvenile fiction; Fantasy literature; Gale, Dorothy (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction; Good and evil -- Juvenile fiction; Magic -- Juvenile fiction; Oz (Imaginary place) -- Juvenile fiction; Tri
The worst thing about this sort of a head was that it did not keep
well and was sure to spoil sooner or later. So Jack's main business
was to grow a field of fine pumpkins each year, and always before his
old head spoiled he would select a fresh pumpkin from the field and
carve the features on it very neatly, and have it ready to replace the
old head whenever it became necessary. He didn't always carve it the
same way, so his friends never knew exactly what sort of an expression
they would find on his face. But there was no mistaking him, because
he was the only pumpkin-headed man alive in the Land of Oz.
A one-legged sailor-man was a member of Ozma's council. His name was
Cap'n Bill and he had come to the Land of Oz with Trot, and had been
made welcome on account of his cleverness, honesty and good-nature. He
wore a wooden leg to replace the one he had lost and was a great
friend of all the children in Oz because he could whittle all sorts of
toys out of wood with his big jack-knife.
Professor H. M. Wogglebug, T. E., was another member of the council.
The "H. M." meant Highly Magnified, for the Professor was once a
little bug, who became magnified to the size of a man and always
remained so. The "T. E." meant that he was Thoroughly Educated. He was
at the head of Princess Ozma's Royal Athletic College, and so that the
students would not have to study and so lose much time that could be
devoted to athletic sports, such as football, baseball and the like,
Professor Wogglebug had invented the famous Educational Pills. If one
of the college students took a Geography Pill after breakfast, he knew
his geography lesson in an instant; if he took a Spelling Pill he at
once knew his spelling lesson, and an Arithmetic Pill enabled the
student to do any kind of sum without having to think about it.
These useful pills made the college very popular and taught the boys
and girls of Oz their lessons in the easiest possible way. In spite of
this, Professor Wogglebug was not a favorite outside his college, for
he was very conceited and admired himself so much and displayed his
cleverness and learning so constantly, that no one cared to associate
with him. Ozma found him of value in her councils, nevertheless.
Perhaps the most splendidly dressed of all those present was a great
frog as large as a man, called the Frogman, who was noted for his wise
sayings. He had come to the Emerald City from the Yip Country of Oz
and was a guest of honor. His long-tailed coat was of velvet, his vest
of satin and his trousers of finest silk. There were diamond buckles
on his shoes and he carried a gold-headed cane and a high silk hat.
All of the bright colors were represented in his rich attire, so it
tired one's eyes to look at him for long, until one became used to his
splendor.
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