Record of Her Adventures with Dorothy Gale of Kansas, the Yellow Hen, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, Tiktok, the Cowardly Lion Hungry Tiger; Besides Other Good People too Numerous to Mention Faithfully Recorded Herein

by L Frank Baum

The Author Wizard of Oz, The Land of Oz, etc

Contents

--Author's Note--
1 The Girl Chicken Coop
2 The Yellow Hen
3 Letters Sand
4 Tiktok, the Machine Man
5 Dorothy Opens the Dinner Pail
6 The Heads of Langwidere
7 Ozma of Oz Rescue
8 The Hungry Tiger
9 The Royal Family of Ev
10 The Giant Hammer
11 The Nome King
12 The Eleven Guesses
13 The Nome King Laughs
14 Dorothy Tries Brave
15 Billina Frightens the Nome King
16 Purple, Green and Gold
17 The Scarecrow Wins the Fight
18 The Fate Tin Woodman
19 The King of Ev
20 The Emerald City
21 Dorothy's Magic Belt

Author's Note

My friends the children are responsible new "Oz Book," were one, called The Land of Oz Their sweet little letters plead "more about Dorothy"; ask: "What became Cowardly Lion ? " and "What did Ozma do afterward ? "--meaning, , after she became the Ruler of Oz And suggest plots , saying: "Please have Dorothy go Land of Oz again"; or, "Why don't you make Ozma and Dorothy meet, together ? " Indeed, could all that my little friends ask, obliged to write dozens of books to satisfy their demands And , for I enjoy writing these stories just children say they enjoy reading them

Well, "more about Dorothy," and about our old friends the Scarecrow Tin Woodman, and Cowardly Lion, and Ozma, and all the rest ; and here, likewise, is about some new folks queer and unusual One little friend, who read this story before printed, said : "Billina is REAL OZZY, Mr Baum, and so are Tiktok Hungry Tiger "

judgment is unbiased and correct, little folks find this new story "real Ozzy," indeed that it But perhaps get some more very welcome letters from my readers, telling me just how they like "Ozma of Oz " so, anyway

L FRANK BAUM

MACATAWA, 1907

1 The Girl Chicken Coop

The wind blew hard and joggled the water ocean, sending ripples across its surface Then the wind pushed the edges ripples until they became waves, and shoved the waves around until they became billows The billows rolled dreadfully high: higher even tops of houses , indeed, rolled as high tops of tall trees, and seemed like mountains; gulfs great billows were like deep valleys

All this mad dashing and splashing waters big ocean, which the mischievous wind caused without any good reason whatever, resulted in terrible storm, and storm ocean is liable to cut many queer pranks and do lot of damage

the wind began to blow, ship was sailing far out waters waves began to tumble and toss and to grow bigger and bigger the ship rolled up and down, and tipped sidewise--first and then the other--and was jostled around so roughly that even the sailor-men had to hold fast ropes and railings themselves from being swept away wind or pitched headlong sea

clouds were so thick sky sunlight couldn't get through them; so day grew dark as night, which added terrors storm

The Captain ship was not afraid, because he had seen storms before, and had sailed his ship through them in safety; but that his passengers in danger tried to stay on deck, so he put them all cabin and told them to stay there until storm was over, and brave hearts and not be scared, and all well

Now, passengers was little Kansas girl named Dorothy Gale, who was going with her Uncle Henry to Australia, to visit some relatives they had never before seen Uncle Henry, know, was not , because he working so hard Kansas farm that his health had given way and left him weak and nervous So he left Aunt Em at home to watch hired men and care farm, while he traveled far away to Australia to visit his cousins good rest

Dorothy was eager journey, and Uncle Henry thought be good company and help cheer him up; so he decided her along The little girl was quite an experienced traveller, for she had once been carried by cyclone as far away from home marvelous Land of Oz, and she had met with adventures strange country before she managed back to Kansas again So she wasn't easily frightened, whatever happened, and wind began to howl and whistle, waves began to tumble and toss, our little girl didn't mind the uproar the least bit

" we'll have to stay cabin," she said to Uncle Henry other passengers, "and keep as quiet as possible until the storm is over Captain says go on deck blown overboard "

No one wanted to risk such an accident , ; so all the passengers stayed huddled up dark cabin, listening shrieking storm creaking masts and rigging and trying from bumping into one another ship tipped sidewise

Dorothy had almost fallen asleep when she was aroused with start that Uncle Henry was missing She couldn't imagine where he had gone, and as not very strong she began to worry about him, and to fear careless enough on deck case in great danger unless he instantly came down again

The fact Uncle Henry had gone to lie down little sleeping-berth, but Dorothy know that She only remembered that Aunt Em had cautioned her good care of her uncle, so at once she decided on deck and find him, fact tempest was now worse than ever, ship was plunging in really dreadful manner Indeed, the little girl found as do to mount the stairs deck, and she got there the wind struck her so fiercely almost tore away the skirts of her dress Yet Dorothy felt sort of joyous excitement in defying the storm, and while she held fast railing she peered around gloom and thought she saw the dim form of man clinging to mast not far away from her This her uncle, so she called as loudly as :

"Uncle Henry ! Uncle Henry ! "

But the wind screeched and howled so madly that she scarce heard her own voice, man certainly failed to hear her, for move

Dorothy decided go to him; so she made dash forward, during lull storm, to where big square chicken-coop lashed deck with ropes She reached this place in safety, but no sooner had she seized fast hold slats big box chickens were kept wind, enraged because the little girl dared to resist its power, suddenly redoubled its fury With scream like that of an angry giant it tore away the ropes that held the coop and lifted it high air, with Dorothy still clinging slats Around and over it whirled, , and later the chicken-coop dropped far away sea, where the big waves caught it and slid it up-hill to foaming crest and then down-hill into deep valley, it were nothing more than plaything them amused

Dorothy had good ducking, , but she didn't lose her presence of mind even for second She kept tight hold stout slats and get the water out of her eyes she saw wind had ripped the cover coop, poor chickens were fluttering away in every direction, being blown wind until they looked like feather dusters without handles The bottom coop of thick boards, so Dorothy found she was clinging to sort of raft, with sides of slats, which readily bore up her weight After coughing the water out of her throat and getting her breath again, she managed to climb over the slats and stand firm wooden bottom coop, which supported her easily enough

"Why, I've got ship own ! " she thought, more amused than frightened at her sudden change of condition; and then, coop climbed top of big wave, she looked eagerly around ship she blown

far, far away, Perhaps no one on board had yet missed her, or knew of her strange adventure Down into valley waves the coop swept her, and when she climbed another crest the ship looked like toy boat, such long way off Soon it had entirely disappeared gloom, and then Dorothy gave sigh of regret at parting with Uncle Henry and began to wonder going to happen to her next

Just now she was tossing bosom of big ocean, with nothing her afloat but miserable wooden hen-coop that had plank bottom and slatted sides, through which the water constantly splashed and wetted her through skin ! And nothing to eat when she became hungry--as she was sure before long--and no fresh water to drink and no dry clothes on