Subject for August, 2016
Chapter 24
Subject: The Road to Oz
A clear, perfect day, with a gentle breeze and a sunny sky, greeted Princess Ozma as she wakened next morning, the anniversary of her birth. While it was yet early all the c...
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Chapter 23
Subject: The Road to Oz
I wish I could tell you how fine the company was that assembled that evening at Ozma’s royal banquet. A long table was spread in the center of the great dining-hall of...
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Chapter 22
Subject: The Road to Oz
First entered a band of Ryls from the Happy Valley, all merry little sprites like fairy elves. A dozen crooked Knooks followed from the great Forest of Burzee. They had lon...
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Chapter 21
Subject: The Road to Oz
Next morning Dorothy’s breakfast was served in her own pretty sitting room, and she sent to invite Polly and the shaggy man to join her and Button-Bright at the meal. ...
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Chapter 20
Subject: The Road to Oz
The royal historians of Oz, who are fine writers and know any number of big words, have often tried to describe the rare beauty of Ozma and failed because the words were not ...
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Chapter 19
Subject: The Road to Oz
The shaggy man stood in the great hall, his shaggy hat in his hands, wondering what would become of him. He had never been a guest in a fine palace before; perhaps he had ne...
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Chapter 18
Subject: The Road to Oz
The others now came up, and the Tin Woodman greeted the Lion and the Tiger cordially. Button-Bright yelled with fear when Dorothy first took his hand and led him toward the ...
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Chapter 17
Subject: The Road to Oz
The neat yellow houses of the Winkies were now to be seen standing here and there along the roadway, giving the country a more cheerful and civilized look. They were farm-ho...
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Chapter 16
Subject: The Road to Oz
Dorothy let Button-Bright wind up the clock-work in the copper man this morning–his thinking machine first, then his speech, and finally his action; so he would doubtle...
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Chapter 15
Subject: The Road to Oz
The grounds around Nick Chopper’s new house were laid out in pretty flower-beds, with fountains of crystal water and statues of tin representing the Emperor’s per...
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