L. Frank Baum - Oz 26 - The Purple Prince Of Oz

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The Purple Prince Of Oz – Oz 26
L. Frank Baum
by RUTH PLUMLY THOMPSON
Dear Boys and Girls:
I hope you like this gay Oz adventure. Tell me if you do!
It all happened about the time the June Bug came out of storage,
and just about the time next year's snow balls are ripe,
I'll be writing you another story.
Oz Always,
RUTH PLUMLY THOMPSON
This book is cheerfully and affectionately dedicated to
Oliver Cromwell Curtis,
in less serious moments, my Big Brother Tom. Well there is nothing
serious about Oz, so cheerio, Tom and many merry wishes!
LIST OF CHAPTERS
1 SourGrapes
2 A Strange Story
3 The Mist Tree
4 InFollenshyForest
5 TheRiver Road
6 Torpedora, the Glorious
7 Stair Way.
8 Nandywog, the Little Giant
9 The Guide Post Man
10 Regalia
11 In the Castle of the Red Jinn
12 The Grand Advizier Advises
13 The Red Jinn's Looking Glasses
14 King, King, Double King!
15 Escape from Double Up
16 Meanwhile, in Pumperdink
17 Ozwoz the Wonderful
18 The Elegant Elephant Uses His Head
19 More Mysteries
20 "The Purple Prince Has Earned His Crown!"
CHAPTER 1
Sour Grapes
"WHO is this boy?" wheezed the King of Pumperdink
fretfully. "What has he done?
Speak up, General, can't you see I have a headache?"
Groaning a little, for he had eaten twenty pickled
eggs for breakfast and found them highly indigestible,
Pompus stared petulantly at the shabby boy who
had just been dragged into his presence. "Who are
You?" he demanded, pointing his fat finger crossly
at the culprit.
"A runaway!" panted the Royal Gardener, shaking
his rake.
"A thief!" added General Quakes grimly. "He has
eaten all the grapes on your Majesty's favorite grape
vine.
"Ugh!" winced the King, for the very thought of
eating anything made him feel terribly terrible!
"Tell his Highness why you stole the grapes,"
ordered the general, giving the prisoner a little prod.
"Because I was hungry," answered the boy, jerking
away from his two captors and staring calmly
at the King.
"Hungry?" Pompus, who was really extremely
soft-hearted, looked distressed. "Dear, dear, that
is too bad! Well, how did you find them?"
"Sour," answered the prisoner shortly. "Very
sour."
"Sour? My imperial Pumperdinkian purple grapes
sour? Dip him! Dip him in the well! Take him
away!" shouted Pompus, annoyed and insulted.
"What's all this noise?" murmured a sleepy voice,
and Kabumpo, the Elegant Elephant, who had been
enjoying his morning nap, thrust his huge head
through the curtain in back of the King's throne.
"Why all this excitement so early in the day?"
"This miserable little runaway has eaten the
King's best grapes," explained General Quakes, rattling
his sword dangerously.
"Not only that. He says they are sour!" frowned
Pompus, blowing out his cheeks and rolling his eyes
indignantly around at the Elegant Elephant.
"Sour grapes! Ho, ho! Kerumph!" rumbled
Kabumpo, coming all the way out. "Told you so
right to your face? Well, there's courage for you.
What's your name, young one?"
"Randy," answered the prisoner, glancing curiously
up at the gorgeously caparisoned elephant.
"Randy what?" yawned Kabumpo.
"Just Randy." Thrusting both hands in his
pockets, the boy, who was about ten with black hair
and eyes, looked composedly at his captors.
"Well, I'll Randy him," fumed Pompus, clasping
his hands on his stomach. "Dip him three times and
return him to his family at once!"
"Where are you from?" roared General Quakes,
seizing Randy's arm. But at this, Randy closed his
mouth tight and refused to speak; and though the
gardener on one side and the general on the other
Continued to shake and question, not a word could
they get out of him.
"I saw him sneaking down the mountains
last evening," insisted the gardener testily. "He
must live in the mountains. Where do you belong
you little grape eater, you?"
"Stop!" trumpeted Kabumpo indignantly, as Randy
was jerked first by one arm and then the other. "Do
you want to pull the boy in two? I, myself, will take
this lad for an attendant. Spezzle is old and anxious
to retire, so let me have this boy, your Majesty, and
I promise he shall never bother you again. Will you
come with me and do exactly as I say?" asked the
Elegant Elephant, squinting down his trunk at the
shabby little Gilliken. Randy looked dubiously up
into Kabumpo's snapping little eyes, but detecting
an unmistakable wink, thankfully nodded his head.
"Then take him away at once Take him away!"
ordered Pompus, clapping both hands to his aching
middle. "Can't you see I'm suffering? Go away, all
of you!"
"How about the dipping?" sniffed the garden,
who felt that the prisoner was getting off far too
easily.
"I'll attend to that" answered the Elegant Elephant
haughtily, and picking Randy up in his trunk
he tossed him lightly to his shoulder and stalked
with great dignity from the purple throne room.
Now Pumperdink, as many of you already know,
is an old-fashioned Oz Kingdom way up in the northern
part of the Gilliken Country, its royal family
being one of the oldest and most interesting In Oz.
Pompus, the King, rules over his subjects with great
ease and cleverness. All who obey the laws are
rewarded; all who break the laws are promptly
dipped in the royal well. As the well water it purple
and dyes offenders as thoroughly and effectively as
we dye Easter Eggs, and as the dye sticks for almost
two weeks, the Pumperdinkians are very careful not
to break the laws, so that revolutions or uprisings
are practically unknown in that pleasant and peaceful
valley. It is not often that Pompus loses his
temper, either-only when he eats pickled eggs. Usually
he is the kindest and most considerate of monarchs.
Indeed, Pompus and Pozy Pink, his Queen,
are famed far and wide for their cheerfulness and
generosity.
As for Pompadore, the King's son, and his Princess,
Peg Amy, and their little daughter Pajonia
they make life in the purple castle so delightfully
interesting and jolly that I can think of no happier
place to live or visit. No wonder Kabumpo prefers
Pumperdink to any other kingdom in the realm. And
speaking of Kabumpo I had better explain at once
that the Elegant Elephant was given to Pompus
simply Oz ages ago by a famous Blue Emperor. And
Kabumpo has shown himself so wise and sagacious
has lent such style and elegance to the Court that
he has been made a member of the royal family with
the rank of Prince and Chancellor.
The King confers with Kabumpo on every occasion
and matter of importance and would not think of
undertaking a journey or war without first consulting
his Elegant Elephant. Which, of course, only
proves that Kabumpo is no ordinary pachyderm. No
Kabumpo is the largest elephant in Oz and in that
strange and exciting country where animals can talk
as well and sometimes better than their masters, It
Is no small honor to be the greatest animal of all.
Kabumpo sees and does things in a big way and
if he is a bit haughty and proud with lesser folk,
who can blame him? His heart, when you get right
down to it, is in exactly the right place and beats
warmly and loyally for his King and country. It was
this same big heart that prompted the Elegant Elephant
to come to the aid of the mountain boy, and he
had no intention at all of dipping Randy in the purple
well. Once back in his huge and comfortable
apartment on the first floor of the palace, Kabumpo
gave him food, new clothes and a long lecture on
court etiquette. But the lecture was so mixed with
jokes and funny stories that Randy did not mind it
at all and by evening was beginning to feel perfectly
at ease and at home in the grand and sumptuous
quarters of the Elegant Elephant of Oz.
"As good a place as any to begin," he sighed,
snuggling comfortably down in the soft bed Kabumpo
had ordered the palace servants to place in the
enormous dressing room. "As good a place as any.
Ho, hum, I wonder how long it will take me!"
CHAPTER 2
A Strange Story
THE Elegant Elephant was dressing for dinner.
Kabumpo always dressed for dinner, wearing
his costliest jewels and most elaborately embroidered
robes of state as became a member of the royalest
family in Oz. As he surveyed himself calmly and
leisurely in the glass, Kabumpo was turning over
in his mind some stories that might amuse little
Princess Pajonia and keep her quiet and happy during
the long tedious dinner hour.
"I'll tell her the tale of the pink goat," decided the
Elegant Elephant, taking up a small mirror in his
trunk and examining himself critically from all sides.
"Just pull that robe a bit to the right, Randy, and
see that the buckle is caught, will you?" Randy,
perched on a tall ladder beside Kabumpo, gave a
little sniff of impatience, but carefully straightened
the velvet robe, fastened the jeweled buckle and
then, resting his elbows on his knees, stared gloomily
into the long mirror "That's it," approved Kabumpo,
paying no attention to Randy's sulky expression.
"You grow handier every day, my boy. Why, soon
you'll be the handiest attendant I ever have had."
Randy said nothing,, but sniffed again, this time
quite audibly.
"Now what's the matter?" grunted Kabumpo, looking
at him sharply. "Many a lad would think it an
honor to wait upon the Elegant Elephant of Oz.
Have you not a fine bed, new clothes and all you
want to eat? Haven't I taken you riding when no
one was about and allowed you to play marbles with
my best earrings? And who was it pray, who saved
you from being sent home in disgrace? Who made
a place for you in the King's household so you could
see something of high life? And now you sit there
and sniff at me. Hem! Ho! Kerumph!" Snorting
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       ThePurplePrinceOfOz–Oz26 L.FrankBaum                             byRUTHPLUMLYTHOMPSON DearBoysandGirls:               IhopeyoulikethisgayOzadventure. Tellmeifyoudo!ItallhappenedaboutthetimetheJuneBugcameoutofstorage,andjustaboutthetimenextyear'ssnowballsareripe,I'llbewritingyouanotherstory.  ...

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