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THE PATCHWORK GIRL OF OZ

by L. FRANK BAUM

Affectionately dedicated to my young friend

Sumner Hamilton Britton of Chicago

Prologue

Through the kindness of Dorothy Gale of Kansas,

afterward Princess Dorothy of Oz, an humble writer

in the United States of America was once appointed

Royal Historian of Oz, with the privilege of

writing the chronicle of that wonderful fairyland.

But after making six books about the adventures of

those interesting but queer people who live in the

Land of Oz, the Historian learned with sorrow that

by an edict of the Supreme Ruler, Ozma of Oz, her

country would thereafter be rendered invisible to

all who lived outside its borders and that all

communication with Oz would, in the future, be cut off.

The children who had learned to look for the

books about Oz and who loved the stories about the

gay and happy people inhabiting that favored

country, were as sorry as their Historian that

there would be no more books of Oz stories. They

wrote many letters asking if the Historian did not

know of some adventures to write about that had

happened before the Land of Oz was shut out from

all the rest of the world. But he did not know of

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any. Finally one of the children inquired why we

couldn't hear from Princess Dorothy by wireless

telegraph, which would enable her to communicate

to the Historian whatever happened in the far-off

Land of Oz without his seeing her, or even knowing

just where Oz is.

That seemed a good idea; so the Historian rigged

up a high tower in his back yard, and took lessons

in wireless telegraphy until he understood it,

and then began to call "Princess Dorothy of Oz" by

sending messages into the air.

Now, it wasn't likely that Dorothy would be

looking for wireless messages or would heed the

call; but one thing the Historian was sure of, and

that was that the powerful Sorceress, Glinda,

would know what he was doing and that he desired

to communicate with Dorothy. For Glinda has a big

book in which is recorded every event that takes

place anywhere in the world, just the moment that

it happens, and so of course the book would tell

her about the wireless message.

And that was the way Dorothy heard that the

Historian wanted to speak with her, and there was

a Shaggy Man in the Land of Oz who knew how to

telegraph a wireless reply. The result was that

the Historian begged so hard to be told the latest

news of Oz, so that he could write it down for the

children to read, that Dorothy asked permission of

Ozma and Ozma graciously consented.

That is why, after two long years of waiting,

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another Oz story is now presented to the children

of America. This would not have been possible had

not some clever man invented the "wireless" and an

equally clever child suggested the idea of

reaching the mysterious Land of Oz by its means.

L. Frank Baum.

"OZCOT"

at Hollywood

in California

LIST OF CHAPTERS

1 - Ojo and Unc Nunkie

2 - The Crooked Magician

3 - The Patchwork Girl

4 - The Glass Cat

5 - A Terrible Accident

6 - The Journey

7 - The Troublesome Phonograph

8 - The Foolish Owl and the Wise Donkey

9 - They Meet the Woozy

10 - Shaggy Man to the Rescue

11 - A Good Friend

12 - The Giant Porcupine

13 - Scrapes and the Scarecrow

14 - Ojo Breaks the Law

15 - Ozma's Prisoner

16 - Princess Dorothy

17 - Ozma and Her Friends

18 - Ojo is Forgiven

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19 - Trouble with the Tottenhots

20 - The Captive Yoop

21 - Hip Hopper the Champion

22 - The Joking Horners

23 - Peace is Declared

24 - Ojo Finds the Dark Well

25 - They Bribe the Lazy Quadling

26 - The Trick River

27 - The Tin Woodman Objects

28 - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

The Patchwork Girl of Oz

Chapter One

Ojo and Unc Nunkie

"Where's the butter, Unc Nunkie?" asked Ojo.

Unc looked out of the window and stroked his

long beard. Then he turned to the Munchkin boy and

shook his head.

"Isn't," said he.

"Isn't any butter? That's too bad, Unc. Where's

the jam then?" inquired Ojo, standing on a stool

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so he could look through all the shelves of the

cupboard. But Unc Nunkie shook his head again.

"Gone," he said.

"No jam, either? And no cake--no jelly--no

apples--nothing but bread?"

"All," said Unc, again stroking his beard as he

gazed from the window.

The little boy brought the stool and sat be side

his uncle, munching the dry bread slowly and

seeming in deep thought.

"Nothing grows in our yard but the bread

tree," he mused, "and there are only two more

loaves on that tree; and they're not ripe yet. Tell

me, Unc; why are we so poor?"

The old Munchkin turned and looked at Ojo. He

had kindly eyes, but he hadn't smiled or laughed

in so long that the boy had forgotten that Unc

Nunkie could look any other way than solemn. And

Unc never spoke any more words than he was obliged

to, so his little nephew, who lived alone with

him, had learned to understand a great deal from

one word.

"Why are we so poor, Unc?" repeated the

"Not," said the old Munchkin.

"I think we are," declared Ojo. "What have we

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got?"

"House," said Unc Nunkie.

"I know; but everyone in the Land of Oz

has a place to live. What else, Unc?"

"Bread."

"I'm eating the last loaf that's ripe. There;

I've put aside your share, Unc. It's on the table,

so you can eat it when you get hungry. But when

that is gone, what shall we eat, Unc?"

The old man shifted in his chair but merely

shook his head.

"Of course," said Ojo, who was obliged to talk

because his uncle would not, "no one starves in

the Land of Oz, either. There is plenty for

everyone, you know; only, if it isn't just where

you happen to be, you must go where it is."

The aged Munchkin wriggled again and stared at

his small nephew as if disturbed by his argument.

"By tomorrow morning," the boy went on, we must

go where there is something to eat, or we shall

grow very hungry and become very unhappy."

"Where?" asked Unc.

"Where shall we go? I don't know, I'm sure,"

replied Ojo. "But you must know, Unc. You must

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have traveled, in your time, because you're so

old. I don't remember it, because ever since I

could remember anything we've lived right here in

this lonesome, round house, with a little garden

back of it and the thick woods all around. All

I've ever seen of the great Land of Oz, Unc dear,

is the view of that mountain over at the south,

where they say the Hammerheads live--who won't let

anybody go by them--and that mountain at the

north, where they say nobody lives."

"One," declared Unc, correcting him.

"Oh, yes; one family lives there, I've heard.

That's the Crooked Magician, who is named

Dr. Pipt, and his wife Margolotte. One year you

told me about them; I think it took you a whole

year, Unc, to say as much as I've just said about

the Crooked Magician and his wife. They live

high up on the mountain, and the good Munchkin

Country, where the fruits and flowers grow, is

just the other side. It's funny you and I should

live here all alone, in the middle of the forest,

Isn't it?"

"Yes," said Unc.

"Then let's go away and visit the Munchkin

Country and its jolly, good-natured people. I'd

love to get a sight of something besides woods,

Unc Nunkie."

"Too little," said Unc.

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"Why, I'm not so little as I used to be,"

answered the boy earnestly. "I think I can walk

as far and as fast through the woods as you

can, Unc. And now that nothing grows in our

back yard that is good to eat, we must go where

there is food."

Unc Nunkie made no reply for a time. Then

he shut down the window and turned his chair

to face the room, for the sun was sinking behind

the tree-tops and it was growing cool.

By and by Ojo lighted the fire and the logs

blazed freely in the broad fireplace. The two sat

in the firelight a long time--the old, white-

bearded Munchkin and the little boy. Both were

thinking. When it grew quite dark out-side, Ojo

said:

"Eat your bread, Unc, and then we will go to

bed."

But Unc Nunkie did not eat the bread; neither

did he go directly to bed. Long after his little

nephew was sound asleep in the corner of the room

the old man sat by the fire, thinking.

Chapter Two

The Crooked Magician

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Just at dawn next morning Unc Nunkie laid his hand

tenderly on Ojo's head and awakened him.

"Come," he said.

Ojo dressed. He wore blue silk stockings, blue

knee pants with gold buckles, a blue ruffled

waist and a jacket of bright blue braided with

gold. His shoes were of blue leather and turned up

at the toes, which were pointed. His hat had a

peaked crown and a flat brim, and around the brim

was a row of tiny golden bells that tinkled when

he moved. This was the native costume of those

who inhabited the Munchkin Country of the Land of

Oz, so Unc Nunkie's dress was much like that of

his nephew. Instead of shoes, the old man wore

boots with turnover tops and his blue coat had

wide cuffs of gold braid.

The boy noticed that his uncle had not eaten

the bread, and supposed the old man had not

been hungry. Ojo was hungry, though; so he

divided the piece of bread upon the table and

ate his half for breakfast, washing it down with

fresh, cool water from the brook. Unc put the

other piece of bread in his jacket pocket, after

which he again said, as he walked out through

the doorway: "Come."

Ojo was well pleased. He was dreadfully

tired of living all alone in the woods and wanted

to travel and see people. For a long time he had

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wished to explore the beautiful Land of Oz

in which they lived. When they were outside,

Unc simply latched the door and started up the

path. No one would disturb their little house,

even if anyone came so far into the thick forest

while they were gone.

At the foot of the mountain that separated the

Country of the Munchkins from the Country of the

Gillikins, the path divided. One way led to the

left and the other to the right--straight up the

mountain. Unc Nunkie took this right--hand path and

Ojo followed without asking why. He knew it would

take them to the house of the Crooked Magician,

whom he had never seen but who was their nearest

neighbor.

All the morning they trudged up the mountain path

and at noon Unc and Ojo sat on a fallen tree-trunk

and ate the last of the bread which the old

Munchkin had placed in his pocket. Then they

started on again and two hours later came in sight

of the house of Dr. Pipt.

It was a big house, round, as were all the

Munchkin houses, and painted blue, which is the

distinctive color of the Munchkin Country of Oz.

There was a pretty garden around the house, where

blue trees and blue flowers grew in abundance and

in one place were beds of blue cabbages, blue

carrots and blue lettuce, all of which were

delicious to eat. In Dr. Pipt's garden grew bun-

trees, cake-trees, cream-puff bushes, blue

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