【英文原著类】The Scarecrow of Oz(欧兹的稻草人).pdf

THE SCARECROW of OZ
THE SCARECROW of
OZ
L. Frank Baum
THE SCARECROW of OZ
"TWIXT YOU AND ME
The Army of Children which besieged the Postoffice, conquered the
Postmen and delivered to me its mands, insisted that Trot
and Cap'n Bill be admitted to the Land of Oz, where Trot could enjoy the
society of Dorothy, Betsy Bobbin and Ozma, while the one- legged sailor-
man might e rade of the Tin Woodman, the Shaggy Man, Tik-
Tok and all the other quaint people who inhabit this wonderful fairyland.
It was no easy task to obey this order and land Trot and Cap'n Bill
safely in Oz, as you will discover by reading this book. Indeed, it required
the best efforts of our dear old friend, the Scarecrow, to save them from a
dreadful fate on the journey; but the story leaves them happily located in
Ozma's splendid palace and Dorothy has promised me that Button-Bright
and the three girls are sure to encounter, in the near future, some
marvelous adventures in the Land of Oz, which I hope to be permitted to
relate to you in the next Oz Book.
Meantime, I am deeply grateful to my little readers for their continued
enthusiasm over the Oz stories, as evinced in the many letters they send
me, all of which are lovingly cherished. It takes more and more Oz Books
every year to satisfy the demands of old and new readers, and there have
been formed many "Oz Reading Societies," where the Oz Books owned by
different members are read aloud. All this is very gratifying to me and
encourages me to write more stories. When the children have had enough
of them, I hope they will let me know, and then I'll try to write something
different.
L. Frank Baum "Royal Historian of Oz." "OZCOT" at HOLLYWOOD
in CALIFORNIA, 1915.
THE SCARECROW of OZ
CHAPTER One
The Great Whirlpool
"Seems to me," said Cap'n Bill, as he sat beside Trot under the big
acacia tree, looking out over the blue ocean, "seems to me, Trot, as how
the more we know, the more we find we don't know."
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