【英文原著类】Tik-Tok of Oz(欧兹的埃托克).pdf

TIK-TOK OF OZ
TIK-TOK OF OZ
L. FRANK BAUM
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TIK-TOK OF OZ
To Louis F. Gottschalk, Whose sweet and dainty melodies breathe the
true spirit of fairyland, this book is affectionately dedicated
To My Readers
The very marked ess of my last year's fairy book, "The Patchwork
Girl of Oz," convinces me that my readers like the Oz stories "best of all,"
as one little girl wrote me. So here, my dears, is a new Oz story in which is
introduced Ann Soforth, the Queen of Oogahoo, whom Tik-Tok assisted in
conquering our old acquaintance, the Nome Kin. It also tells of Betsy
Bobin and how, after many adventures, she finally reached the marvelous
Land of Oz.
There is a play called "The Tik-Tok Man of Oz," hut it is not like this
story of "Tik-Tok of Oz," although some of the adventures recorded in this
book, as well as those in several other Oz hooks, are included in the play.
Those who have seen the play and those who have read the other Oz hooks
will find in this story a lot of strange characters and adventures that they
have never heard of before.
In the letters I receive from children there has been an urgent appeal
for me to write a story that will take Trot and Cap'n Bill to the Land of Oz,
where they will meet Dorothy and Ozma. Also they think Button-Bright
ought to get acquainted with Ojo the Lucky. As you know, I am obliged to
talk these matters over with Dorothy by means of the "wireless," for that is
the only way I municate with the Land of Oz. When I asked her
about this idea, she replied: "Why, haven't you heard?" I said "No."
"Well," came the message over the wireless, "I'll tell you all about it, by
and by, and then you can make a hook of that story for the children to
read."
So, if Dorothy keeps her word and I am permitted to write another Oz
hook, you will probably discover how all these characters came together in
the famous Emerald City. Meantime, I want to tell all my little friends--
whose numbers are increasing by many t