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GLINDA OF OZ
In which are related the Exciting Experiences of Princess Ozma of Oz,

and Dorothy, in their hazardous journey to the home of the Flatheads,
and to the Magic Isle of the Skeezers, and how they were rescued from
dire peril by the sorcery of Glinda the Good
by L. FRANK BAUM "Royal Historian of Oz"
This Book is Dedicated to My Son Robert Stanton Baum

LIST OF CHAPTERS 1 The Call of Duty 2 Ozma and Dorothy 3 The
Mist Maidens 4 The Magic Tent 5 The Magic Stairway 6 Flathead
Mountain 7 The Magic Isle 8 Queen Coo-ee-oh 9 Lady Aurex 10
Under Water 11 The Conquest of the Skeezers 12 The Diamond Swan
13 The Alarm Bell 14 Ozma's Counsellors 15 The Great Sorceress 16
The Enchanted Fishes 17 Under the Great Dome 18 The Cleverness of
Ervic 19 Red Reera, the Yookoohoo.. 20 A Puzzling Problem 21 The
Three Adepts 22 The Sunken Island 23 The Magic Words 24 Glinda's
Triumph


Chapter One
The Call to Duty
Glinda, the good Sorceress of Oz, sat in the grand court of her palace,
surrounded by her maids of honor -- a hundred of the most beautiful
girls of the Fairyland of Oz. The palace court was built of rare marbles,
exquisitely polished. Fountains tinkled musically here and there; the
vast colonnade, open to the south, allowed the maidens, as they raised
their heads from their embroideries, to gaze upon a vista of rose-hued
fields and groves of trees bearing fruits or laden with sweet-scented
flowers. At times one of the girls would start a song, the others joining
in the chorus, or one would rise and dance, gracefully swaying to the
music of a harp played by a companion. And then Glinda smiled, glad

to see her maids mixing play with work.
Presently among the fields an object was seen moving, threading the
broad path that led to the castle gate. Some of the girls looked upon this
object enviously; the Sorceress merely gave it a glance and nodded her
stately head as if pleased, for it meant the coming of her friend and
mistress -- the only one in all the land that Glinda bowed to.
Then up the path trotted a wooden animal attached to a red wagon, and
as the quaint steed halted at the gate there descended from the wagon
two young girls, Ozma, Ruler of Oz, and her companion, Princess
Dorothy. Both were dressed in simple white muslin gowns, and as they
ran up the marble steps of the palace they laughed and chatted as gaily
as if they were not the most important persons in the world's loveliest
fairyland.
The maids of honor had risen and stood with bowed heads to greet the
royal Ozma, while Glinda came forward with outstretched arms to greet
her guests.
"We've just come on a visit, you know," said Ozma. "Both Dorothy and
I were wondering how we should pass the day when we happened to
think we'd not been to your Quadling Country for weeks, so we took
the Sawhorse and rode straight here."
"And we came so fast," added Dorothy, "that our hair is blown all
fuzzy, for the Sawhorse makes a wind of his own. Usually it's a day's
journey from the Em'rald City, but I don't s'pose we were two hours on
the way."
"You are most welcome," said Glinda the Sorceress, and led them
through the court to her magnificent reception