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The Emerald City of Oz
by L. Frank Baum
Author of The Road to Oz, Dorothy and The Wizard in Oz, The Land
of Oz, etc.

Contents
--Author's Note-- 1. How the Nome King Became Angry 2. How Uncle
Henry Got Into Trouble 3. How Ozma Granted Dorothy's Request 4.
How The Nome King Planned Revenge 5. How Dorothy Became a
Princess 6. How Guph Visited the Whimsies 7. How Aunt Em
Conquered the Lion 8. How the Grand Gallipoot Joined The Nomes 9.
How the Wogglebug Taught Athletics 10. How the Cuttenclips Lived
11. How the General Met the First and Foremost 12. How they
Matched the Fuddles 13. How the General Talked to the King 14. How
the Wizard Practiced Sorcery 15. How Dorothy Happened to Get Lost
16. How Dorothy Visited Utensia 17. How They Came to Bunbury 18.
How Ozma Looked into the Magic Picture 19. How Bunnybury
Welcomed the Strangers 20. How Dorothy Lunched With a King 21.
How the King Changed His Mind 22. How the Wizard Found Dorothy
23. How They Encountered the Flutterbudgets 24. How the Tin
Woodman Told the Sad News 25. How the Scarecrow Displayed His
Wisdom 26. How Ozma Refused to Fight for Her Kingdom 27. How
the Fierce Warriors Invaded Oz 28. How They Drank at the Forbidden
Fountain 29. How Glinda Worked a Magic Spell 30. How the Story of
Oz Came to an End

Author's Note
Perhaps I should admit on the title page that this book is "By L. Frank
Baum and his correspondents," for I have used many suggestions
conveyed to me in letters from children. Once on a time I really
imagined myself "an author of fairy tales," but now I am merely an
editor or private secretary for a host of youngsters whose ideas I am
requestsed to weave into the thread of my stories.
These ideas are often clever. They are also logical and interesting. So I
have used them whenever I could find an opportunity, and it is but just
that I acknowledge my indebtedness to my little friends.

My, what imaginations these children have developed! Sometimes I am
fairly astounded by their daring and genius. There will be no lack of
fairy-tale authors in the future, I am sure. My readers have told me
what to do with Dorothy, and Aunt Em and Uncle Henry, and I have
obeyed their mandates. They have also given me a variety of subjects to
write about in the future: enough, in fact, to keep me busy for some
time. I am very proud of this alliance. Children love these stories
because children have helped to create them. My readers know what
they want and realize that I try to please them. The result is very
satisfactory to the publishers, to me, and (I am quite sure) to the
children.
I hope, my dears, it will be a long time before we are obliged to
dissolve partnership.
L. FRANK BAUM.
Coronado, 1910

1. How the Nome King Became Angry
The Nome King was in an angry mood, and at such times he was very
disagreeable. Every one kept away from him, even his Chief Steward
Kaliko.
Therefore the King stormed and raved all by himself, walking up and
down in his jewel-studded cavern and getting angrier all the time. Then
he remembered that it was no fun being angry unless he had some one
to frighten and make miserable, and he rushed to his big gong and
made it clatter as loud as he could.
In came the Chief Steward, trying not to show the Nome King how
frightened he was.
"Send the Chief Counselor here!" shouted the angry monarch.
Kaliko ran out as fast as his spindle legs could carry his fat,