WIZARD OF OZ - Complete Series. L. Frank Baum

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      “This is all true,” said Dorothy, “and I am glad I was of use to these good friends. But now that each of them has had what he most desired, and each is happy in having a kingdom to rule besides, I think I should like to go back to Kansas.”

      “The Silver Shoes,” said the Good Witch, “have wonderful powers. And one of the most curious things about them is that they can carry you to any place in the world in three steps, and each step will be made in the wink of an eye. All you have to do is to knock the heels together three times and command the shoes to carry you wherever you wish to go.”

      “If that is so,” said the child joyfully, “I will ask them to carry me back to Kansas at once.”

      She threw her arms around the Lion’s neck and kissed him, patting his big head tenderly. Then she kissed the Tin Woodman, who was weeping in a way most dangerous to his joints. But she hugged the soft, stuffed body of the Scarecrow in her arms instead of kissing his painted face, and found she was crying herself at this sorrowful parting from her loving comrades.

      Glinda the Good stepped down from her ruby throne to give the little girl a goodbye kiss, and Dorothy thanked her for all the kindness she had shown to her friends and herself.

      Dorothy now took Toto up solemnly in her arms, and having said one last goodbye she clapped the heels of her shoes together three times, saying:

      “Take me home to Aunt Em!”

      Instantly she was whirling through the air, so swiftly that all she could see or feel was the wind whistling past her ears.

      The Silver Shoes took but three steps, and then she stopped so suddenly that she rolled over upon the grass several times before she knew where she was.

      At length, however, she sat up and looked about her.

      “Good gracious!” she cried.

      For she was sitting on the broad Kansas prairie, and just before her was the new farmhouse Uncle Henry built after the cyclone had carried away the old one. Uncle Henry was milking the cows in the barnyard, and Toto had jumped out of her arms and was running toward the barn, barking furiously.

      Dorothy stood up and found she was in her stocking-feet. For the Silver Shoes had fallen off in her flight through the air, and were lost forever in the desert.

24. Home Again

      Aunt Em had just come out of the house to water the cabbages when she looked up and saw Dorothy running toward her.

      “My darling child!” she cried, folding the little girl in her arms and covering her face with kisses. “Where in the world did you come from?”

      “From the Land of Oz,” said Dorothy gravely. “And here is Toto, too. And oh, Aunt Em! I’m so glad to be at home again!”

      The Marvelous Land of Oz

       Table of Contents

       Author’s Note

       1. Tip Manufactures a Pumpkinhead

       2. The Marvelous Powder of Life

       3. The Flight of the Fugitives

       4. Tip Makes an Experiment in Magic

       5. The Awakening of the Sawhorse

       6. Jack Pumpkinhead’s Ride to the Emerald City

       7. His Majesty the Scarecrow

       8. Gen. Jinjur’s Army of Revolt

       9. The Scarecrow Plans an escape

       10. The Journey to the Tin Woodman

       11. A Nickel-Plated Emperor

       12. Mr. H. M. WoggleBug, T. E.

       13. A Highly Magnified History

       14. Old Mombi indulges in Witchcraft

       15. The Prisoners of the Queen

       16. The Scarecrow Takes Time to Think

       17. The Astonishing Flight of the Gump

       18. In the Jackdaw’s Nest

       19. Dr. Nikidik’s Famous Wishing Pills

       20. The Scarecrow Appeals to Glenda the Good

       21. The Tin-Woodman Plucks a Rose

       22. The Transformation of Old Mombi

       23. Princess Ozma of Oz

       24. The Riches of Content

Author’s Note

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