The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank BaumThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.netTitle: The Wonderful Wizard of OzAuthor: L. Frank BaumRelease Date: July 1, 2008 [EBook #55]Language: EnglishCharacter set encoding: ASCII*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ ***The Wonderful Wizard of OzbyL. Frank BaumContentsIntroduction1. The Cyclone2. The Council with the Munchkins3. How Dorothy Saved the Scarecrow4. The Road Through the Forest5. The Rescue of the Tin Woodman6. The Cowardly Lion7. The Journey to the Great Oz8. The Deadly Poppy Field9. The Queen of the Field Mice10. The Guardian of the Gates11. The Emerald City of Oz
12. The Search for the Wicked Witch13. The Rescue14. The Winged Monkeys15. The Discovery of Oz the Terrible16. The Magic Art of the Great Humbug17. How the Balloon Was Launched18. Away to the South19. Attacked by the Fighting Trees20. The Dainty China Country21. The Lion Becomes the King of Beasts22. The Country of the Quadlings23. Glinda The Good Witch Grants Dorothy's Wish24. Home AgainIntroductionFolklore, legends, myths and fairy tales have followed childhoodthrough the ages, for every healthy youngster has a wholesome andinstinctive love for stories fantastic, marvelous and manifestlyunreal. The winged fairies of Grimm and Andersen have brought morehappiness to childish hearts than all other human creations.Yet the old time fairy tale, having served for generations, may now beclassed as "historical" in the children's library; for the time hascome for a series of newer "wonder tales" in which the stereotypedgenie, dwarf and fairy are eliminated, together with all the horribleand blood-curdling incidents devised by their authors to point afearsome moral to each tale. Modern education includes morality;therefore the modern child seeks only entertainment in its wonder talesand gladly dispenses with all disagreeable incident.Having this thought in mind, the story of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"was written solely to please children of today. It aspires to being amodernized fairy tale, in which the wonderment and joy are retained andthe heartaches and nightmares are left out.L. Frank BaumChicago, April, 1900.THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ1. The CycloneDorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies, with Uncle
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