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    Little Wizard Stories of Oz
    Little Wizard Stories of Oz
    Little Wizard Stories of Oz
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    Little Wizard Stories of Oz

    By L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum and John R. (John Rea) Neill

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateAug 13, 2010
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    • 4/5
      I finally found a copy of this...very cute short stories of the classic OZ characters
    • 4/5
      Cute collection of short stories. I liked how the Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger set out to show how scary they are and end up helping people. The Wizard's lesson teaching in Little Dorothy and Toto annoyed me.
    • 4/5
      In L. Frank Baum's Little Wizard Stories of Oz, he's collected a series of short stories, each of which focus on a pair of the more popular characters of Oz. There's Jack Pumpkinhead and the Sawhorse, Dorothy and Toto, Ozma and the Wizard, the Tin Woodman and the Scarecrow, and the Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger. While the stories are not the most shining examples of literary masterpiece, they will give the avid Ozian one more ride through this magic fantasyland.Compared to his other writings, especially the Oz stories, I have to say that this one does not hold as much merit. It could be perhaps because Baum was better suited for the longer form, or some other reason in which the end result is that these stories are not very remarkable, and as such, are not very remarked upon.They are a definite must for any true fan of Oz, and a definite maybe for those who need some nice, short stories to read to that kid, or kid-at-heart, in their life.

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    Little Wizard Stories of Oz - L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

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    Title: Little Wizard Stories of Oz

    Author: L. Frank Baum

    Release Date: May 19, 2008 [eBook #25519]

    Language: English

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    ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LITTLE WIZARD STORIES OF OZ***

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    Little

    Wizard

    Stories

    of Oz

    by L. Frank Baum

    Illustrated by John R. Neill

    Little

    Wizard

    Stories

    of Oz

    Contents

    THE COWARDLY LION AND

    THE HUNGRY TIGER

    n the splendid palace of the Emerald City, which is in the center of the fairy Land of Oz, is a great Throne Room, where Princess Ozma, the Ruler, for an hour each day sits in a throne of glistening emeralds and listens to all the troubles of her people, which they are sure to tell her about. Around Ozma's throne, on such occasions, are grouped all the important personages of Oz, such as the Scarecrow, Jack Pumpkinhead, Tiktok the Clockwork Man, the Tin Woodman, the Wizard of Oz, the Shaggy Man and other famous fairy people. Little Dorothy usually has a seat at Ozma's feet, and crouched on either side the throne are two enormous beasts known as the Hungry Tiger and the Cowardly Lion.

    These two beasts are Ozma's chief guardians, but as everyone loves the beautiful girl Princess there has never been any disturbance in the great Throne Room, or anything for the guardians to do but look fierce and solemn and keep quiet until the Royal Audience is over and the people go away to their homes.

    Of course no one would dare be naughty while the huge Lion and Tiger crouched beside the throne; but the fact is, the people of Oz are very seldom naughty. So Ozma's big guards are more ornamental than useful, and no one realizes that better than the beasts themselves.

    One day, after everybody had left the Throne Room except the Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger, the Lion yawned and said to his friend:

    I'm getting tired of this job. No one is afraid of us and no one pays any attention to us.

    That is true, replied the big Tiger, purring softly. We might as well be in the thick jungles where we were born, as trying to protect Ozma when she needs no protection. And I'm dreadfully hungry all the time.

    You have enough to eat, I'm sure, said the Lion, swaying his tail slowly back and forth.

    Enough, perhaps; but not the kind of food I long for, answered the Tiger. What I'm hungry for is fat babies. I have a great desire to eat a few fat babies. Then, perhaps, the people of Oz would fear me and I'd become more important.

    True, agreed the Lion. "It would stir up quite a rumpus if you ate but one fat baby. As for myself; my claws are sharp as needles and strong as crowbars, while my teeth are powerful enough to tear a person to pieces in a few seconds. If I should spring upon a man and make chop suey of him, there would be wild excitement in the Emerald City and the people would fall upon their knees and beg me for mercy. That, in my opinion, would render me of considerable importance."

    "After you had torn

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