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- Herausgeber: Diamond Book Publishing
- Sprache: Englisch
- Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2021
The Magic of Oz is the thirteenth Land of Oz book written by L. Frank Baum. A Faithful Record of the Remarkable Adventures of Dorothy and Trot and the Wizard of Oz, Together with the Cowardly Lion, the Hungry Tiger and Cap'n Bill, in Their Successful Search for a Magical and Beautiful Birthday Present for Princess Ozma of Oz is the thirteenth Land of Oz book written by L. Frank Baum. Published on June 7, 1919, one month after the author's death, The Magic of Oz relates the unsuccessful attempt of the Munchkin boy Kiki Aru and former Nome King Ruggedo to conquer Oz.
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Table of contents
TO MY READERS
CHAPTER 1. MOUNT MUNCH
By
L. Frank Baum
Table of Contents
TO MY READERS
CHAPTER 1. MOUNT MUNCH
CHAPTER 2. THE HAWK
CHAPTER 3. TWO BAD ONES
CHAPTER 4. CONSPIRATORS
CHAPTER 5. A HAPPY CORNER OF OZ
CHAPTER 6. OZMA'S BIRTHDAY PRESENTS
CHAPTER 7. THE FOREST OF GUGU
CHAPTER 8. THE LI-MON-EAGS MAKE TROUBLE
CHAPTER 9. THE ISLE OF THE MAGIC FLOWER
CHAPTER 10. STUCK FAST
CHAPTER 11. THE BEASTS OF THE FOREST OF GUGU
CHAPTER 12. KIKI USES HIS MAGIC
CHAPTER 13. THE LOSS OF THE BLACK BAG
CHAPTER 14. THE WIZARD LEARNS THE MAGIC WORD
CHAPTER 15. THE LONESOME DUCK
CHAPTER 16. THE GLASS CAT FINDS THE BLACK BAG
CHAPTER 17. A REMARKABLE JOURNEY
CHAPTER 18. THE MAGIC OF THE WIZARD
CHAPTER 19. DOROTHY AND THE BUMBLE BEES
CHAPTER 20. THE MONKEYS HAVE TROUBLE
CHAPTER 21. THE COLLEGE OF ATHLETIC ARTS
CHAPTER 22. OZMA'S BIRTHDAY PARTY
CHAPTER 23. THE FOUNTAIN OF OBLIVION
TO MY READERS
Curiously enough, in the events which have taken place in the last few years in our "great outside world," we may find incidents so marvelous and inspiring that I cannot hope to equal them with stories of The Land of Oz.
However, "The Magic of Oz" is really more strange and unusual than anything I have read or heard about on our side of The Great Sandy Desert which shuts us off from The Land of Oz, even during the past exciting years, so I hope it will appeal to your love of novelty.
A long and confining illness has prevented my answering all the good letters sent me—unless stamps were enclosed—but from now on I hope to be able to give prompt attention to each and every letter with which my readers favor me.
Assuring you that my love for you has never faltered and hoping the Oz Books will continue to give you pleasure as long as I am able to write them, I am
Yours affectionately, L. FRANK BAUM, "Royal Historian of Oz." "OZCOT" at HOLLYWOOD in CALIFORNIA 1919
CHAPTER 1. MOUNT MUNCH
On the east edge of the Land of Oz, in the Munchkin Country, is a big, tall hill called Mount Munch. One one side, the bottom of this hill just touches the Deadly Sandy Desert that separates the Fairyland of Oz from all the rest of the world, but on the other side, the hill touches the beautiful, fertile Country of the Munchkins.
The Munchkin folks, however, merely stand off and look at Mount Munch and know very little about it; for, about a third of the way up, its sides become too steep to climb, and if any people live upon the top of that great towering peak that seems to reach nearly to the skies, the Munchkins are not aware of the fact.
But people DO live there, just the same. The top of Mount Munch is shaped like a saucer, broad and deep, and in the saucer are fields where grains and vegetables grow, and flocks are fed, and brooks flow and trees bear all sorts of things. There are houses scattered here and there, each having its family of Hyups, as the people call themselves. The Hyups seldom go down the mountain, for the same reason that the Munchkins never climb up: the sides are too steep.
In one of the houses lived a wise old Hyup named Bini Aru, who used to be a clever Sorcerer. But Ozma of Oz, who rules everyone in the Land of Oz, had made a decree that no one should practice magic in her dominions except Glinda the Good and the Wizard of Oz, and when Glinda sent this royal command to the Hyups by means of a strong-winged Eagle, old Bini Aru at once stopped performing magical arts. He destroyed many of his magic powders and tools of magic, and afterward honestly obeyed the law. He had never seen Ozma, but he knew she was his Ruler and must be obeyed.
There was only one thing that grieved him. He had discovered a new and secret method of transformations that was unknown to any other Sorcerer. Glinda the Good did not know it, nor did the little Wizard of Oz, nor Dr. Pipt nor old Mombi, nor anyone else who dealt in magic arts. It was Bini Aru's own secret. By its means, it was the simplest thing in the world to transform anyone into beast, bird or fish, or anything else, and back again, once you know how to pronounce the mystical word: "Pyrzqxgl."
