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Baum, L. Frank

"The Marvelous Land Of Oz"

I'm just the
same Tip, you know; only -- only -- "
"Only you're different!" said the Pumpkinhead; and everyone thought it was
the wisest speech he had ever made.
Line-Art Drawing
277 Full page line-art drawing.
278 The Riches of Content
When the wonderful tidings reached the ears of Queen Jinjur -- how Mombi the
Witch had been captured; how she had confessed her crime to Glinda; and how
the long-lost Princess Ozma had been discovered in no less a personage than
the boy Tip -- she wept real tears of grief and despair.
"To think," she moaned, "that after having ruled as Queen, and lived in a
palace, I must go back to scrubbing floors and churning butter again! It is
too horrible to think of! I will never consent!"
So when her soldiers, who spent most of their time making fudge in the
palace kitchens, counseled Jinjur to resist, she listened to their foolish
prattle and sent a sharp defiance to Glinda the Good and the Princess Ozma.
The result was a declaration of war, and the very next day Glinda marched
upon the Emerald City with pennants flying and bands playing,
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and a forest of shining spears, sparkling brightly beneath the sun's rays.


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