203

17--OZMA AND HER FRIENDS 215

18--OJO IS FORGIVEN 223

19--TROUBLE WITH THE TOTTENHOTS 235

20--THE CAPTIVE YOOP 255

21--HIPHOPPER THE CHAMPION 267

22--THE JOKING HORNERS 275

23--PEACE IS DECLARED 287

24--OJO FINDS THE DARK WELL 299

25--THEY BRIBE THE LAZY QUADLING 303

26--THE TRICK RIVER 311

27--THE TIN WOODMAN OBJECTS 323

28--THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ 335

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OJO AND UNK NUNKIE

CHAP. ONE

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"Where's the butter, Unc Nunkie?" asked Ojo.

Unc looked out of the window and stroked his long beard. Then he turned
to the Munchkin boy and shook his head.

"Isn't," said he.

"Isn't any butter? That's too bad, Unc. Where's the jam then?" inquired
Ojo, standing on a stool so he could look through all the shelves of the
cupboard. But Unc Nunkie shook his head again.

"Gone," he said.

"No jam, either? And no cake--no jelly--no apples--nothing but bread?"

"All," said Unc, again stroking his beard as he gazed from the window.

The little boy brought the stool and sat beside his uncle, munching the
dry bread slowly and seeming in deep thought.

"Nothing grows in our yard but the bread tree," he mused, "and there are
only two more loaves on that tree; and they're not ripe yet. Tell me,
Unc; why are we so poor?"

The old Munchkin turned and looked at Ojo. He had kindly eyes, but he
hadn't smiled or laughed in so long that the boy had forgotten that Unc
Nunkie could look any other way than solemn. And Unc never spoke any
more words than he was obliged to, so his little nephew, who lived alone
with him, had learned to understand a great deal from one word.

"Why are we so poor, Unc?" repeated the boy.

"Not," said the old Munchkin.

"I think we are," declared Ojo. "What have we got?"

"House," said Unc Nunkie.

"I know; but everyone in the Land of Oz has a place to live. What else,
Unc?"

"Bread."

"I'm eating the last loaf that's ripe. There; I've put aside your share,
Unc. It's on the table, so you can eat it when you get hungry. But when
that is gone, what shall we eat, Unc?"

The old man shifted in his chair but merely shook his head.

"Of course," said Ojo