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Title: Little Wizard Stories of Oz

Author: L. Frank Baum

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Language: English

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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 15

Little Dorothy and Toto 39

Tiktok and the Nome King 63

Ozma and the Little Wizard 87

Jack Pumpkinhead and the Sawhorse 111

The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman 135

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THE COWARDLY LION AND THE HUNGRY TIGER

In 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.

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These two beasts are Ozma's chief guardians, but as eve