【英文原著类】The Road to Oz(通往欧兹的路).pdf

The Road to Oz
The Road to Oz
In which is related how Dorothy Gale of Kansas, The Shaggy Man,
Button Bright, and Polychrome the Rainbow's Daughter met on an
Enchanted Road and followed it all the way to the Marvelous Land of Oz.
by L. Frank Baum "Royal Historian of Oz"
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The Road to Oz
To My Readers
Well, my dears, here is what you have asked for: another "Oz Book"
about Dorothy's strange adventures. Toto is in this story, because you
wanted him to be there, and many other characters which you will
recognize are in the story, too. Indeed, the wishes of my little
correspondents have been considered as carefully as possible, and if the
story is not exactly as you would have written it yourselves, you must
remember that a story has to be a story before it can be written down, and
the writer cannot change it much without spoiling it.
In the preface to "Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz" I said I would like to
write some stories that were not "Oz" stories, because I thought I had
written about Oz long enough; but since that volume was published I have
been fairly deluged with letters from children imploring me to "write more
about Dorothy," and "more about Oz," and since I write only to please the
children I shall try to respect their wishes.
There are some new characters in this book that ought to win your live.
I'm very fond of the shaggy man myself, and I think you will like him, too.
As for Polychrome--the Rainbow's Daughter--and stupid little Button-
Bright, they seem to have brought a new element of fun into these Oz
stories, and I am glad I discovered them. Yet I am anxious to have you
write and tell me how you like them.
Since this book was written I have received some very remarkable
News from The Land of Oz, which has greatly astonished me. I believe
it will astonish you, too, my dears, when you hear it. But it is such a long
and exciting story that it must be saved for another book--and perhaps that
book will be the last st