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The Emerald City of Oz

by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

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Oz (Imaginary place) -- Juvenile fictionFantasy literatureVoyages and travels -- Juvenile fictionUncles -- Juvenile fictionMagic -- Juvenile fiction

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  1. 01Front matter~4 min
  2. 021. How the Nome King Became Angry~11 min
  3. 032. How Uncle Henry Got Into Trouble~11 min
  4. 043. How Ozma Granted Dorothy's Request~13 min
  5. 054. How The Nome King Planned Revenge~11 min
  6. 065. How Dorothy Became a Princess~15 min
  7. 076. How Guph Visited the Whimsies~8 min
  8. 087. How Aunt Em Conquered the Lion~15 min
  9. 098. How the Grand Gallipoot Joined The Nomes~10 min
  10. 109. How the Wogglebug Taught Athletics~15 min
  11. 1110. How the Cuttenclips Lived~17 min
  12. 1211. How the General Met the First and Foremost~17 min
  13. 1312. How they Matched the Fuddles~17 min
  14. 1413. How the General Talked to the King~7 min
  15. 1514. How the Wizard Practiced Sorcery~13 min
  16. 1615. How Dorothy Happened to Get Lost~13 min
  17. 1716. How Dorothy Visited Utensia~12 min
  18. 1817. How They Came to Bunbury~15 min
  19. 1918. How Ozma Looked into the Magic Picture~6 min
  20. 2019. How Bunnybury Welcomed the Strangers~11 min
  21. 2120. How Dorothy Lunched With a King~13 min
  22. 2221. How the King Changed His Mind~12 min
  23. 2322. How the Wizard Found Dorothy~12 min
  24. 2423. How They Encountered the Flutterbudgets~11 min
  25. 2524. How the Tin Woodman Told the Sad News~10 min
  26. 2625. How the Scarecrow Displayed His Wisdom~10 min
  27. 2726. How Ozma Refused to Fight for Her Kingdom~14 min
  28. 2827. How the Fierce Warriors Invaded Oz~6 min
  29. 2928. How They Drank at the Forbidden Fountain~11 min
  30. 3029. How Glinda Worked a Magic Spell~8 min

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The Nome King was in an angry mood, and at such times he was very disagreeable. Every one kept away from him, even his Chief Steward Kaliko. Therefore the King stormed and raved all by himself, walking up and down in his jewel-studded cavern and getting angrier all the time. Then he remembered that it was no fun being angry unless he had some one to frighten and make miserable, and he rushed to his big gong and made it clatter as loud as he could.

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