By | LYMAN FRANK BAUM | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Chapter VIII | The Deadly Poppy Field | Our little party of travelers awakened the next morning refreshed and full of hope, and Dorothy breakfasted like a princess off peaches and plums from the trees beside the river….
By | LYMAN FRANK BAUM | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Chapter VII | The Journey To The Great Oz | They were obliged to camp out that night under a large tree in the forest, for there were no houses near. The tree made a good, thick covering…
By | LYMAN FRANK BAUM | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Chapter VI | The Cowardly Lion | All this time Dorothy and her companions had been walking through the thick woods. The road was still paved with yellow brick, but these were much covered by dried branches and…
By | LYMAN FRANK BAUM | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Chapter V | The Rescue Of The Tin Woodman | When Dorothy awoke the sun was shining through the trees and Toto had long been out chasing birds around him and squirrels. She sat up and looked around…
By | LYMAN FRANK BAUM | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Chapter IV | The Road Through The Forest | After a few hours the road began to be rough, and the walking grew so difficult that the Scarecrow often stumbled over the yellow bricks, which were here very…
By | LYMAN FRANK BAUM | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Chapter III | How Dorothy Saved The Scarecrow | When Dorothy was left alone she began to feel hungry. So she went to the cupboard and cut herself some bread, which she spread with butter. She gave some…
By | LYMAN FRANK BAUM | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Chapter II | The Council With The Munchkins | She was awakened by a shock, so sudden and severe that if Dorothy had not been lying on the soft bed she might have been hurt. As it was,…
By | LYMAN FRANK BAUM | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Chapter I | The Cyclone | Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies, with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and Aunt Em, who was the farmer’s wife. Their house was small, for the lumber…
By | LYMAN FRANK BAUM | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Introduction | Folklore, legends, myths and fairy tales have followed childhood through the ages, for every healthy youngster has a wholesome and instinctive love for stories fantastic, marvelous and manifestly unreal. The winged fairies of Grimm and Andersen…
By | ALAN A. MILNE | Winnie-The-Pooh | Chapter X | In Which Christopher Robin Gives Pooh A Party And We Say Good-Bye | One day when the sun had come back over the Forest, bringing with it the scent of May, and all the streams of the Forest were…