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    The Lighthouse of Oz
    The Lighthouse of Oz
    The Lighthouse of Oz
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    The Lighthouse of Oz

    By Tommy Baggins

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    The Land of Oz has no coastline. Why, then, does it have a lighthouse? Two friends decide to find out. To that end, they go on an oddball journey across the famed Land of Oz to see the mysterious lighthouse for themselves.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTommy Baggins
    Release dateSep 30, 2015
    ISBN9781311625205
    The Lighthouse of Oz
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    Tommy Baggins

    Who am I? I'm a lover of sci-fi and fantasy fiction as well as a fan of classic movies. I'm a self-proclaimed royal historian of Oz as well as the self-proclaimed emperor of Canada and, yes, I'm completely full of it. I like to think that I'm a sterling example of person with Asperger's syndrome. It may be more trouble than it's worth but it lends me and my writing a distinctive perspective. I live in the real-life fairy country along the border between Delaware and Pennsylvania. Although, during the summers, I like to throw on a backpack and go walking among the mountains.

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      The Lighthouse of Oz - Tommy Baggins

      The Lighthouse of Oz

      By Tommy Baggins

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2015 Tommy Baggins

      A scruffy looking hermit lived in the Land of Oz. He called himself Scruffy. No one knew what his real name was. His home was a simple wooden hut that stood beside a river.

      One evening, when the sun had gone down and the stars were coming out, Scruffy was standing outside his hut. He watched the river flowing by. He watched the last great blue heron of the day as it flew above the river on its way home. He watched the first bats of the night flutter about over the river in search of bugs to eat. He watched the cattails along the banks of the river as they danced in the evening breeze. Evening was a time of transition. Scruffy could feel the change in the air itself.

      A dot of bright white light appeared just above the horizon.

      Scruffy looked at the new light on the horizon. He asked, What are you? A new star? Did the wizard send up another hot air balloon? An overgrown firefly, maybe? Ball lightning? It wouldn't be a floodlight unless someone here in Oz has started using electricity. I hope that it's not a flying saucer. That's the last thing anyone needs. Scruffy watched the light for a few minutes. The light didn't move. It didn't do anything interesting. It didn't go away. Scruffy made three decisions. First, the light was new and mysterious. In Scruffy's experience, new and mysterious things were sometimes trouble. Not always, but sometimes. Second, he didn't like this new light. He felt like it was staring at him. Third, this was as good an excuse as any to go and visit his nearest neighbor and ask what he thought of it.

      Scruffy walked to the edge of the river. He stepped into the faded blue kayak that he kept there and paddled away along the peaceful and slow moving river. The sun had gone down and darkness was settling in but Scruffy knew his way around that river well enough that he had little chance of getting himself into any kind of trouble and almost no chance at all of getting lost. He didn't worry at all on that river.

      A little known fact about the Land of Oz is that it possesses a magnificent network of rivers. A person could travel from just about anywhere in

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