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    L. Frank Baum

    Lyman Frank Baum (1856–1919) was an American children’s book author, best known for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He wrote thirteen novel sequels, nine other fantasy novels, and several other works (55 novels in total, plus four "lost" novels, 83 short stories, over 200 poems, an unknown number of scripts, and many miscellaneous writings).

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      The Patchwork Girl of Oz by L. Frank Baum - Delphi Classics (Illustrated) - L. Frank Baum

      The Complete Works of

      L. FRANK BAUM

      VOLUME 8 OF 76

      The Patchwork Girl of Oz

      Parts Edition

      By Delphi Classics, 2015

      Version 2

      COPYRIGHT

      ‘The Patchwork Girl of Oz’

      L. Frank Baum: Parts Edition (in 76 parts)

      First published in the United Kingdom in 2017 by Delphi Classics.

      © Delphi Classics, 2017.

      All rights reserved.  No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form other than that in which it is published.

      ISBN: 978 1 78877 112 2

      Delphi Classics

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      L. Frank Baum: Parts Edition

      This eBook is Part 8 of the Delphi Classics edition of L. Frank Baum in 76 Parts. It features the unabridged text of The Patchwork Girl of Oz from the bestselling edition of the author’s Complete Works. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. Our Parts Editions feature original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of L. Frank Baum, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily.

      Visit here to buy the entire Parts Edition of L. Frank Baum or the Complete Works of L. Frank Baum in a single eBook.

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      L. FRANK BAUM

      IN 76 VOLUMES

      Parts Edition Contents

      The Oz Works

      1, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

      2, The Marvelous Land of Oz

      3, The Woggle-Bug Book

      4, Ozma of Oz

      5, Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz

      6, The Road to Oz

      7, The Emerald City of Oz

      8, The Patchwork Girl of Oz

      9, Little Wizard Stories of Oz

      10, Tik-Tok of Oz

      11, The Scarecrow of Oz

      12, Rinkitink in Oz

      13, The Lost Princess of Oz

      14, The Tin Woodman of Oz

      15, The Magic of Oz

      16, Glinda of Oz

      17, The Royal Book of Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson

      Other Fantasy Works

      18, The Magical Monarch of Mo

      19, Dot and Tot of Merryland

      20, American Fairy Tales

      21, The Master Key: An Electrical Fairy Tale

      22, The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus

      23, The Enchanted Island of Yew

      24, Queen Zixi of Ix

      25, John Dough and the Cherub

      26, The Sea Fairies

      27, Sky Island

      Non-Fantasy Works Under Baum’s Name

      28, The Daring Twins

      29, Phoebe Daring

      The Pseudonym Works – Fantasy

      30, Twinkle and Chubbins

      31, Policeman Bluejay

      The Pseudonym Works – Non-Fantasy

      32, Aunt Jane’s Nieces

      33, Aunt Jane’s Nieces Abroad

      34, Aunt Jane’s Nieces at Millville

      35, Aunt Jane’s Nieces at Work

      36, Aunt Jane’s Nieces in Society

      37, Aunt Jane’s Nieces and Uncle John

      38, Aunt Jane’s Nieces on Vacation

      39, Aunt Jane’s Nieces on the Ranch

      40, Aunt Jane’s Nieces Out West

      41, Aunt Jane’s Nieces in the Red Cross

      42, The Flying Girl

      43, The Flying Girl and Her Chum

      44, Mary Louise

      45, Mary Louise in the Country

      46, Mary Louise Solves a Mystery

      47, Mary Louise and the Liberty Girls

      48, Mary Louise Adopts a Soldier

      49, The Boy Fortune Hunters in Alaska

      50, The Boy Fortune Hunters in Panama

      51, The Boy Fortune Hunters in Egypt

      52, The Boy Fortune Hunters in China

      53, The Boy Fortune Hunters in Yucatan

      54, The Boy Fortune Hunters in the South Seas

      55, The Fate of a Crown

      56, Daughters of Destiny

      57, Tamawaca Folks: A Summer Comedy

      58, Annabel, a Novel for Young Folk

      59, The Last Egyptian

      Shorter Fiction

      60, Our Landlady

      61, Mother Goose in Prose

      62, Animal Fairy Tales

      63, Uncollected Short Stories

      The Poetry Collections

      64, By the Candelabra’s Glare

      65, Father Goose: His Book

      66, The Army Alphabet

      67, The Navy Alphabet

      68, Father Goose’s Year Book

      The Poems

      69, List of Poems in Alphabetical Order

      The Plays

      70, The Maid of Arran

      71, The Wizard of Oz

      72, The Maid of Athens

      73, The King of Gee-Whiz

      74, The Pipes O’ Pan

      Baumiana

      75, Baum Related Articles and Pieces

      The Biography

      76, In Other Lands Than Ours by Maud Gage-Baum

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      The Patchwork Girl of Oz

      Although Baum had planned to end the Oz series with The Emerald City of Oz, between financial considerations and the popularity of the series, he decided to return to his enchanted land with a seventh book, The Patchwork Girl of Oz, published by Reilly & Britton in 1913, and once again illustrated by John R. Neill.  For the first time since The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, a quest leads Baum’s characters on a journey throughout Oz, allowing the author to explore even more of its unusual features and creatures.  A Munchkin boy named Ojo the Unlucky lives with his Uncle, Unc Nunkie, a man so reticent that uttering two words is a long speech.  They are starving and decide to visit an old friend of Unc’s, Dr. Pipt, who demonstrates the Powder of Life and the Liquid of Petrifaction, which unfortunately turns Unc Nunkie into a marble statue.  In order to create the antidote, Ojo must travel throughout Oz in search of the rare ingredients.  He travels with the Patchwork Girl named Scraps, animated via the Powder of Life and a variety of Brain Furniture, and along the way he finds help from others, including Dorothy, the Scarecrow, and the Shaggy Man.  Among other fascinating characters, readers also meet the Glass Cat, the Woozy, the Tottenhots, and the warring Hoppers and Horners.  Baum considered The Patchwork Girl of Oz one of his finest fantasies.

      A copy of the first edition of The Patchwork Girl of Oz

      CONTENTS

      PROLOGUE

      1 Ojo and Unc Nunkie

      2 The Crooked Magician

      3 The Patchwork Girl

      4 The Glass Cat

      5 A Terrible Accident

      6 The Journey

      7 The Troublesome Phonograph

      8 The Foolish Owl and the Wise Donkey

      9 They Meet the Woozy

      10 Shaggy Man to the Rescue

      11 A Good Friend

      12 The Giant Porcupine

      13 Scraps and the Scarecrow

      14 Ojo Breaks the Law

      15 Ozma’s Prisoner

      16 Princess Dorothy

      17 Ozma and Her Friends

      18 Ojo is Forgiven

      19 Trouble with the Tottenhots

      20 The Captive Yoop

      21 Hiphopper the Champion

      22 The Joking Horners

      23 Peace is Declared

      24 Ojo Finds the Dark Well

      25 They Bribe the Lazy Quadling

      26 The Trick River

      27 The Tin Woodman Objects

      28 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

      Ozma of Oz as portrayed in the 1914 film, The Patchwork Girl of Oz

      PROLOGUE

      THROUGH the kindness of Dorothy Gale of Kansas, afterward Princess Dorothy of Oz, an humble writer in the United States of America was once appointed Royal Historian of Oz, with the privilege of writing the chronicle of that wonderful fairyland. But after making six books about the adventures of those interesting but queer people who live in the Land of Oz, the Historian learned with sorrow that by an edict of the Supreme Ruler, Ozma of Oz, her country would thereafter be rendered invisible to all who lived outside its borders and that all communication with Oz would, in the future, be cut off.

      The children who had learned to look for the books about Oz and who loved the stories about the gay and happy people inhabiting that favored country, were as sorry as their Historian that there would be no more books of Oz stories. They wrote many letters asking if the Historian did not know of some adventures to write about that had happened before the Land of Oz was shut out from all the rest of the world. But he did not know of any. Finally one of the children inquired why we couldn’t hear from Princess Dorothy by wireless telegraph, which would enable her to communicate to the Historian whatever happened in the far-off Land of Oz without his seeing her, or even knowing just where Oz is.

      That seemed a good idea; so the Historian rigged up a high tower in his back yard, and took lessons in wireless telegraphy until he understood it, and then began to call Princess Dorothy of Oz by sending messages into the air.

      Now, it wasn’t likely that Dorothy would be looking for wireless messages or would heed the call; but one thing the Historian was sure of, and that was that the powerful Sorceress, Glinda, would know what he was doing and that he desired to communicate with Dorothy. For Glinda has a big book in which is recorded every event that takes place anywhere in the world, just the moment that it happens, and so of course the book would tell her about the wireless message.

      And that was the way Dorothy heard that the Historian wanted to speak with her, and there was a Shaggy Man in the Land of Oz who knew how to telegraph a wireless reply. The result was that the Historian begged so hard to be told the latest news of Oz, so that he could write it down for the children to read, that Dorothy asked permission of Ozma and Ozma graciously consented.

      That is why, after two long years of waiting, another Oz story is now presented to the children of America. This would not have been possible had not some clever man invented the wireless and an equally clever child suggested the idea of reaching the mysterious Land of Oz by its means.

      L. Frank Baum.

      OZCOT

      at HOLLYWOOD

      in CALIFORNIA

      1 Ojo and Unc Nunkie

      WHERE’S the butter, Unc Nunkie? asked Ojo.

      Unc looked out of the window and stroked his long beard. Then he turned to the Munchkin boy and shook his head.

      Isn’t, said he.

      Isn’t any butter? That’s too bad, Unc. Where’s the jam then? inquired Ojo, standing on a stool so he could look through all the shelves of the cupboard. But Unc Nunkie shook his head again.

      Gone, he said.

      No jam, either? And no cake — no jelly — no apples — nothing but bread?

      All, said Unc, again stroking his beard as he gazed from the window.

      The little boy brought the stool and sat beside his uncle, munching the dry bread slowly and seeming in deep thought.

      Nothing grows in our yard but the bread tree, he mused, and there are only two more loaves on that tree; and they’re not ripe yet. Tell me, Unc; why are we so poor?

      The old Munchkin turned and looked at Ojo. He had kindly eyes, but he hadn’t smiled or laughed in so long that the boy had forgotten that Unc Nunkie could look any other way than solemn. And Unc never spoke any more words than he was obliged to, so his little nephew, who lived alone with him, had learned to understand a great deal from one word.

      Why are we so poor, Unc? repeated the boy.

      Not, said the old Munchkin.

      I think we are, declared Ojo. What have we got?

      House, said Unc Nunkie.

      I know; but everyone in the Land of Oz has a place to live. What else, Unc?

      Bread.

      I’m eating the last loaf that’s ripe. There; I’ve put aside your share, Unc. It’s on the table, so you can eat it when you get hungry. But when that is gone, what shall we eat, Unc?

      The old man shifted in his chair but merely shook his head.

      Of course, said Ojo, who was obliged to talk because his uncle would not, no one starves in the Land of Oz, either. There is plenty for everyone, you know; only, if it isn’t just where you happen to be, you must go where it is.

      The aged Munchkin wriggled again and stared at his small nephew as if disturbed by his argument.

      By to-morrow morning, the boy went on, we must go where there is something to eat, or we shall grow very hungry and become very unhappy.

      Where? asked Unc.

      Where shall we go? I don’t know, I’m sure, replied Ojo. "But you must know, Unc. You must have traveled, in your time, because you’re so old. I don’t remember it, because ever since I could remember anything we’ve lived right here in this lonesome, round house, with a little garden back of it and the thick woods all around. All I’ve ever seen of the great Land of Oz, Unc dear, is the view of that mountain over at the south, where they say the Hammerheads live — who won’t let anybody go by them — and that mountain at the north, where they say nobody lives."

      One, declared Unc, correcting him.

      Oh, yes; one family lives there, I’ve heard. That’s the Crooked Magician, who is named Dr. Pipt, and his wife Margolotte. One year you told me about them; I think it took you a whole year, Unc, to say as much as I’ve just said about the Crooked Magician and his wife. They live high up on the mountain, and the good Munchkin Country, where the fruits and flowers grow, is just the other side. It’s funny you and I should live here all alone, in the middle of the forest, isn’t it?

      Yes, said Unc.

      Then let’s go away and visit the Munchkin Country and its jolly, good-natured people. I’d love to get a sight of something besides woods, Unc Nunkie.

      Too little, said Unc.

      Why, I’m not so little as I used to be, answered the boy earnestly. I think I can walk as far and as fast through the woods as you can, Unc. And now that nothing grows in our back yard that is good to eat, we must go where there is food.

      Unc Nunkie made no reply for a time. Then he shut down the window and turned his chair to face the room, for the sun was sinking behind the tree-tops and it was growing cool.

      By and by Ojo lighted the fire and the logs blazed freely in the broad fireplace. The two sat in the firelight a long time — the old, white-bearded Munchkin and the little boy. Both were thinking. When it grew quite dark outside, Ojo said:

      Eat your bread, Unc, and then we will go to bed.

      But Unc Nunkie did not eat the bread; neither did he go directly to bed. Long after his little nephew was sound asleep in the corner of the room the old man sat by the fire, thinking.

      2 The Crooked Magician

      JUST at dawn next morning Unc Nunkie laid his hand tenderly on Ojo’s head and awakened him.

      Come, he said.

      Ojo dressed. He wore blue silk stockings, blue knee-pants with gold buckles, a blue ruffled waist and a jacket of bright blue braided with gold. His shoes were of blue leather and turned up at the toes, which were pointed. His hat had a peaked crown and a flat brim, and around the brim was a row of tiny golden bells that tinkled when he moved. This was the native costume of those who inhabited the Munchkin Country of the Land of Oz, so Unc Nunkie’s dress was much like that of his nephew. Instead of shoes, the old man wore boots with turnover tops and his blue coat had wide cuffs of gold braid.

      The boy noticed that his uncle had not eaten the bread, and supposed the old man had not been hungry. Ojo was hungry, though; so he divided the piece of bread upon the table and ate his half for breakfast, washing it down with fresh, cool water from the brook. Unc put the other piece of bread in his jacket pocket, after which he again said, as he walked out through the doorway: Come.

      Ojo was well pleased. He was dreadfully tired of living all alone in the woods and wanted to travel and see people. For a long time he had wished to explore the beautiful Land of Oz in which they lived. When they were outside, Unc simply latched the door and started up the path. No one would disturb their little house, even if anyone came so far into the thick forest while they were gone.

      At the foot of the mountain that separated the Country of the Munchkins from the Country of the Gillikins, the path divided. One way led to the left and the other to the right — straight up the mountain. Unc Nunkie took this right-hand path and Ojo followed without asking why. He knew it would take them to the house of the Crooked Magician, whom he had never seen but who was their nearest neighbor.

      All the morning they trudged up the mountain path and at noon Unc and Ojo sat on a fallen tree-trunk and ate the last of the bread which the old Munchkin had placed in his pocket. Then they started on again and two hours later came in sight of the house of Dr. Pipt.

      It was a big house, round, as were all the Munchkin houses, and painted blue, which is the distinctive color of the Munchkin Country

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