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any difference to us?” asked Dorothy, doubtfully.

      “No, my dear,” Glinda answered, assuringly. “We shall still be able to see each other and everything in the Land of Oz. It won’t affect us at all; but those who fly through the air over our country will look down and see nothing at all. Those who come to the edge of the desert, or try to cross it, will catch no glimpse of Oz, or know in what direction it lies. No one will try to tunnel to us again because we cannot be seen and therefore cannot be found. In other words, the Land of Oz will entirely disappear from the knowledge of the rest of the world.”

      “That’s all right,” said Dorothy, cheerfully. “You may make Oz invis’ble as soon as you please, for all I care.”

      “It is already invisible,” Glinda stated. “I knew Ozma’s wishes, and performed the Magic Spell before you arrived.”

      Ozma seized the hand of the Sorceress and pressed it gratefully.

      “Thank you!” she said.

      30. How the Story of Oz Came to an End

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      The writer of these Oz stories has received a little note from Princess Dorothy of Oz which, for a time, has made him feel rather disconcerted. The note was written on a broad, white feather from a stork’s wing, and it said:

      “YOU WILL NEVER HEAR ANYTHING MORE ABOUT OZ, BECAUSE WE ARE NOW CUT OFF FOREVER FROM ALL THE REST OF THE WORLD. BUT TOTO AND I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU AND ALL THE OTHER CHILDREN WHO LOVE US.

      “DOROTHY GALE.”

      This seemed to me too bad, at first, for Oz is a very interesting fairyland. Still, we have no right to feel grieved, for we have had enough of the history of the Land of Oz to fill six story books, and from its quaint people and their strange adventures we have been able to learn many useful and amusing things.

      So good luck to little Dorothy and her companions. May they live long in their invisible country and be very happy!

      The Patchwork Girl of Oz

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       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. Hip Hopper 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

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      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