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In the introduction to Ozma of Oz, Frank L. Baum shares some of the requests children have been making of him:
Their sweet little letters plead to know "more about Dorothy"; and they ask: "What became of the Cowardly Lion?" and "What did Ozma do afterward?"--meaning, of course, after she became the Ruler of Oz. And some of them suggest plots to me, saying: "Please have Dorothy go to the Land of Oz again"; or, "Why don't you make Ozma and Dorothy meet, and have a good time together?"
That is exactly what I would have been wondering as a kid. FORTUNATELY, I am an adult with cultural knowledge and know the wish I would have had if I'd known is going to be fulfilled.
Dorothy and Ozma: Bros4life.
In any case, initial thoughts on reading Ozma of Oz which starts off with Dorothy being swept out to sea and being all 'ho-hum', because Dorothy is a goddamn badass.
- Dorothy, as stated, is a badass. But a bit of a chicken bigot.
- Bill(ina) the chicken is one of literature's great chickens.
- So far this book is pretty much a buddy comedy between a little girl and a chicken.
More as I read. As this book is about eighty pages, I will be done pretty soon.