The Forest Monster of Oz

yellow canary who was lookin

was drinking a tall glass of

Wonderful Wizard of Oz himself would rule over the Land forever. Then I placed my confidence in His Majesty the Scarecrow. Now, out of

the pachyderm drawled as

agree that, though she

ise as Oz's new leader.

n a Queen for

any rulers have been youthful. Remember the old

ash that was sometimes left by careless campers or burrowing in other animals' nests. His fur was not what most would deem tidy, but he was amiable and companionable. Elephant, by far the largest of the three, was less colorful. He liked the other animals, and he ofttimes wanted to help the smaller creatures as best he could, but his immense size and bulk generally made him f

ws had met with mixed reactions. Many Ozites maintained that only the Wonderful Wizard could rule the land. Others favored the amiable Scarecrow. But all admitted that, even though a tiny little girl, Ozma was a unique leader. She had already proven t

lephant, drinkin

o play jacks or skip a rope. She should have some nice paper dolls to dress up. She should have nice toys. She is too young to be a Que

ing, though," Elephant r

be if Oz were a little dinky insignificant country like America or Kansas, it would be okay. But Oz is so much bigger than those plac

d occurrence drove all idle thoughts from

unearthly roar issued forth. It was as blood-curdling

ily big that it could easily have devoured all three of them in an instant! It might have, too, had it not been distracted