The Forest Monster of Oz

ster had led many of the denizens of the Lunechien Forest to panic. Many of them wanted to tell the Lord of the Forest about the trouble, while others el

d suddenly. "That Unicor

edly made nervous by the excitement, had lost control of her footing. She plowed into the rear o

re unhurt, he listened for a few moments to the oft-re

a can do something about th

e no worse off than wh

ea

nt had run most rapidly and the trio

gate. "Who are you and what is yo

ld who has become our Q

at gro

king upon now, I suppo

welcome to go away. Queen Ozma was sent to us by the Fairy Queen Lurliné herself, and

ant gruffly. "Though if you don't get out of m

y the Wonderful Wizard of Oz himself. It is because of the gleaming magnitude of all the big gemstones everywhere. If

ses will not fit someone my size. Nor, for th

imself into his chestful of green glasses, but found none that would fit the animals. "I guess I'll

the Queen while you make us o

e guard. He opened the gat

o many volumes written about it that it hardly needs a descripti

her while she was engrossed in playing paper-do

tratio

our Majesty,"

game and smiled at the pachyd

the Lunechien Forest of Oz. It is situated in the Munchkin

said politely. "Do you want

at some point I could b

come on very importa

Elephant want to bow down before her, and this he promptly did. It was fortunate that Tweaty could fly, but unfortunate that Nibbles could not. Tweaty zoomed into the air without mishap as soon as Elephant's head went down in his bow. Nibbles, however, was thrust through the air by

have probably thought that very funny. But I am beginning to feel like Ozma again.

Forest Monster and how they feared for their lives

concerning the spider creature. "But I am not willing to allow such a fiendish creature to harm any

Lurliné, leader