Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz

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Baum Lyman Frank. Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz

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1. The Earthquake

2. The Glass City

3. The Arrival Of The Wizard

4. The Vegetable Kingdom

5. Dorothy Picks the Princess

6. The Mangaboos Prove Dangerous

7. Into the Black Pit and Out Again

8. The Valley of Voices

9. They Fight the Invisible Bears

10. The Braided Man of Pyramid Mountain

11. They Meet the Wooden Gargoyles

12. A Wonderful Escape

13. The Den of the Dragonettes

14. Ozma Uses the Magic Belt

15. Old Friends are Reunited

16. Jim, The Cab-Horse

17. The Nine Tiny Piglets

18. The Trial of Eureka the Kitten

19. The Wizard Performs Another Trick

20. Zeb Returns to the Ranch

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The train from 'Frisco was very late. It should have arrived at Hugson's Siding at midnight, but it was already five o'clock and the gray dawn was breaking in the east when the little train slowly rumbled up to the open shed that served for the station-house. As it came to a stop the conductor called out in a loud voice:

"Hugson's Siding!"

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Blackness engulfed them on every side, and in breathless silence they waited for the fall to end and crush them against jagged rocks or for the earth to close in on them again and bury them forever in its dreadful depths.

The horrible sensation of falling, the darkness and the terrifying noises, proved more than Dorothy could endure and for a few moments the little girl lost consciousness. Zeb, being a boy, did not faint, but he was badly frightened, and clung to the buggy seat with a tight grip, expecting every moment would be his last.

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