-
Главная
-
- Книги
-
- Авторы
-
- Фрэнк Баум
-
- Изумрудный город страны Оз
-
- Стр. 1/188
The Emerald City of Oz
Perhaps
I
should
admit
on
the
title
page
that
this
book
is
"
By
L
.
Frank
Baum
and
his
correspondents
,
"
for
I
have
used
many
suggestions
conveyed
to
me
in
letters
from
children
.
Once
on
a
time
I
really
imagined
myself
"
an
author
of
fairy
tales
,
"
but
now
I
am
merely
an
editor
or
private
secretary
for
a
host
of
youngsters
whose
ideas
I
am
requestsed
to
weave
into
the
thread
of
my
stories
.
These
ideas
are
often
clever
.
They
are
also
logical
and
interesting
.
So
I
have
used
them
whenever
I
could
find
an
opportunity
,
and
it
is
but
just
that
I
acknowledge
my
indebtedness
to
my
little
friends
.
My
,
what
imaginations
these
children
have
developed
!
Sometimes
I
am
fairly
astounded
by
their
daring
and
genius
.
There
will
be
no
lack
of
fairy
-
tale
authors
in
the
future
,
I
am
sure
.
My
readers
have
told
me
what
to
do
with
Dorothy
,
and
Aunt
Em
and
Uncle
Henry
,
and
I
have
obeyed
their
mandates
.
They
have
also
given
me
a
variety
of
subjects
to
write
about
in
the
future
:
enough
,
in
fact
,
to
keep
me
busy
for
some
time
.
I
am
very
proud
of
this
alliance
.
Children
love
these
stories
because
children
have
helped
to
create
them
.
My
readers
know
what
they
want
and
realize
that
I
try
to
please
them
.
The
result
is
very
satisfactory
to
the
publishers
,
to
me
,
and
(
I
am
quite
sure
)
to
the
children
.
I
hope
,
my
dears
,
it
will
be
a
long
time
before
we
are
obliged
to
dissolve
partnership
.
L
.
Frank
Baum
.
Coronado
,
1910
The
Nome
King
was
in
an
angry
mood
,
and
at
such
times
he
was
very
disagreeable
.
Every
one
kept
away
from
him
,
even
his
Chief
Steward
Kaliko
.
Therefore
the
King
stormed
and
raved
all
by
himself
,
walking
up
and
down
in
his
jewel
-
studded
cavern
and
getting
angrier
all
the
time
.
Then
he
remembered
that
it
was
no
fun
being
angry
unless
he
had
some
one
to
frighten
and
make
miserable
,
and
he
rushed
to
his
big
gong
and
made
it
clatter
as
loud
as
he
could
.
In
came
the
Chief
Steward
,
trying
not
to
show
the
Nome
King
how
frightened
he
was
.
