Where in Oz are we now?
You'll remember this past Summer I cracked open the 14-volume set of L. Frank Baum's Oz books. I've made it through Books 1 and 2. Book 1, “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” we're all familiar with thanks to the televised version that used to be broadcast every Spring here in the US, starring the young Judy Garland as Dorothy. It had Dorothy and her little dog Toto swept away from Kansas by a tornado to the Land of Oz. There she had adventures with a living Scarecrow, a Tin Woodman, and a Cowardly Lion before returning home to Kansas. Book 2, “The Marvelous Land of Oz,” takes place entirely in Oz and features a young boy named Tip who has adventures with a talking pumpkinhead and a living sawhorse. Joining them are characters from Book 1, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Good Witch Glinda.
I've now started Book 3, “Ozma of Oz,” and found Dorothy travelling to Australia with her Uncle Henry. During a storm at sea she is swept overboard with hen named Bellina. They land in Ev, a country across the desert from Oz. They encounter the Wheelers and meet a new friend, a mechanical man named Tik-Tok. And that's as far as I've gotten.
The adventure continues
posted by Roscoe