Frank Baum
Frank Baum
country clever powerful
A curious thing about Ugu the Shoemaker was that he didn't suspect in the least that he was wicked. He wanted to be powerful and great, and he hoped to make himself master of all the Land of Oz that he might compel everyone in that fairy country to obey him, His ambition blinded him to the rights of others, and he imagined anyone else would act just as he did if anyone else happened to be as clever as himself.
children littles toys
He brought toys to the children because they were little and helpless, and because he loved them.
likes honest transformation
I never deal in transformations, for they are not honest, and no respectable sorceress likes to make things appear to be what they are not.
children men civilization
The Imaginative Child will become the imaginative man or woman most apt to create, to invent, and therefore to foster civilization
beautiful children would-be
"In all this world there is nothing so beautiful as a happy child," says good old Santa Claus; and if he had his way the children would all be beautiful, for all would be happy.
grateful land people
You are welcome, most noble Sorceress, to the land of the Munchkins. We are so grateful to you for having killed the Wicked Witch of the East, and for setting our people free from bondage.
heart brain fool
I shall ask for brains instead of a heart; for a fool would not know what to do with a heart if he had one.
strong kindness brave
It is kindness that makes one strong and brave; and so we are kind to our prisoners.
brain knows
No, indeed; I don't know anything. You see, I am stuffed, so I have no brains at all.
land life-is unusual
Everything in life is unusual until you get accustomed to it -The Scarecrow - The Marvellous Land Of Oz by L. Frank Baum pg 103 chapter 13
thinking want longing
If we didn't want anything, we would never get anything, good or bad. I think our longings are natural, and if we act as nature prompts us we can't go far wrong.
girl dog meat
He is my dog, Toto," answered Dorothy. "Is he made of tin, or stuffed?" asked the Lion. "Neither. He's a-- a-- a meat dog," said the girl.
lions bears wizards
Lions and tigers, and bears, oh my! - Dorothy in Wizard of Oz
elephants hot sphinx
Courage~ What makes the flag on the mast to wave? What makes the elephant charge his tusk in the misty mist, or the dusky dusk? What makes the muskrat guard his musk? Courage! What makes the sphinx the seventh wonder? Courage! What makes the dawn come up like thunder? Courage! What makes the Hottentot so hot? What puts the "ape" in apricot?~Cowardly Lion from the Wizard of Oz