The Patchwork Girl of Oz
1913
The Patchwork Girl of Oz
1913
When young Ojo and his uncle leave their lonely cottage in the shadow of the Forbidden Fountain, they seek only food and companionship in the Land of Oz. Instead, Ojo finds himself on a desperate quest to undo a terrible mistake: by accident, his uncle has been turned to marble. To save Unc Nunkie, Ojo must travel far and collect three magical ingredients that no one wants to give up. He doesn't travel alone. Scraps, the Patchwork Girl, is a creature of Baum's most riotous imagination: sewn from quilt scraps and filled with cotton, brought to life by the Crooked Magician's Powder of Life, and desperate to prove that being made of scraps doesn't make her worthless. Together with the conceited Glass Cat and the lovable block-headed Woozy, Ojo and Scraps journey toward the Emerald City, meeting Dorothy, the Scarecrow, and Toto along the way. The seventh Oz book is also the one that brought the series back from extinction after Baum tried to end it and found he couldn't stop. It pulses with Baum's conviction that wonder is the antidote to sorrow, and that even the unluckiest boy can find courage when someone believes in him.
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“A little misery, at times, makes one appreciate happiness more.””
— L. Frank Baum
“It's the latest popular song," declared the phonograph, speaking in a sulky tone of voice."A popular song?""Yes. One that the feeble-minded can remember the words of and those ignorant of music can whistle or sing. That makes a popular song popular, and the time is coming when it will take the place of all other songs.””
— L. Frank Baum
“Don't tell anyone I'm a poet; they might want me to write a book. Don't tell 'em I can sing, or they'd want me to make records for that awful phonograph. Haven't time to be a public benefactor, so I'll just sing you this little song for your own amusement.””
— L. Frank Baum
“You began it," declared Dorothy. "Well, you ended it, so we won't argue the matter. May we come out again? Or are you still cruel and slappy?””
— L. Frank Baum
“Why are you Ojo the Unlucky?" asked the tin man. "Because I was born on a Friday." "Friday is not unlucky," declared the Emperor. "It's just one of seven days. Do you suppose all the world becomes unlucky one-seventh of the time?" "It was the thirteenth day of the month," said Ojo. "Thirteen! Ah, that is indeed a lucky number," replied the Tin Woodman. "All my good luck seems to happen on the thirteenth. I suppose most people never notice the good luck that comes to them with the number 13, and yet if the least bit of bad luck falls on that day, they blame it to the number, and not to the proper cause.””
— L. Frank Baum
“Advice doesn't cost anything - unless you follow it.””
— L. Frank Baum
“Scraps thought it was odd that they could be so easily amused, but decided there could be little harm in people who laughed so merrily.””
— L. Frank Baum
“That wall," explained the Shaggy Man, "is what is called an optical illusion. It is quite real while you have your eyes open, but if you are not looking at it the barrier doesn't exist at all. It's the same way with many other evils in life; they””
— L. Frank Baum
“Take it easy' is my motto. If you can't take it easy, take it as easy as you can.””
— L. Frank Baum
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