The Lost Princess of Oz

1 A Terrible Loss 17

2 The Troubles of Glinda the Good 30

3 The Robbery of Cayke the Cookie Cook 38

4 Among the Winkies 57

5 Ozma's Friends are Perplexed 64

6 The Search Party 73

7 The Merry-Go-Round Mountains 89

8 The Mysterious City 104

9 The High Coco-Lorum of Thi 120

10 Toto Loses Something 137

11 Button-Bright Loses Himself 146

12 The Czarover of Herku 157

13 The Truth Pond 173

14 The Unhappy Ferryman 184

15 The Big Lavender Bear 194

16 The Little Pink Bear 202

17 The Meeting 216

18 The Conference 230

19 Ugu the Shoemaker 237

20 Surprises 245

21 Magic Against Magic 256

22 In the Wicker Castle 265

23 The Defiance of Ugu the Shoemaker 280

24 The Little Pink Bear Speaks Truly 289

25 Ozma of Oz 295

26 Dorothy Forgives 303

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A Terrible Loss

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CHAPTER 1


There could be no doubt of the fact: Princess Ozma, the lovely girl
ruler of the Fairyland of Oz, was lost. She had completely disappeared.
Not one of her subjects--not even her closest friends--knew what had
become of her.

It was Dorothy who first discovered it. Dorothy was a little Kansas girl
who had come to the Land of Oz to live and had been given a delightful
suite of rooms in Ozma's royal palace, just because Ozma loved Dorothy
and wanted her to live as near her as possible, so the two girls might
be much together.

Dorothy was not the only girl from the outside world who had been
welcomed to Oz and lived in the royal palace. There was another named
Betsy Bobbin, whose adventures had led her to seek refuge with Ozma, and
still another named Trot, who had been invited, together with her
faithful companion, Cap'n Bill, to make her home in this wonderful
fairyland. The three girls all had rooms in the palace and were great
chums; but Dorothy was the dearest friend of their gracious Ruler and
only she at any hour dared to seek Ozma in her royal apartments. For
Dorothy had lived in Oz much longer than the other girls and had been
made a Princess of the realm.

Betsy was a year older than Dorothy and Trot was a year younger, yet the
three were near enough of an age to become great playmates and to have
nice times together. It was while the three were talking together one
morning in Dorothy's room that Betsy proposed they make a journey into
the Munchkin Country, which was one of the four great countries of the
Land of Oz ruled by Ozma.

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"I've never been there yet," said Betsy Bobbin, "but the Scarecrow
once told me it is the prettiest country in all Oz."

"I'd like to go, too," added Trot.

"All right," said Dorothy, "I'll go and ask Ozma. Perhaps she will let
us take the Sawhorse and the Red Wagon, which would be much nicer for us
than having to walk all the way. This Land of Oz is a pretty big place,
when you get to all the edges of it."

So she jumped up and went along the halls of the splendid palace until
she came to the royal suite, which filled all the front of the second
floor. In a little waiting room sat Ozma's maid, Jellia Jamb, who was
busily sewing.

"Is Ozma up yet?" inquired Dorothy.

"I don't know, my dear," replied Jellia. "I haven't heard a word from
her this morning. She hasn't even called for her bath or her breakfast,
and it is far past her usual time for them."

"That's strange!" exclaimed the little girl.