{"product_id":"2940013500266","title":"THE SCARECROW of OZ","description":"LIST OF CHAPTERS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   1 - The Great Whirlpool\u003cbr\u003e   2 - The Cavern Under the Sea\u003cbr\u003e   3 - The Ork\u003cbr\u003e   4 - Daylight at Last\u003cbr\u003e   5 - The Little Old Man of the Island\u003cbr\u003e   6 - The Flight of the Midgets\u003cbr\u003e   7 - The Bumpy Man\u003cbr\u003e   8 - Button-Bright is Lost, and Found Again\u003cbr\u003e   9 - The Kingdom of Jinxland\u003cbr\u003e  10 - Pon, the Gardener's Boy\u003cbr\u003e  11 - The Wicked King and Googly-Goo\u003cbr\u003e  12 - The Wooden-Legged Grass-Hopper\u003cbr\u003e  13 - Glinda the Good and the Scarecrow of Oz\u003cbr\u003e  14 - The Frozen Heart\u003cbr\u003e  15 - Trot Meets the Scarecrow\u003cbr\u003e  16 - Pon Summons the King to Surrender\u003cbr\u003e  17 - The Ork Rescues Button-Bright\u003cbr\u003e  18 - The Scarecrow Meets an Enemy\u003cbr\u003e  19 - The Conquest of the Witch\u003cbr\u003e  20 - Queen Gloria\u003cbr\u003e  21 - Dorothy, Betsy and Ozma\u003cbr\u003e  22 - The Waterfall\u003cbr\u003e  23 - The Land of Oz\u003cbr\u003e  24 - The Royal Reception\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter One\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Great Whirlpool\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Seems to me,\" said Cap'n Bill, as he sat beside Trot under the big\u003cbr\u003eacacia tree, looking out over the blue ocean, \"seems to me, Trot, as\u003cbr\u003ehow the more we know, the more we find we don't know.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I can't quite make that out, Cap'n Bill,\" answered the little girl in\u003cbr\u003ea serious voice, after a moment's thought, during which her eyes\u003cbr\u003efollowed those of the old sailor-man across the glassy surface of the\u003cbr\u003esea. \"Seems to me that all we learn is jus' so much gained.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I know; it looks that way at first sight,\" said the sailor, nodding\u003cbr\u003ehis head; \"but those as knows the least have a habit of thinkin' they\u003cbr\u003eknow all there is to know, while them as knows the most admits what a\u003cbr\u003eturr'ble big world this is. It's the knowing ones that realize one\u003cbr\u003elifetime ain't long enough to git more'n a few dips o' the oars of\u003cbr\u003eknowledge.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTrot didn't answer. She was a very little girl, with big, solemn eyes\u003cbr\u003eand an earnest, simple manner. Cap'n Bill had been her faithful\u003cbr\u003ecompanion for years and had taught her almost everything she knew.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe was a wonderful man, this Cap'n Bill. Not so very old, although his\u003cbr\u003ehair was grizzled--what there was of it. Most of his head was bald as\u003cbr\u003ean egg and as shiny as oilcloth, and this made his big ears stick out\u003cbr\u003ein a funny way. His eyes had a gentle look and were pale blue in color,\u003cbr\u003eand his round face was rugged and bronzed. Cap'n Bill's left leg was\u003cbr\u003emissing, from the knee down, and that was why the sailor no longer\u003cbr\u003esailed the seas. The wooden leg he wore was good enough to stump around\u003cbr\u003ewith on land, or even to take Trot out for a row or a sail on the\u003cbr\u003eocean, but when it came to \"runnin' up aloft\" or performing active\u003cbr\u003eduties on shipboard, the old sailor was not equal to the task. The loss\u003cbr\u003eof his leg had ruined his career and the old sailor found comfort in\u003cbr\u003edevoting himself to the education and companionship of the little girl.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe accident to Cap'n Bill's leg bad happened at about the time Trot\u003cbr\u003ewas born, and ever since that he had lived with Trot's mother as \"a\u003cbr\u003estar boarder,\" having enough money saved up to pay for his weekly\u003cbr\u003e\"keep.\"  He loved the baby and often held her on his lap; her first\u003cbr\u003eride was on Cap'n Bill's shoulders, for she had no baby-carriage; and\u003cbr\u003ewhen she began to toddle around, the child and the sailor became close\u003cbr\u003ecomrades and enjoyed many strange adventures together. It is said the\u003cbr\u003efairies had been present at Trot's birth and had marked her forehead\u003cbr\u003ewith their invisible mystic signs, so that she was able to see and do\u003cbr\u003emany wonderful things.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe acacia tree was on top of a high bluff, but a path ran down the\u003cbr\u003ebank in a zigzag way to the water's edge, where Cap'n Bill's boat was\u003cbr\u003emoored to a rock by means of a stout cable. It had been a hot, sultry\u003cbr\u003eafternoon, with scarcely a breath of air stirring, so Cap'n Bill and\u003cbr\u003eTrot had been quietly sitting beneath the shade of the tree, waiting\u003cbr\u003efor the sun to get low enough for them to take a row.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey had decided to visit one of the great caves which the waves had\u003cbr\u003ewashed out of the rocky coast during many years of steady effort. The\u003cbr\u003ecaves were a source of continual delight to both the girl and the\u003cbr\u003esailor, who loved to explore their awesome depths.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I b'lieve, Cap'n,\" remarked Trot, at last, \"that it's time for us to\u003cbr\u003estart.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe old man cast a shrewd glance at the sky, the sea and the motionless\u003cbr\u003eboat. Then he shook his head.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Mebbe it's time, Trot,\" he answered, \"but I don't jes' like the looks\u003cbr\u003eo' things this afternoon.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What's wrong?\" she asked wonderingly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Can't say as to that. Things is too quiet to suit me, that's all. No\u003cbr\u003ebreeze, not a ripple a-top the water, nary a gull a-flyin' anywhere,\u003cbr\u003ean' the end o' the hottest day o' the year. I ain't no weather-prophet,\u003cbr\u003eTrot, but any sailor would know the signs is ominous.\"","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079507755248,"sku":"2940013500266","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013500266_p0.jpg?v=1763582094","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013500266","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}