Chapters (33)
- Title Page
- epubBooks Information
- Author's Note
- 1. How the Nome King Became Angry
- 2. How Uncle Henry Got Into Trouble
- 3. How Ozma Granted Dorothy's Request
- 4. How The Nome King Planned Revenge
- 5. How Dorothy Became a Princess
- 6. How Guph Visited the Whimsies
- 7. How Aunt Em Conquered the Lion
- 8. How the Grand Gallipoot Joined The Nomes
- 9. How the Wogglebug Taught Athletics
- 10. How the Cuttenclips Lived
- 11. How the General Met the First and Foremost
- 12. How they Matched the Fuddles
- 13. How the General Talked to the King
- 14. How the Wizard Practiced Sorcery
- 15. How Dorothy Happened to Get Lost
- 16. How Dorothy Visited Utensia
- 17. How They Came to Bunbury
- 18. How Ozma Looked into the Magic Picture
- 19. How Bunnybury Welcomed the Strangers
- 20. How Dorothy Lunched With a King
- 21. How the King Changed His Mind
- 22. How the Wizard Found Dorothy
- 23. How They Encountered the Flutterbudgets
- 24. How the Tin Woodman Told the Sad News
- 25. How the Scarecrow Displayed His Wisdom
- 26. How Ozma Refused to Fight for Her Kingdom
- 27. How the Fierce Warriors Invaded Oz
- 28. How They Drank at the Forbidden Fountain
- 29. How Glinda Worked a Magic Spell
- 30. How the Story of Oz Came to an End
"Why, they amused us all for several hours," replied the Wizard. "That is being of use to us, I'm sure."
"I think they're more fun than playing solitaire or mumbletypeg," declared Uncle Henry, soberly. "For my part, I'm glad we visited the Fuddles."
13. How the General Talked to the King
13. How the General Talked to the King
When General Guph returned to the cavern of the Nome King his Majesty asked:
"Well, what luck? Will the Whimsies join us?"
"They will," answered the General. "They will fight for us with all their strength and cunning."
"Good!" exclaimed the King. "What reward did you promise them?"
"Your Majesty is to use the Magic Belt to give each Whimsie a large, fine head, in place of the small one he is now obliged to wear."
"I agree to that," said the King. "This is good news, Guph, and it makes me feel more certain of the conquest of Oz."
"But I have other news for you," announced the General.
"Good or bad?"
"Good, your Majesty."
"Then I will hear it," said the King, with interest.
"The Growleywogs will join us."
"No!" cried the astonished King.
"Yes, indeed," said the General. "I have their promise."
"But what reward do they demand?" inquired the King, suspiciously, for he knew how greedy the Growleywogs were.
"They are to take a few of the Oz people for their slaves," replied Guph. He did not think it necessary to tell Roquat that the Growleywogs demanded twenty thousand slaves. It would be time enough for that when Oz was conquered.
"A very reasonable request, I'm sure," remarked the King. "I must congratulate you, Guph, upon the wonderful success of your journey."
"But that is not all," said the General, proudly.
The King seemed astonished. "Speak out, sir!" he commanded.
"I have seen the First and Foremost Phanfasm of the Mountain of Phantastico, and he will bring his people to assist us."
"What!" cried the King. "The Phanfasms! You don't mean it, Guph!"
"It is true," declared the General, proudly.
The King became thoughtful, and his brows wrinkled.
"I'm afraid, Guph," he said rather anxiously, "that the First and Foremost may prove as dangerous to us as to the Oz people. If he and his terrible band come down from the mountain they may take the notion to conquer the Nomes!"
"Pah! That is a foolish idea," retorted Guph, irritably, but he knew in his heart that the King was right. "The First and Foremost is a particular friend of mine, and will do us no harm. Why, when I was there, he even invited me into his house."
The General neglected to tell the King how he had been jerked into the hut of the First and Foremost by means of the brass hoop. So Roquat the Red looked at his General admiringly and said: