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The Road to Oz
In which is related how Dorothy Gale of Kansas, The Shaggy Man,
Button Bright, and Polychrome the Rainbow's Daughter met on an
Enchanted Road and followed it all the way to the Marvelous Land of
Oz.
by L. Frank Baum "Royal Historian of Oz"

Contents
--To My Readers-- 1. The Way to Butterfield 2. Dorothy Meets
Button-Bright 3. A Queer Village 4. King Dox 5. The Rainbow's
Daughter 6. The City of Beasts 7. The Shaggy Man's Transformation 8.
The Musicker 9. Facing the Scoodlers 10. Escaping the Soup-Kettle 11.

Johnny Dooit Does It 12. The Deadly Desert Crossed 13. The Truth
Pond 14. Tik-Tok and Billina 15. The Emperor's Tin Castle 16. Visiting
the Pumpkin-Field 17. The Royal Chariot Arrives 18. The Emerald
City 19. The Shaggy Man's Welcome 20. Princess Ozma of Oz 21.
Dorothy Receives the Guests 22. Important Arrivals 23. The Grand
Banquet 24. The Birthday Celebration

To My Readers
Well, my dears, here is what you have asked for: another "Oz Book"
about Dorothy's strange adventures. Toto is in this story, because you
wanted him to be there, and many other characters which you will
recognize are in the story, too. Indeed, the wishes of my little
correspondents have been considered as carefully as possible, and if the
story is not exactly as you would have written it yourselves, you must
remember that a story has to be a story before it can be written down,
and the writer cannot change it much without spoiling it.
In the preface to "Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz" I said I would like to
write some stories that were not "Oz" stories, because I thought I had
written about Oz long enough; but since that volume was published I
have been fairly deluged with letters from children imploring me to
"write more about Dorothy," and "more about Oz," and since I write
only to please the children I shall try to respect their wishes.
There are some new characters in this book that ought to win your live.
I'm very fond of the shaggy man myself, and I think you will like him,
too. As for Polychrome--the Rainbow's Daughter--and stupid little
Button-Bright, they seem to have brought a new element of fun into
these Oz stories, and I am glad I discovered them. Yet I am anxious to
have you write and tell me how you like them.
Since this book was written I have received some very remarkable
News from The Land of Oz, which has greatly astonished me. I believe
it will astonish you, too, my dears, when you hear it. But it is such a
long and exciting story that it must be saved for another book--and

perhaps that book will be the last story that will ever be told about the
Land of Oz.
L. FRANK BAUM
Coronado, 1909.

1. The Way to Butterfield
"Please, miss," said the shaggy man, "can you tell me the road to
Butterfield?"
Dorothy looked him over. Yes, he was shaggy, all right, but there was a
twinkle in his eye that seemed pleasant.
"Oh yes," she replied; "I can tell you. But it isn't this road at all."
"No?"
"You cross the ten-acre lot, follow the lane to the highway, go north to
the five branches, and take--let me see--"
"To be sure, miss; see as far as Butterfield, if you like," said the shaggy
man.
"You take the branch next the willow stump, I b'lieve; or else the
branch by the gopher holes; or else--"
"Won't any of 'em do, miss?"
"'Course not, Shaggy Man. You must take the right road to get to
Butterfield."
"And is that the one by the gopher stump, or--"
"Dear me!" cried Dorothy. "I shall have to show you the way, you're so
stupid. Wait a minute till I run in the house and get my sunbonnet."

The shaggy man waited. He had an oat-straw in his