The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus

er, Ozma of Oz. But not all of the Winkie Country is fully settled. At the east, which part lies nearest the Emerald City, there are beautiful farmhouses and roads, but as you trav

ry extending westward quite to the Deadly Desert that surrounds all the Land of Oz and separates that favored fairyland from the more common outside world. The Winkies who live in this west section have many tin mines, fr

ey had descended from the mountain of the Yips. "Goodness me!" cried Nellary the Winkie wife when she saw the strange couple approaching her house. "I have seen many queer creatures in the Land of Oz, but n

in the doorway when the Frogman approached and said with a haughty croa

-plated lobster," replied Wil

him and said, "Do no

u must be very polite to the great Frogman, fo

hat?" inqui

Frogman nodded and strutted up and down, tw

s overgrown frog is the wisest cre

Scarecrow is," answered

is supposed to have the finest brains in all

brains. I am so wise that sometimes my wisdom makes my head ache. I know so much that often I have

rked Wiljon reflectively and eyeing the Frogman with a d

ere my jeweled dishpan is," s

have trouble enough in keeping track of our own dish

Wiljon the Winkie did not seem greatly impressed by the great Frogman, which seemed to that person

as they walked along a path. "If he could give a Sc

ater than any wizard. Depend on ME. If your dishp

be broken," declared the Coo

silence. Then he asked, "Why do you a

ndmothers since the beginning of time. It is, I believe, the very oldest thing in all the Yip Country-o

e Frogman, seeming to be s

f cookies and they burned up in the oven! I made another batch that proved too tough to eat, and I was so ashamed of them that I buried them in the ground. Even the third batch of cookies, which I brought with me in my basket, were pretty

gman with a sigh, "I suppose