Little Wizard Stories of Oz

Download or read book Little Wizard Stories of Oz written by L Frank Baum and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-07 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These two beasts are Ozma's chief guardians, but as everyone loves the beautiful girl Princess therehas never been any disturbance in the great Throne Room, or anything for the guardians to do but lookfierce and solemn and keep quiet until the Royal Audience is over and the people go away to theirhomes.Of course no one would dare be naughty while the huge Lion and Tiger crouched beside the throne;but the fact is, the people of Oz are very seldom naughty. So Ozma's big guards are more ornamentalthan useful, and no one realizes that better than the beasts themselves.One day, after everybody had left the Throne Room except the Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger, the Lion yawned and said to his friend: "I'm getting tired of this job. No one is afraid of us and no one pays any attention to us.""That is true," replied the big Tiger, purring softly. "We might as well be in the thick jungles where wewere born, as trying to protect Ozma when she needs no protection. And I'm dreadfully hungry all thetime.""You have enough to eat, I'm sure," said the Lion, swaying his tail slowly back and forth."Enough, perhaps; but not the kind of food I long for," answered the Tiger. "What I'm hungry for isfat babies. I have a great desire to eat a few fat babies. Then, perhaps, the people of Oz would fear meand I'd become more important