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The Emerald City of Oz

Chapter 41: 30. How the Story of Oz Came to an End
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A young girl's return to a magical realm leads to a joyful welcome and her being installed as a princess, while courtly life and curious companions resume around her. Meanwhile a subterranean monarch nursing resentment plots revenge, prompting journeys through whimsical regions and meetings with eccentric creatures and allies. The group confronts strange trials, diplomatic misunderstandings, and an eventual invasion that tests loyalties. Magic, ingenuity, and the ruler's restraint play key roles in resolving danger, and the narrative closes with the kingdom restored and the heroine established among friends and advisers in her new home.




30. How the Story of Oz Came to an End

The writer of these Oz stories has received a little note from Princess Dorothy of Oz which, for a time, has made him feel rather disconcerted. The note was written on a broad, white feather from a stork's wing, and it said:


"YOU WILL NEVER HEAR ANYTHING MORE ABOUT OZ, BECAUSE WE ARE NOW CUT OFF FOREVER FROM ALL THE REST OF THE WORLD. BUT TOTO AND I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU AND ALL THE OTHER CHILDREN WHO LOVE US.

"DOROTHY GALE."


This seemed to me too bad, at first, for Oz is a very interesting fairyland. Still, we have no right to feel grieved, for we have had enough of the history of the Land of Oz to fill six story books, and from its quaint people and their strange adventures we have been able to learn many useful and amusing things.

So good luck to little Dorothy and her companions. May they live long in their invisible country and be very happy!