Merry Go Round in Oz by L. Frank Baum

Author:L. Frank Baum [Baum, L. Frank]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Young Adult, Oz, Fiction
Published: 2011-03-13T00:00:00+00:00

"Oh. I wish you would," Dorothy said gratefully. By this

time she had noticed the Unicorn, and the Prince's crown, and

had taken a closer look at the Flittermouse, and her curiosity was

growing every second. "Is that a Unicorn?" she burst out.

"The Unicorn," said that unusual creature, stepping daintily

over to her. "And you're a maiden, aren't you? It's lovely to

see a maiden again, after all these males. Would you care to weave

a daisy chain for my neck sometime-at your convenience, of

course? It would make me awfully happy."

"Why, I'd love to, Dorothy told her. Smiling at the Prince,

she said, "I'm sure we were bad-mannered too. It was only be-

cause we were startled-and the Cowardly Lion thought he was

being insulted by your horse."

"Steed," Fred corrected her sulkily. Under his breath he mum-

bled, "Admits he's a coward, does he?"

"Certainly he does-and it makes him a terrific fighter," Dor-

othy retorted. "It seems to me," she added severely, "that it's much

better to admit you're a coward-and then act brave-than to pre-

tend you're brave, and then just yell 'Help! Help! the way you

and I did."

This left Fred with eyes and mouth both open and not a word

to say. Fess could not help grinning at his stupefied expression.

But then the Unicorn murmured confidingly to Dorothy, "No

one expects maidens to be brave. After all, we femies are much

more sensitive than these crude males." And even the Flitter-

mouse, who was still sobbing disconsolately at being called a bat,

raised his head long enough to peer at Fred and quaver,

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