Grampa In Oz

Another great book in the world of Oz, in which King Fumbo of Ragbad loses his head in a storm and Prince Tatters, accompanied by the wise and wonderful old soldier Grampa, sets off to find the king's head, a fortune, and a princess. With Bill, a live iron weathercock, they visit a Wizard's Garden and discover Urtha, a lovely girl made all of flowers -- and proceed to fall, swim, explode, sail, and fly above and below Oz and Ev. Grampa and Co. eventually meet Dorothy herself, traveling with a Forgetful Poet in search of the missing princess of Perhaps City who has been condemned to marry a monster! Ruth Plumly Thompson really hits her stride in this book, telling the OZ story with her own dash and style that will make you smile and outright laugh each chapter. The puns are continuous and those will make you groan!

By : Ruth Plumly Thompson (1891 - 1976)

01 - A Rainy Day in Ragbag 02 - A Wise Man Speaks 03 - The Blue Forest of Oz 04 - The Baffled Bandits 05 - Down the Hollow Tree 06 - The Wizard's Garden 07 - The Winding Stairway 08 - Strange Happenings in Perhaps City 09 - Dorothy Meets a New Celebrity 10 - Prince Forge John of Fire Island 11 - Into the Volcano 12 - The Island of Isa Poso 13 - Tatters Receives His Reward 14 - On Monday Mountain 15 - The Finding of Fumbo's Head 16 - Princess Dorothy Escapes 17 - The Adventurers Meet 18 - The Mischievous Play Fellows 19 - Back to Perhaps City 20 - The Prophet Confesses 21 - Urtha is Transformed 22 - Rejoicing in Ragbad

Things are going from bad to worse in the dilapidated kingdom of Ragbad; even the rag crop is failing. To top it all off (or not), King Fumbo's head is blown away in a ferocious storm (with "ten thousand pounds of thunder"). Prince Tatters of Ragbad, and Grampa, a former soldier and the bravest man in the kingdom (population 27), set out on a three-fold quest: for King Fumbo's lost head, a fortune to save the bankrupt kingdom, and a princess for Tatters to marry. They are joined by Bill, an iron weathercock from Chicago, who was brought to life by an electrical storm and blown to Oz.

Meanwhile, in Perhaps City in the Maybe Mountains, the Princess Pretty Good has a problem: the prophet Abrog (also known as Gorba) foresees her marrying a monster if she does not marry in four days. (He suggests himself as her bridegroom.) When Pretty Good resists, Abrog kidnaps her and tries to transform her into a clod of earth; but since she is, in fact, more than just pretty good, as princesses go, Pretty Good turns into the beautiful flower fairy Urtha.

Wide-ranging adventures—from Fire Island to Isa Poso to Monday Mountain — culminate in the location and restoration of King Fumbo's head. Dorothy (with the help of Percy Vere the forgetful poet) manages to restore order. Prince Tatters ends up married to Princess Pretty Good — which is pretty good for him.