“I hope the other boys and girls will like Grampa as much as I do,” says Dorothy, and I hope so too, for I’m awfully fond of the old soldier.
I hear from Glinda that Mombi the witch is up to some mischief, so I must hurry off to the Emerald City at once. If it is true I’ll tell you all about it in the next story. Now please do write me some more of those jolly letters and tell me any Oz news you may hear. Will you? Meanwhile, lots of love, good wishes and good times to you!
Ruth Plumly Thompson.
Philadelphia,
July, 1924.
This book is dedicated, with deep affection, to
Uncle Billy
(Major William J. Hammer)
Author, inventor and second cousin to Santa Claus
Ruth Plumly Thompson.