Being an account of the
  further adventures of the

  Scarecrow
                                and Tin Woodman

                            and also the strange ex-
                          periences of the highly mag-
                        nified Woggle-Bug, Jack Pumpkin-
                         head, the Animated Saw-Horse
                                 and the Gump;
                                the story being

                         A Sequel to The Wizard of Oz
                         Published, July, 1904

                            Author's Note

    AFTER
        the publication
               of "The Wonderful Wizard
                   of OZ"
             I began to receive
                 letters from children,
           telling me of their pleasure
               in reading the story and
              asking me
                   to "write something more"
                 about the Scarecrow
                       and the Tin Woodman.

    At first
         I considered these little letters,
           frank and earnest
             though they were,
         in the light
               of pretty compliments;
        but the letters
             continued to come
                  during succeeding months,
           and even years.

    Finally I promised
           one little girl,
         who made a long journey
              to see me
                  and prefer her request,
         -- and
             she is a "Dorothy,"
                   by the way --
            that when
               a thousand little girls
            had written
                   me a thousand little letters
                 asking for the Scarecrow
                       and the Tin Woodman
             I would write the book,
           Either little Dorothy
            was a fairy in disguise,
         and waved her magic wand,
           or the success
               of the stage production
             of "The Wizard of OZ"
              made new friends
                   for the story,
         For the thousand letters
             reached their destination long since
          -- and many more
              followed them.

    And now,
           although pleading guilty
               to long delay,
         I have
              kept my promise
                   in this book.

    L. FRANK
        BAUM.

    Chicago,
           June,
         1904

    To those excellent
    good fellows
    and
    comedians
    David C.
    Montgomery
    and
    Frank A. Stone
    whose clever
    personations of
    the
    Tin Woodman
    and the
    Scarecrow
    have delighted
    thousands of
    children
    throughout the land,
    this book is
    gratefully dedicated
    by THE AUTHOR
 
  Tip Manufactures a
       Pumpkinhead

    In the Country
           of the Gillikins,
         which is
               at the North
                   of the Land of Oz,
         lived a youth called Tip.

    There was more
           to his name
         than that,
           for old Mombi often declared
             that his whole name
                was Tippetarius;
        but no one
            was expected
                  to say
                       such a long word when
         "Tip"
            would do just as well.

    This boy
          remembered nothing of his parents,
           for he had been brought
             when quite young
                  to be
                      reared by the old woman
                          known as Mombi,
         whose reputation,
           I am sorry to say,
         was none of the best.

    For the Gillikin people had
         reason to suspect her
               of indulging
             in magical arts,
           and therefore hesitated
              to associate with her.

    Mombi was
           not exactly a Witch,
         because the Good Witch
             who ruled
                 that part
                       of the Land of Oz
                    had forbidden any other Witch
                          to exist in her dominions.

    So Tip's guardian,
           however much
             she might aspire
                   to working magic,
         realized it
            was unlawful
                  to be
                       more than a Sorceress,
           or at most a Wizardess.

    Tip was made to carry
         wood from the forest,
           that the old woman
            might boil her pot.

    He also
          worked in the corn-fields,
           hoeing and husking;
        and he fed
               the pigs and
                  milked the four-horned cow
             that was Mombi's especial pride.

    But you must not suppose
         he worked all the time,
           for he felt
          that would be
              bad for him.

    When sent
           to the forest Tip often
          climbed trees
               for birds' eggs or
              amused himself
               chasing the fleet
                  white rabbits or
                      fishing in the brooks with
                          bent pins.