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From: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
Date: 20030605
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Below is the introduction to the "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," by L. Frank Baum. This, as well as the book's 24 chapters, can be read at www.cs.cmu.edu/People/rgs/wizoz10.html

Folklore, legends, myths and fairy tales have followed childhood through the ages, for every healthy youngster has a wholesome and instinctive love for stories fantastic, marvelous and manifestly unreal. The winged fairies of Grimm and Andersen have brought more happiness to childish hearts than all other human creations.

Yet the old time fairy tale, having served for generations, may now be classed ...

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