5. How Dorothy Became a Princess

           WhenthepeopleoftheEmeraldCityheardthatDorothyhadreturnedtothemeveryonewaseagertoseeher,forthelittlegirlwasageneralfavoriteintheLandofOz.Fromtimetotimesomeofthefolkfromthegreatoutsideworldhadfoundtheirwayintothisfairyland,butallexceptonehadbeencompanionsofDorothyandhadturnedouttobeveryagreeablepeople.TheexceptionIspeakofwasthewonderfulWizardofOz,asleight-of-handperformerfromOmahawhowentupinaballoonandwascarriedbyacurrentofairtotheEmeraldCity.HisqueerandpuzzlingtricksmadethepeopleofOzbelievehimagreatwizardforatime,andheruledoverthemuntilDorothyarrivedonherfirstvisitandshowedtheWizardtobeamerehumbug.Hewasagentle,kind-heartedlittleman,andDorothygrewtolikehimafterward.When,afteranabsence,theWizardreturnedtotheLandofOz,Ozmareceivedhimgraciouslyandgavehimahomeinapartofthepalace.

           InadditiontotheWizardtwootherpersonagesfromtheoutsideworldhadbeenallowedtomaketheirhomeintheEmeraldCity.ThefirstwasaquaintShaggyMan,whomOzmahadmadetheGovernoroftheRoyalStorehouses,andthesecondaYellowHennamedBillina,whohadafinehouseinthegardensbackofthepalace,whereshelookedafteralargefamily.BoththesehadbeenoldcomradesofDorothy,soyouseethelittlegirlwasquiteanimportantpersonageinOz,andthepeoplethoughtshehadbroughtthemgoodluck,andlovedhernextbesttoOzma.