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1. How the Nome King Became Angry

           ThesapphirehittheGeneraluponhisforeheadandknockedhimflatupontheground,wherehelaymotionless.ThentheKingranghisgongandtoldhisguardstodragouttheGeneralandthrowhimaway;whichtheydid.

           ThisNomeKingwasnamedRoquattheRed,andnoonelovedhim.Hewasabadmanandapowerfulmonarch,andhehadresolvedtodestroytheLandofOzanditsmagnificentEmeraldCity,toenslavePrincessOzmaandlittleDorothyandalltheOzpeople,andrecoverhisMagicBelt.ThissameBelthadonceenabledRoquattheRedtocarryoutmanywickedplans;butthatwasbeforeOzmaandherpeoplemarchedtotheundergroundcavernandcapturedit.TheNomeKingcouldnotforgiveDorothyorPrincessOzma,andhehaddeterminedtoberevengeduponthem.

           Butthey,fortheirpart,didnotknowtheyhadsodangerousanenemy.Indeed,OzmaandDorothyhadbothalmostforgottenthatsuchapersonastheNomeKingyetlivedunderthemountainsoftheLandofEv--whichlayjustacrossthedeadlydeserttothesouthoftheLandofOz.

           Anunsuspectedenemyisdoublydangerous.

           

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