Dedication
Dear Boys and Girls:
I often have wondered about the Strat, have not you? Bet a bushel of peanuts you have! Well, while we’ve been wondering the Wizard of Oz has been inventing an Ozoplane to go Strato-sphering! Oh, there’s some pretty high sky-riding in this adventure, I can tell you! And with Dot, Jellia Jam, the Scarecrow, Cowardly Lion and Tin Woodman along, you can imagine the thrills and excitement. And the Soldier with Green Whiskers hopes you’ll give him credit for the part he played in the affair!
You know—it’s grand to get together over a book once a year and have a good laugh, isn’t it? I’d like to know what makes you laugh loudest and longest.... I think I laughed most at the Cowardly Lion!
Yours for fun—now, and OZ always!
RUTH PLUMLY THOMPSON
54 S. Farragut Terrace,
West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania