Tuesday 27 December 2022

"We are exceedingly kind hearted"

 But the Woggle-Bug strutted along as if he had made some brilliant remark, and the Scarecrow was obliged to say:

“I have heard, my dear friend, that a person can become over-educated; and although I have a high respect for brains, no matter how they may be arranged or classified, I begin to suspect that yours are slightly tangled. In any event, I must beg you to restrain your superior education while in our society.”

“We are not very particular,” added the Tin Woodman; “and we are exceedingly kind hearted. But if your superior culture gets leaky again—” He did not complete the sentence, but he twirled his gleaming axe so carelessly that the Woggle-Bug looked frightened, and shrank away to a safe distance.

The others marched on in silence, and the Highly Magnified one, after a period of deep thought, said in an humble voice:

“I will endeavor to restrain myself.”

Please see a video of Kavita reading from The Marvellous Land of Oz: "We are exceedingly kind hearted". And, guess what? You can read the whole book online here: The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Marvellous Land of Oz, by L. Frank Baum


Read this by L. Frank Baum on how he was convinced to write this book. And, for Kavita to know the L. Frank Baum is from Chicago, city of her birth: 



I love these illustrations:




I explained to Kavita this book was published in 1904 and she's reading a beloved children's book that is more than a 100 years old! 


I am very proud of Kavita's reading skills and she is reading much more than I was at her age. However, with all the distractions that lurk everywhere (on demand streaming, YouTube, Netflix, video games on the phone), one has to force children to read. But when they do start reading, they get lost in the story. 

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