“If any of us takes a rest,
We'll be arrested sure,
And get no restitution
'Cause the rest we must endure.”

— L. Frank Baum, book The Patchwork Girl of Oz

The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1913), Ch. 6 : The Journey
Later Oz novels

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Children's writer, editor, journalist, screenwriter 1856–1919

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