“My people have been wearing green glasses on their eyes for so long that most of them think this really is an Emerald City.”

— L. Frank Baum , book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)
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Children's writer, editor, journalist, screenwriter 1856–1919

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“Where is my daddy? asked the emerald. My da?
Moll dropped a glass, which shattered.
Your father.
Yes, said the emerald, amn’t I supposed to have one?
He’s not here.
Noticed that, said the emerald.
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Bosh! said the emerald. I don’t believe it.
Do you believe I’m your mother?
I do.
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I am an emerald.
Used to be, said Moll, women wouldn’t drink from a glass into which the moon had shone. For fear of getting knocked up.
Surely this is a superstition?
Hoo, hoo, said Moll. I like superstition.
I thought the moon was female.
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