Folklore, legends, myths and fairy tales have followed childhood
through the ages. The winged fairies of Grimm and Andersen have
brought more happiness to childish hearts than all other human
creations. Yet the old time fairy tale, having served for
generations, may now be classed as "historical" in the children's
library; for the time has come for a series of newer "wonder tales"
in which the stereotyped genie, dwarf and fairy are eliminated,
together with all the horrible and blood-curdling incidents devised
by their authors to point a fearsome moral to each tale. Modern
education includes morality; therefore the modern child seeks only
entertainment in its wonder tales and gladly dispenses with all
disagreeable incident. Having this thought in mind, the story of
"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" was written solely to please children
of today. It aspires to being a modernized fairy tale, in which the
wonderment and joy are retained and the heartaches and nightmares
are left out. L. Frank Baum
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