"Policeman Bluejay" from Lyman Frank Baum. American author of children's books, best known for writing The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1856-1919).
This tale follows the adventures of a kindhearted bird whose job it is to maintain peace and order in the forest.
Of course, this is no ordinary forest; it is a nature fairyland, and the Royal Necromancer of the bird Kingdom of Paradise informs them that they must each eat a tingle-berry as antidote to undo the evil enchantment.
Both The Twinkle Tales and Policeman Bluejay were printed under the pen name "Laura Bancroft" - the only Baum fantasy works published under a pseudonym. Tongue-in-cheek, Katharine Rogers has called Policeman Bluejay "her best work.
Policeman Bluejay
He is best known for his famous series of modern fairy tales set in the imaginary land of Oz. The first of the books, ‘The Wonderful Wizard of Oz’ is widely considered to be the first true American fairy tale and was the basis for the ...
Policeman Bluejay gave a cry of anger as he saw this, and dashed forward to meet the rooks. "What does this mean, you rascal?" he demanded, in a fierce voice. "Easy there, my fine dandy," replied the rook, with a hoarse laugh.
At the story's start, Twinkle and Chubbins are lost in a "great forest.
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This tale follows the adventures of a kindhearted bird whose job it is to maintain peace and order in the forest.