Aftar H pablikESn v "H wandarfal wizard v /oz" F bigAn t risIv letarz fram cilJran, telN mI v HEr pleZar in rIdN H stYri n AskN mI t "rFt samTiN mYr" abQt H /skErkrO n H /tin /wUdmAn. At farst F knsidard HIz lital letarz, frAnk n arnist HO HE war, in H lFt v priti komplimants; bat H letarz kntinjMd t kam darN saksIdN manTs, n Ivan jIrz.
fFnali F promisd wan lital garl, hM mEd a loN Jarni t sI mI n prifar rikwest, -- n SI z a "/dYraTi," bF H wE -- Ht wen a TQzand lital garlz hAd ritan mI a TQzand lital letarz AskN f H /skErkrO n H /tin /wUdman F wUd rFt H bUk. IHar lital /dYraTi waz a fEri in disgFz, n WEvd har mAJik wond, Yr H sakses v H stEJ pradakSn v "H wizard v /oz" mEd nM frendz f H stYri, f H TQzand letarz rIcd HEr destinESn loN sins -- n meni mYr folOd Hem.
n nQ, YlHO plIdN gilti t loN dilE, F hAv kept mF promis in Hs bUk.
/l. /frANk /bYm.
/SikogO, /JMn, 1904
t HOz eksalant gUd felOz n eminant kamIdianz /dEvid /k. /montgamari n /fred /A. /stOn hMz levar parsanESnz v H /tin /wUdmAn n H /skErkrO hAv dilFtd TQzandz v cilJran TrMQt H lAnd, Hs bUk z grEtfali dedikEtd bF H YTar.