L Frank Baum

The Master Key L Frank Baum

Classics for Your Collection: goo.gl/U80LCr --------- One Demon... One Boy, and Three Wishes for Three Weeks! The protagonist is a boy named Rob Joslyn. His age is not specified. Baum dedicated the book "To My Son, Robert Stanton Baum," who was born in 1886 and would thus have been about fifteen at the time it was published. Rob is an electrical experimenter whose father encourages him and sees that he "never lacked batteries, motors or supplies of any sort." A "net-work[sic] of wires soon ran throughout the house". He loses track of the elaborately interconnected wires, and trying to get a cardboard house to light up, he "experimented in a rather haphazard fashion, connecting this and that wire blindly and by guesswork, in the hope that he would strike the right combination." There is a bright flash, and a being who calls himself the Demon of Electricity appears. He tells Rob that he has accidentally "touched the Master Key of Electricity" and is entitled to "to demand from me three gifts each week for three successive weeks." Rob protests that he does not know what to ask for, and the Demon agrees to select the gifts himself. Over the next three weeks, Rob experiences adventures exploring the use of the Demon's gifts, but eventually concludes that neither he nor the world is ready for them. On the third week, Rob rejects the Demon's gifts and tells him to bide his time until humankind knows how to use them. The Demon leaves. With a light heart, Rob concludes that he made the right decision. Trivia Like some of Baum's adult novels, The Master Key features encounters with real historical figures of the period, such as King Edward of Britain, President Loubet of France, and the Duke of Orléans. Scroll Up and Get Your Copy! The Complete Oz Series: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz https: //www.createspace.com/6426287 TIK-TOK of OZ https: //www.createspace.com/6353841 Ozma of Oz https: //www.createspace.com/6356346 Glinda of OZ https: //www.createspace.com/6461890 The Scarecrow of OZ https: //www.createspace.com/6461981 The Marvelous Land of Oz https: //www.createspace.com/6462832 Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz https: //www.createspace.com/6464450 The Road to Oz by https: //www.createspace.com/6464521 The Emerald City of Oz https: //www.createspace.com/6464602 The Patchwork Girl of Oz https: //www.createspace.com/6464682 The Lost Princess of Oz https: //www.createspace.com/6465342 The Tin Woodman of Oz https: //www.createspace.com/6466582 Rinkitink in Oz https: //www.createspace.com/6464764 The Magic of Oz https: //www.createspace.com/6466620