John Dough and the Cherub
L. Frank Baum
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An evil Arabian sorcerer loans a golden flask full of the Great Elixir - a magic liquid that endows a person with pronounced health, strength, and longevity - to a colorblind baker's wife to stop it falling into the wrong hands. Unfortunately, the woman mixes up the Elixir with her rheumatism medicine, which, through even more misunderstanding, then ends up being used in batch of gingerbread. Out of this dough comes John Dough, a six-foot novelty gingerbread man who promptly comes to life and runs away, in an echo of an old nursery rhyme. Pursued by the evil sorcerer, who wants to eat him to gain the power of immortality, and children, who want to eat him because he's made of cake, John Dough and his sidekick the Cherub flee through a variety of strange fantasy lands and bizarre scenarios, including an encounter with "The King of Fairy Beavers," an animated Wooden Indian, a girl executioner who never gets to kill anybody and weeps over the fact, a two-legged talking horse that bullies its rider, and the youthful and tyrannical "Kinglet" of Phreex. Will John Dough escape those who want him eaten?
Though the novel (published in 1906) is not considered part of the Oz canon, its main characters make cameo appearances in The Road to Oz (1909). - Summary by Mary Kay, E. Toland and Wikipedia (4 hr 27 min)
Chapitres
The Great Elixir | 12:15 | Lu par Beth Thomas (1974-2020) |
The Two Flasks | 3:50 | Lu par Rob Smith |
The Gingerbread Man | 8:35 | Lu par Rob Smith |
John Dough Begins his Adventures | 14:22 | Lu par Beth Thomas (1974-2020) |
Chick, the Cherub | 51:40 | Lu par Leslie Howard |
The Freaks of Phreex | 16:52 | Lu par Lynne T |
The Lady Executioner | 13:12 | Lu par Rob Smith |
The Palace of Romance | 12:34 | Lu par Rob Smith |
The Silver Pig | 5:10 | Lu par Rob Smith |
Pittypat and the Mifkets | 17:40 | Lu par Mark Nelson |
The Island Princess | 11:14 | Lu par Diana Schmidt |
Para Bruin, the Rubber Bear | 13:11 | Lu par Mark Nelson |
Black Ooboo | 16:43 | Lu par Mark Nelson |
Under Land and Water | 12:15 | Lu par Mark Nelson |
The Fairy Beavers | 18:53 | Lu par Kalynda |
The Flight of the Flamingoes | 10:25 | Lu par Mark Nelson |
Sport of Pirate Island | 9:42 | Lu par Joseph Tabler |
Hiland and Loland | 13:31 | Lu par Mark Nelson |
King Dough and his Court | 5:27 | Lu par Rob Smith |
Critiques
John dough and the cherub





ozpianist
Delightful charming little story
it was great





Melody Fell
a fantastic tale by the Writer of the wizard of oz. the main Character was named in the road to oz at ozmas birthday party
rew





Rick Wagler
I really like Baum and the readers did very well
Didn’t like it





Bung
The reading is good.