But Ozma, looking into her friend's face and reading those thoughts, gave a laugh and said: "No, no, Dorothy, that wouldn't do at all.

Instead of happiness your plan would bring weariness to the world.

If every one could wave a wand and have his wants fulfilled there would be little to wish for.

There would be no eager striving to obtain the difficult, for nothing would then be difficult, and the pleasure of earning something longed for, and only to be secured by hard work and careful thought, would be utterly lost.

There would be nothing to do you see, and no interest in life and in our fellow creatures.