The second and final story in the 2000 edition of Oziana is "Ozma Fights the Sniffles" by J. L. Bell. When Button-Bright catches a cold, it's the first time Ozma has ever been faced with anyone catching a disease. Everything that Dorothy, the Shaggy Man, and others from the Great Outside World tell Ozma about the sniffles or other diseases just alarms her more and more, and she eventually quarantines Button-Bright. He doesn't take well to that and is quickly bored, but Ozma makes sure he stays in bed until the Wizard can return and cure him. Finally, the Wizard comes back and uses some of his old tricks from Omaha to "cure" Button-bright and, more importantly, put Ozma at ease.
This was a fun one, with Ozma's increasing alarm and stricter measures giving her a rare comic turn. Thankfully, all worked out well in the end!
A couple more items from the 2000 issue next week, and then Oziana will enter the twenty-first century!
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I wrote the whole first draft of this story in one sitting. My back was cramped for two days afterward because I hadn't taken any breaks.
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