parassault

Updated: May 23, 2025

"Nor I," exclaimed the Scarecrow. "The Grand Gheewizard will be suing you for parassault and battery. But how did it happen?" "Well," began Dorothy, "as soon as the parasol opened, I flew up so fast that I could hardly breathe. Then, after I'd gone ever so far, it came to me that if the parasol went up when it was up, it would come down when it was down.

L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum - The Royal Book of Oz : In which the Scarecrow goes to search for his family tree and discovers that he is the Long Lost Emperor of the Silver Island