The Magic of Oz

All these things passed through the mind of the Hyup boy while the

Cowardly Lion and Gugu the King were talking together, and that was

why he now began to do several strange things.

He had found a place, near to the point where he stood, where there

was a deep hollow in the rock, so he put his face into this hollow and

whispered softly, so he would not be heard:

I want the Wizard of Oz to become a fox--Pyrzqxgl!"

The Wizard, who had stood smilingly beside his friends, suddenly felt

his form change to that of a fox, and his black bag fell to the ground. Kiki

reached out an arm and seized the bag, and the Fox cried as loud as it

could:

Treason! There's a traitor here with magic powers!"

Everyone was startled at this cry, and Dorothy, seeing her old friend's

plight, screamed and exclaimed: "Mercy me!"

But the next instant the little girl's form had changed to that of a lamb

with fleecy white wool, and Dorothy was too bewildered to do anything

but look around her in wonder.

The Cowardly Lion's eyes now flashed fire; he crouched low and

lashed the ground with his tail and gazed around to discover who the

treacherous magician might be. But Kiki, who had kept his face in the

hollow rock, again whispered the magic word, and the great lion

disappeared and in his place stood a little boy dressed in Munchkin

costume. The little Munchkin boy was as angry as the lion had been, but

he was small and helpless.

Ruggedo the Nome saw what was happening and was afraid Kiki

would spoil all his plans, so he leaned over the rock and shouted: "Stop,

Kiki--stop!"

Kiki would not stop, however. Instead, he transformed the Nome into a

goose, to Ruggedo's horror and dismay. But the Hungry Tiger had

witnessed all these transformations, and he was watching to see which of

those present was to blame for them. When Ruggedo spoke to Kiki, the

Hungry Tiger knew that he was the magician, so he made a sudden spring

and hurled his great body full upon the form of the Li-Mon-Eag crouching