The Magic of Oz

Ruggedo now began pronouncing the Magic Word in every way he

could think of, hoping to hit the right one, and the Fox, hiding in a bush,

was somewhat troubled by the fear that he might succeed. However, the

Wizard, who was used to magic arts, remained calm and soon remembered

exactly how Kiki Aru had pronounced the word. So he repeated the

sentence he had before uttered and Ruggedo the Nome became an

ordinary walnut.

The Wizard now crept out from the bush and said: "I want my own

form again--Pyrzqxgl!"

Instantly he was the Wizard of Oz, and after picking up the hickory-

nut and the walnut, and carefully placing them in his pocket, he ran back

to the big clearing.

Dorothy the Lamb uttered a bleat of delight when she saw her old

friend restored to his natural shape. The others were all there, not having

found the Goose. The fat Gillikin woman, the Munchkin boy, the Rabbit

and the Glass Cat crowded around the Wizard and asked what had

happened.

Before he explained anything of his adventure, he transformed them

all--except, of course, the Glass Cat--into their natural shapes, and when

their joy permitted them to quiet somewhat, he told how he had by chance

surprised the Magician's secret and been able to change the two Li-Mon-

Eags into shapes that could not speak, and therefore would be unable to

help themselves. And the little Wizard showed his astonished friends the

hickory-nut and the walnut to prove that he had spoken the truth.

But--see here!"--exclaimed Dorothy. "What has become of those

Giant Soldiers who used to be monkeys?"

I forgot all about them!" admitted the Wizard; "but I suppose they are

still standing there in the forest."