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“Once,” began the leader, “we were a free people, living happilyin the great forest, flying from tree to tree, eating nuts and fruit, and doingjust as we pleased without calling anybody master. Perhaps some of us wererather too full of mischief at times, flying down to pull the tails of theanimals that had no wings, chasing birds, and throwing nuts at the people whowalked in the forest. But we were careless and happy and full of fun, andenjoyed every minute of the day. This was many years ago, long before Oz cameout of the clouds to rule over this land.

“There lived here then, away at the North, a beautiful princess,who was also a powerful sorceress. All her magic was used to help the people,and she was never known to hurt anyone who was good. Her name was Gayelette,and she lived in a handsome palace built from great blocks of ruby. Everyoneloved her, but her greatest sorrow was that she could find no one to love inreturn, since all the men were much too stupid and ugly to mate with one sobeautiful and wise.

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The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman were rather frightened at first,for they remembered how badly the Winged Monkeys had treated them before; butthey saw that no harm was intended, so they rode through the air quitecheerfully, and had a fine time looking at the pretty gardens and woods farbelow them.

Dorothy found herself riding easily between two of the biggestMonkeys, one of them the King himself. They had made a chair of their hands andwere careful not to hurt her.

“Why do you have to obey the charm of the Golden Cap?” she asked.

“That is a long story,” answered the King, with a Winged laugh;“but as we have a long journey before us, I will pass the time by telling youabout it, if you wish.”

“I shall be glad to hear it,” she replied.

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The King bowed low before Dorothy, and asked, “What is yourcommand?”

“We wish to go to the Emerald City,” said the child, “and we havelost our way.”

“We will carry you,” replied the King, and no sooner had he spokenthan two of the Monkeys caught Dorothy in their arms and flew away with her.Others took the Scarecrow and the Woodman and the Lion, and one little Monkeyseized Toto and flew after them, although the dog tried hard to bite him.

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Dorothy looked inside the Golden Cap and saw some words writtenupon the lining. These, she thought, must be the charm, so she read thedirections carefully and put the Cap upon her head.

“Ep-pe, pep-pe, kak-ke!” she said, standing on her left foot.

“What did you say?” asked the Scarecrow, who did not know what shewas doing.

“Hil-lo, hol-lo, hel-lo!” Dorothy went on, standing this time onher right foot.

“Hello!” replied the Tin Woodman calmly.

“Ziz-zy, zuz-zy, zik!” said Dorothy, who was now standing on bothfeet. This ended the saying of the charm, and they heard a great chattering andflapping of wings, as the band of Winged Monkeys flew up to them.

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“What can I do for my friends?”

“We have lost our way,” said Dorothy. “Can you tell us where theEmerald City is?”

“Certainly,” answered the Queen; “but it is a great way off, foryou have had it at your backs all this time.” Then she noticed Dorothy’s GoldenCap, and said, “Why don’t you use the charm of the Cap, and call the WingedMonkeys to you? They will carry you to the City of Oz in less than an hour.”

“I didn’t know there was a charm,” answered Dorothy, in surprise.“What is it?”

“It is written inside the Golden Cap,” replied the Queen of theMice. “But if you are going to call the Winged Monkeys we must run away, forthey are full of mischief and think it great fun to plague us.”

“Won’t they hurt me?” asked the girl anxiously.

“Oh, no. They must obey the wearer of the Cap. Good-bye!” And shescampered out of sight, with all the mice hurrying after her.

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Then Dorothy lost heart. She sat down on the grass and looked ather companions, and they sat down and looked at her, and Toto found that forthe first time in his life he was too tired to chase a butterfly that flew pasthis head. So he put out his tongue and panted and looked at Dorothy as if toask what they should do next.

“Suppose we call the field mice,” she suggested. “They couldprobably tell us the way to the Emerald City.”

“To be sure they could,” cried the Scarecrow. “Why didn’t we thinkof that before?”

Dorothy blew the little whistle she had always carried about herneck since the Queen of the Mice had given it to her. In a few minutes theyheard the pattering of tiny feet, and many of the small gray mice came runningup to her. Among them was the Queen herself, who asked, in her squeaky littlevoice:

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The next morning the sun was behind a cloud, but they started on,as if they were quite sure which way they were going.

“If we walk far enough,” said Dorothy, “I am sure we shallsometime come to some place.”

But day by day passed away, and they still saw nothing before thembut the scarlet fields. The Scarecrow began to grumble a bit.

“We have surely lost our way,” he said, “and unless we find itagain in time to reach the Emerald City, I shall never get my brains.”

“Nor I my heart,” declared the Tin Woodman. “It seems to me I canscarcely wait till I get to Oz, and you must admit this is a very longjourney.”

“You see,” said the Cowardly Lion, with a whimper, “I haven’t thecourage to keep tramping forever, without getting anywhere at all.”

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You will remember there was no road–not even a pathway– betweenthe castle of the Wicked Witch and the Emerald City. When the four travelerswent in search of the Witch she had seen them coming, and so sent the WingedMonkeys to bring them to her. It was much harder to find their way back throughthe big fields of buttercups and yellow daisies than it was being carried. Theyknew, of course, they must go straight east, toward the rising sun; and theystarted off in the right way. But at noon, when the sun was over their heads,they did not know which was east and which was west, and that was the reasonthey were lost in the great fields. They kept on walking, however, and at nightthe moon came out and shone brightly. So they lay down among the sweet smellingyellow flowers and slept soundly until morning– all but the Scarecrow and theTin Woodman.

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Dorothy went to the Witch’s cupboard to fill her basket with foodfor the journey, and there she saw the Golden Cap. She tried it on her own headand found that it fitted her exactly. She did not know anything about the charmof the Golden Cap, but she saw that it was pretty, so she made up her mind towear it and carry her sunbonnet in the basket.

Then, being prepared for the journey, they all started for theEmerald City; and the Winkies gave them three cheers and many good wishes tocarry with them.

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This they decided to do. The next day they called the Winkiestogether and bade them good-bye. The Winkies were sorry to have them go, andthey had grown so fond of the Tin Woodman that they begged him to stay and ruleover them and the Yellow Land of the West. Finding they were determined to go,the Winkies gave Toto and the Lion each a golden collar; and to Dorothy theypresented a beautiful bracelet studded with diamonds; and to the Scarecrow theygave a gold-headed walking stick, to keep him from stumbling; and to the TinWoodman they offered a silver oil-can, inlaid with gold and set with preciousjewels.

Every one of the travelers made the Winkies a pretty speech inreturn, and all shook hands with them until their arms ached.