Now that he had
regained his Magic Tools, he felt confident he could rescue Trot and
Cap'n Bill.
Rango the Gray Ape was getting impatient. He now approached the
Wizard and said:
"Well, what do you intend to do about those poor enchanted monkeys?"
"I'll make a bargain with you, Rango," replied the little man. "If
you will let me take a dozen of your monkeys to the Emerald City, and
keep them until after Ozma's birthday, I'll break the enchantment of
the six Giant Soldiers and return them to their natural forms."
But the Gray Ape shook his head.
"I can't do it," he declared. "The monkeys would be very lonesome
and unhappy in the Emerald City and your people would tease them and
throw stones at them, which would cause them to fight and bite."
"The people won't see them till Ozma's birthday dinner," promised
the Wizard. "I'll make them very small--about four inches high, and
I'll keep them in a pretty cage in my own room, where they will be
safe from harm. I'll feed them the nicest kind of food, train them to
do some clever tricks, and on Ozma's birthday I'll hide the twelve
little monkeys inside a cake.
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