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The Winged Monkeys
OfcourseeachoneofthemexpectedtoseetheWizardintheshapehehadtakenbefore,andallweregreatlysurprisedwhentheylookedaboutandsawnooneatallintheroom. Theykeptclosetothedoorandclosertooneanother,forthestillnessoftheemptyroomwasmoredreadfulthananyoftheformstheyhadseenOztake.
PresentlytheyheardasolemnVoice,thatseemedtocomefromsomewherenearthetopofthegreatdome,anditsaid:
"IamOz,theGreatandTerrible.Whydoyouseekme?"
Theylookedagainineverypartoftheroom,andthen,seeingnoone,Dorothyasked, "Whereareyou?"
"Iameverywhere,"answeredtheVoice,"buttotheeyesofcommonmortalsIaminvisible. Iwillnowseatmyselfuponmythrone,thatyoumayconversewithme." Indeed,theVoiceseemedjustthentocomestraightfromthethroneitself; sotheywalkedtowarditandstoodinarowwhileDorothysaid:
"Wehavecometoclaimourpromise,OOz."
"Whatpromise?"askedOz.
"YoupromisedtosendmebacktoKansaswhentheWickedWitchwasdestroyed,"saidthegirl.
"Andyoupromisedtogivemebrains,"saidtheScarecrow.
"Andyoupromisedtogivemeaheart,"saidtheTinWoodman.
"Andyoupromisedtogivemecourage,"saidtheCowardlyLion.
