Волшебство страны Оз
3. Two Bad Ones
"No;that’strue,"admittedRuggedo,andthenherubbedhisforeheadandstrokedhislongpointedbeardandthoughtsomemore.
"Ah,nowIhavetheidea!"hedeclared."Isupposeyoucantransformusintobeastsaswellasbirds?"
"Ofcourse."
"Andcanyoumakeabirdabeast,andabeastabirdagain,withouttakingahumanforminbetween?"
"Certainly,"saidKiki."Icantransformmyselforothersintoanythingthatcantalk.There’samagicwordthatmustbespokeninconnectionwiththetransformations,andasbeastsandbirdsanddragonsandfishescantalkinOz,wemaybecomeanyofthesewedesireto.However,ifItransformedmyselfintoatree,Iwouldalwaysremainatree,becausethenIcouldnotutterthemagicwordtochangethetransformation."
"Isee;Isee,"saidRuggedo,noddinghisbushy,whiteheaduntilthepointofhishairwavedbackandforthlikeapendulum."Thatfitsinwithmyidea,exactly.Now,listen,andI’llexplaintoyoumyplan.We’llflytoOzasbirdsandsettleinoneofthethickforestsintheGillikinCountry.Thereyouwilltransformusintopowerfulbeasts,andasGlindadoesn’tkeepanytrackofthedoingsofbeastswecanactwithoutbeingdiscovered."
"ButhowcantwobeastsraiseanarmytoconquerthepowerfulpeopleofOz?"inquiredKiki.
"That’seasy.ButnotanarmyofPEOPLE,mindyou.Thatwouldbequicklydiscovered.AndwhileweareinOzyouandIwillneverresumeourhumanformsuntilwe’veconqueredthecountryanddestroyedGlinda,andOzma,andtheWizard,andDorothy,andalltherest,andsohavenothingmoretofearfromthem
