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           ThisactionmadetheWizardverypopularwiththegreatarmyofmonkeys,andwhentheGrayApeannouncedthattheWizardwantedtoborrowtwelvemonkeystotaketotheEmeraldCityforacoupleofweeks,andaskedforvolunteers,nearlyahundredofferedtogo,sogreatwastheirconfidenceinthelittlemanwhohadsavedtheircomrades.

           TheWizardselectedadozenthatseemedintelligentandgood-tempered,andthenheopenedhisblackbagandtookoutaqueerlyshapeddishthatwassilverontheoutsideandgoldontheinside.Intothisdishhepouredapowderandsetfiretoit.Itmadeathicksmokethatquiteenvelopedthetwelvemonkeys,aswellastheformoftheWizard,butwhenthesmokeclearedawaythedishhadbeenchangedtoagoldencagewithsilverbars,andthetwelvemonkeyshadbecomeaboutthreeincheshighandwereallseatedcomfortablyinsidethecage.

           ThethousandsofhairyanimalswhohadwitnessedthisactofmagicweremuchastonishedandapplaudedtheWizardbybarkingaloudandshakingthelimbsofthetreesinwhichtheysat.Dorothysaid:"Thatwasafinetrick,Wizard!"andtheGrayAperemarked:"YouarecertainlythemostwonderfulmagicianinalltheLandofOz!"

           "Oh,no,"modestlyrepliedthelittleman."Glinda’smagicisbetterthanmine,butmineseemsgoodenoughtouseonordinaryoccasions.Andnow,Rango,wewillsaygood-bye,andIpromisetoreturnyourmonkeysashappyandsafeastheyarenow."

           TheWizardrodeonthebackoftheHungryTigerandcarriedthecageofmonkeysverycarefully,soasnottojogglethem