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14 - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - L Frank Baum · Classic Adventure Books - Daily

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  Speaker 1: Chapter fourteen, The Winged Monkeys. You will remember that there
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  Speaker 1: was no road, not even a pathway, between the castle
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  Speaker 1: of the Wicked Witch and the Emerald City. When the
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  Speaker 1: four travelers went in search of the witch, she had
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  Speaker 1: seen them coming, and so sent the winged monkeys to
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  Speaker 1: bring them to her. It was much harder to find
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  Speaker 1: their way back through the big fields of buttercups and
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  Speaker 1: yellow daisies than it was being carried. They knew, of course,
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  Speaker 1: they must go straight east, towards the rising sun, and
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  Speaker 1: they started off in the right way. But at noon,
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  Speaker 1: when the sun was over their heads, they did not
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  Speaker 1: know which was east and which was west, and that
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  Speaker 1: was the reason they were lost in the great field.
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  Speaker 1: They kept on walking, however, and at night the moon
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  Speaker 1: came out and shone brightly. So they lay down among
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  Speaker 1: the sweet smelling yellow flowers and slept soundly until morning,
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  Speaker 1: all but the scarecrow and the tin woodman. The next morning,
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  Speaker 1: the sun was behind a cloud, but they started on
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  Speaker 1: as if they were quite sure which way they were going.
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  Speaker 1: If we walk far enough, said Dorothy, I am sure
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  Speaker 1: we shall some time come to some place. But day
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  Speaker 1: by day passed away, and they still saw nothing before them,
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  Speaker 1: but the scarlet field. The scarecrow began to grumble a bit.
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  Speaker 1: We have surely lost our way, he said, and unless
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  Speaker 1: we find it again in time to reach the Emerald City,
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  Speaker 1: I shall never get my brains nor I a heart,
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  Speaker 1: declared the tin woodman. It seems to me that I
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  Speaker 1: can scarcely wait till I get to Oz. And you
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  Speaker 1: must admit that this is a very long journey, you see,
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  Speaker 1: said the cowardly lion with a whimper. I haven't the
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  Speaker 1: courage to keep tramping forever without getting anywhere at all.
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  Speaker 1: Then Dorothy lost heart. She sat down on the grass
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  Speaker 1: and looked at her companions, and they sat down and
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  Speaker 1: looked at her. And Toto found that for the first
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  Speaker 1: time in his life, he was too tired to chase
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  Speaker 1: a butterfly that flew past his head. So he put
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  Speaker 1: out his tongue and panted and looked at Dorothy as
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  Speaker 1: if to ask what they should do next. Suppose we
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  Speaker 1: call the field mice, she suggested, They could probably tell
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  Speaker 1: us the way of the Emerald City. To be sure,
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  Speaker 1: they could, cried the scarecrow. Why didn't we think of
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  Speaker 1: that before? Dorothy blew the little whistle that she had
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  Speaker 1: always carried about her neck since the Queen of the
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  Speaker 1: Mice had given it to her. In a few minutes,
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  Speaker 1: they heard the pattering of tiny feet, and many of
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  Speaker 1: the small gray mice came running up to her. Among
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  Speaker 1: them was the Queen herself, who asked in a squeaky
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  Speaker 1: little voice, what can I do for my friends? We
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  Speaker 1: have lost our way, said Dorothy. Can you tell us
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  Speaker 1: where the Emerald city is? Certainly, answered the queen, But
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  Speaker 1: it is a great way off, for you have had
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  Speaker 1: it at your backs all this time. Then she noticed
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  Speaker 1: Dorothy's golden cap and said, why don't you use the
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  Speaker 1: charm of the cap and call the winged monkeys to you.
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  Speaker 1: They will carry you to the city of Oz in
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  Speaker 1: less than an hour. I didn't know there was a charm,
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  Speaker 1: answered Dorothy in surprise. What is it? It is written
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  Speaker 1: inside the golden cap, replied the Queen of the Mice.
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  Speaker 1: But if you are going to call the wing monkeys,
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  Speaker 1: we must run away, for they are full of mischief
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  Speaker 1: and think it great fun to plague us. Won't they
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  Speaker 1: hurt me, asked the girl anxiously. Oh no, they must
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  Speaker 1: obey the wearer of the cap. Goodbye, and she scampered
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  Speaker 1: out of sight, with all the mice hurrying after her.
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  Speaker 1: Dorothy looked inside the golden cup and saw some words
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  Speaker 1: written upon the lining. These she thought must be the charm,
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  Speaker 1: so she read the directions carefully and put the cap
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  Speaker 1: upon her head. Epi, peppy cocky, she said, standing on
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  Speaker 1: her left foot. What did you say? Asked the scarecrow,
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  Speaker 1: who did not know what she was doing. Heilo Hollo Hello.
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  Speaker 1: Dorothy went on, standing, this time on her right foot. Hello,
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  Speaker 1: replied the tin woodman. Calmly, zizzi zuzi zick, and said Dorothy,
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  Speaker 1: who was now standing on both feet. This ended the
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  Speaker 1: saying of the charm, and they heard a great chattering
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  Speaker 1: and flapping of wings as the band of wing monkeys
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  Speaker 1: flew up to them. The king bowed low before Dorothy
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  Speaker 1: and asked, what is your command? We wish to go
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  Speaker 1: to the Emerald city, said the child, and we have
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  Speaker 1: lost our way. We will carry you, replied the king,
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  Speaker 1: And no sooner than he had spoken than two of
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  Speaker 1: the monkeys caught Dorothy in their arms and flew away
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  Speaker 1: with her. Others took the scarecrow and the woodman, and
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  Speaker 1: the lion, and one little monkey seized Toto and flew
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  Speaker 1: after them, although the dog tried hard to bite him.
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  Speaker 1: The scarecrow and the tin woodman were rather frightened at first,
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  Speaker 1: for they remembered how badly the winged monkeys had treated
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  Speaker 1: them before. But they saw that no harm was intended,
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  Speaker 1: so they rode through the air quite cheerfully and had
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  Speaker 1: a fine time looking at the pretty gardens and woods
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  Speaker 1: far below them. Dorothy found herself riding easily between two
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  Speaker 1: of the biggest monkeys, one of them the king himself.
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  Speaker 1: They had made a chair of their hands and were
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  Speaker 1: car not to hurt her. Why do you have to
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  Speaker 1: obey the charm of the golden cap, she asked. That
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  Speaker 1: is a long story, answered the King with a winged laugh,
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  Speaker 1: But as we have a long journey before us, I
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  Speaker 1: will pass the time by telling you about it. If
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  Speaker 1: you wish, I shall be glad to hear it, she replied.
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  Speaker 1: Once began the leader, we were a free people, living
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  Speaker 1: happily in the great forest, flying from tree to tree,
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  Speaker 1: eating nuts and fruit, and doing just as we pleased,
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  Speaker 1: without calling anybody master. Perhaps some of us were rather
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  Speaker 1: too full of mischief at times, flying down to pull
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  Speaker 1: the tails of the animals that had no wings, chasing
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  Speaker 1: birds and throwing nuts at the people who walked in
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  Speaker 1: the forest. But we were careless and happy and full
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  Speaker 1: of fun, and enjoyed every minute of the day. This
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  Speaker 1: was many years ago, long before Oz came out of
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  Speaker 1: the clouds to rule over this land. There lived here,
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  Speaker 1: then away at the north, a beautiful princess who was
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  Speaker 1: also a powerful sorceress. All her magic was used to
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  Speaker 1: help the people, and she was never known to hurt
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  Speaker 1: anyone who was good. Her name was Gayla Yet, and
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  Speaker 1: she lived in a handsome palace built from great blocks
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  Speaker 1: of ruby. Everyone loved her, but her greatest sorrow was
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  Speaker 1: that she could find no one to love in return,
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  Speaker 1: since all the men were much too stupid and ugly
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  Speaker 1: to mate with one so beautiful and wise. At last, however,
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  Speaker 1: she found a boy who was handsome and manly and
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  Speaker 1: wise beyond his years. Gayla Yet made up her mind
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  Speaker 1: that when he grew to be a man, she would
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  Speaker 1: make him her husband. So she took him to her
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  Speaker 1: ruby palace and used all her magic powers to make
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  Speaker 1: him as strong and good and lovely as any woman
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  Speaker 1: could wish. When he grew to manhood, que La La,
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  Speaker 1: as he was called, was said to be the best
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  Speaker 1: and wisest man in all the land, while his manly
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  Speaker 1: beauty was so great that Gayla yet loved him dearly
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  Speaker 1: and hastened to make everything ready for the wedding. My
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  Speaker 1: grandfather was at the time the king of the winged
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  Speaker 1: monkeys which lived in the forest near Gayallett's palace, and
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  Speaker 1: the old fellow loved to joke better than a good dinner.
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  Speaker 1: One day, just before the wedding, my grandfather was flying
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  Speaker 1: out with his band when he saw kue La Lau
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  Speaker 1: walking beside the river. He was dressed in a rich
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  Speaker 1: costume of pink silk and purple velvet, and my grandfather
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  Speaker 1: thought he would see what he could do. At his word,
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  Speaker 1: the band flew down and seized kue La La, carrying
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  Speaker 1: him in their arms until they were over the middle
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  Speaker 1: of the river, and then dropped him into the water.
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  Speaker 1: Swim out, my fine fellow, cried my grandfather, and see
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  Speaker 1: if the water has spotted your clothes. Que La Lau
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  Speaker 1: was much too wise not to swim, and he was
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  Speaker 1: not in the least spoiled by all his good fortune.
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  Speaker 1: He laughed when he came to the top of the
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  Speaker 1: water and swam to the shore. But when Gaylilett came
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  Speaker 1: running out to see him, she found his silks and
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  Speaker 1: velvet all ruined by the river. The princess was angry,
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  Speaker 1: and she knew, of course who did it. She had
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  Speaker 1: all the wing monkeys brought before her, and she said
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  Speaker 1: at first that their wings should be tied, and they
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  Speaker 1: should be treated as they had treated cue La La,
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  Speaker 1: and dropped in the river. But my grandfather pleaded hard,
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  Speaker 1: for he knew the monkeys would drown the river with
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  Speaker 1: their wings tied, and cue La Law said a kind
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  Speaker 1: word for them also, so that Gaylilette finally spared them,
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  Speaker 1: on condition that the wing monkeys should ever after do
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  Speaker 1: three times the bidding of the owner of the Golden Cap.
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  Speaker 1: This cap had been made for a wedding present to
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  Speaker 1: cue La La, and it was said to have cost
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  Speaker 1: the princess half her kingdom. Of course, my grandfather and
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  Speaker 1: all the other monkeys at once agreed to the condition,
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  Speaker 1: and that is how it happens that we are three
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  Speaker 1: times the slaves of the owner of the Golden Cap,
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  Speaker 1: whoever it may be. And what became of them? Asked Dorothy,
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  Speaker 1: who had been greatly interested in the story. Cuela Law,
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  Speaker 1: being the first owner of the Golden Cap, replied the monkey.
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  Speaker 1: He was the first to lay his wishes upon us,
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  Speaker 1: as his bride could not bear the sight of us.
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  Speaker 1: He called us all to him in the forest after
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  Speaker 1: he had married her, and ordered us always to keep
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  Speaker 1: where she could never again set eyes on a winged monkey,
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  Speaker 1: which we were glad to do, for we were all
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  Speaker 1: afraid of her. This was all we ever had to
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  Speaker 1: do until the Golden Cap fell into the hands of
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  Speaker 1: the wicked witch of the West, who made us enslave
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  Speaker 1: the winkies, and afterward drive Oz himself out of the
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  Speaker 1: land of the West. Now the Golden Cap is yours,
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  Speaker 1: and three times you have the right to lay your
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  Speaker 1: wishes upon us. As the Monkey king finished his story,
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  Speaker 1: Dorothy looked down and saw the green, shining walls of
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  Speaker 1: the Emerald city before them. She wondered at the rapid
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  Speaker 1: flight of the monkeys, but was glad the journey was over.
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  Speaker 1: The strange creatures set the travelers down carefully before the
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  Speaker 1: gate of the city. The king bowed low to Dorothy
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  Speaker 1: and then flew away, swiftly, followed by all his band
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  Speaker 1: that was a good bride, said the little girl. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: and a quick way out of our troubles, replied the lion.
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  Speaker 1: How lucky it was you brought away that wonderful cap
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  Speaker 1: end of chapter fourteen.