[Tik-Tok of Oz by L. Frank Baum]@TWC D-Link bookTik-Tok of Oz CHAPTER Twenty-Four 2/12
The singular thing about this Magic Picture was that it showed whatever scene Ozma wished to see, with the figures all in motion, just as it was taking place.
So Ozma and the Wizard had watched every action of the adventurers from the time Shaggy had met shipwrecked Betsy and Hank in the Rose Kingdom, at which time the Rose Princess, a distant cousin of Ozma, had been exiled by her heartless subjects. When Ann and her people so earnestly wished to return to Oogaboo, Ozma was sorry for them and remembered that Oogaboo was a corner of the Land of Oz.
She turned to her attendant and asked: "Can not your magic take these unhappy people to their old home, Wizard ?" "It can, Your Highness," replied the little Wizard. "I think the poor Queen has suffered enough in her misguided effort to conquer the world," said Ozma, smiling at the absurdity of the undertaking, "so no doubt she will hereafter be contented in her own little Kingdom.
Please send her there, Wizard, and with her the officers and Files." "How about the Rose Princess ?" asked the Wizard. "Send her to Oogaboo with Files," answered Ozma.
"They have become such good friends that I am sure it would make them unhappy to separate them." "Very well," said the Wizard, and without any fuss or mystery whatever he performed a magical rite that was simple and effective.
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