The Magic Cloak of Oz

1
Once upon a time, the
Fairies assembled one
moonlit night, in the
ancient Forest of Burzee.

2
The funny old Man in the
Moon smiled down upon
them.

3
And then the Fairies of Oz
wove a Magic Cloak, which
would grant one wish to
the person who wore it.

4
And of course they had
to weave it upon a
Fairy Loom.

5
The home of the Ferry
Man, by the Vinegar
River.

6
His Daughter - called Fluff,
of the Golden Hair.

Fluff - MILDRED HARRIS.

7
His son - named Timothy, but
the folks all called him Bud.

     VIOLET McMILLAN.

8
The Children's Playmate -
Nickodemus - and if it hadn't
been for Nickodemus - but
that is getting ahead of
my story.

     FRED WOODWARD.

9
A traveler asks to be ferried
across the Vinegar River.

10
And after the Fairies had
made the Magic Cloak, they
did not know what to do
with it, so they had to ask
the Man in the Moon.

11
"That's easy, give the 
Cloak to the most
unhappy person you 
can find."

12
"We want you to give 
this Cloak to the most
unhappy person you 
can find."

13
The Children's Aunt - Rivette,
the Village Laundress.

14
Now Aunt Rivette had a
sort of second sight, that
is she could see things
happening before they
really did so.

15
And Aunt Rivette's vision
came true.

16
With two children to support,
Aunt Rivette thought it best
to move to the City of Noland.

17
The old King of Noland was
dying, and his counsellors were
worried because there was no
heir to succeed him.

18
The King is dead.

19
And they didn't know whom
to make King of Noland.

20
And what do you think? The
Fairy Messenger found Fluff.

21
"Are you unhappy my dear?"

22
"Leaving the old home and all
that was so dear to me, has
made me the most unhappy
girl in all the great big world."

23
"Here is a gift from the
Fairies. It will grant you
one wish - but no more."

24
"Anyone you give it to, will
also have one wish granted,
but if stolen it loses its
power."

25
"If you take the Cloak from
that child, I will punish
you severely."

26
And then, all the people of
Nole gathered to choose a
new King.

27
They went to the east gate
of Nole, where the new
King must enter.

28
"Oh I just wish I could be 
happy once more!"

29
And silly old Zixi wanted to
count the bears as people.
The idea of bears as kings!

30
47!

31
"Long live the King of Noland!"

32
And then King Bud rode to 
the palace in the royal coach.

33
"Gee, Fluff, it's fine to 
be a King."

34
And then King Bud had 
to hold court.

35
Nickodemus didn't like Noland
one bit, and wanted to go home.

36
And then two robbers saw
Nickodemus. Poor Nick!

37
Way back in the woods was
a robbers' camp.

38
And the silly old robbers
played jacks.

39
And they had stolen a nice
little girl, named Mary.

40
And little Mary was awful
sorry for poor Nick.

41
"I know the robbers have stolen 
my little Mary and I will
never see her again."

42
And then King Bud dismissed
court, so that he and Fluff
could go and buy some toys.

43
And then Nick met the awful 
lonesome Zoop.

44
Now Nick didn't know that
there was a lazy lion in
those woods.

45
And if the lion and the zoop
hadn't hated one another, Nick
would have been a goner.

46
And the first thing Nick knew,
he met the friendly crow.

47
"I'll tell you what we'll do!
We'll get all the animals
together and lick the
stuffin' out of the
old robbers!"

48
And Bud and Fluff spent all
the money the treasurer had,
for toys.

49
"Say fellows, if you must fight,
come on and help whip
the old robbers."

50
"That's where I live. I'm ever
so much obliged to you."

51
"He, and the other kind
animals, saved me from
the robbers."

52
Zixi, Queen of the
country of Ix.

53
While Zixi looked young, she
was really six hundred and 
eighty-three years old.

54
Now Zixi had offended some
higher power and was compelled
to carry a mirror, in which
her real age was always
reflected.

55
Because he was lonesome for
Bud and Fluff, Nick had to
say good-bye to Mary.

56
The Minstrel sings of the
Magic Cloak, that gives
its wearer one wish.

57
The Cloak belongs to Princess
  Fluff.
'Tis woven of some magic stuff.
If you its wearer chance to be,
One wish, this Cloak will grant
  to thee.

58
And Zixi thought, if she could
just get that Cloak, she would
wish to be beautiful in a mirror.

59
Zixi knew she couldn't go as
a Queen, so she turned
herself into a maid.

60
And Zixi asked for a job as
maid to the Princess.

61
"That's my new maid."

62
And then Zixi stole the Cloak.

63
And then Zixi changed back
to Queen and used the Cloak
to make a wish, to get rid of 
the ugly reflection.

64
But the Fairy Messenger told
her, that because she had stolen
it, the cloak would not grant
her wish.

65
The Rolly Rogues. Rough, round
rascals, ranging in the rugged
rocks of the mountains
above the clouds.

66
The Rolly Rogues have no 
judgment. The silly things
eat buttons and hair pins,
but oh how they love soup!

67
One day the clouds rolled away,
and a Rolly Rogue saw the
City of Noland below him.

68
And he came and told the 
other Rolly Rogues what
he had seen.

69
And just because they wanted 
a new kind of soup, the Rolly 
Rogues decided to attack Noland.

70
Zip! Bing! Down come the
Rolly Rogues.

71
And the Rolly Rogues
captured Noland.

72
"Let's find the Magic Cloak
and wish the Rolly Rogues
out of town."

73
The Princess failing to find either
her Cloak or the new maid,
sets forth with King Bud
to find them.

74
"If we can just find the
Magic Cloak, it will
end all our troubles."

75
"Won't you please give us our
Magic Cloak so we can wish
the Rolly Rogues out of Nolan?"

76
"Why, I threw it away."

77
Dame Dingle found the
Magic Cloak.

78
Dame Dingle went to work and
cut up that Magic Cloak.

79
"A whole nation is in danger
because you cut up the 
Magic Cloak."

80
And the Rolly Rogues just made 
those frightened villagers make
them some soup.

81
And once more all the animals 
came to help Nick. And they
went to drive the Rolly Rogues
out of Noland.

82
And then, by the aid of the
Magic Cloak, the Rolly
Rogues were all driven
out of Noland.

83
Zip! Bing! Up go the
Rolly Rogues!

84
"The Fairies have sent for the
Magic Cloak. You mortals do
not use it wisely."

85
"Wait a minute please, I
haven't had a wish yet."

86
"I wish I could be just the 
very best King Noland
has ever had."

The END