The Jack Snow Wizard of Oz by Jack Snow

Author:Jack Snow [Snow, Jack]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: fantasy
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Published: 2018-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 4

Ozma Uses the Magic Belt

Omby Amby had returned to his post at the Gates of the Emerald City and Ozma and the Shaggy Man had retired to the Chamber of Magic. Here were kept many of the most valuable magical instruments in all the Land of Oz.

“There is only one thing to be done,” the Shaggy Man was saying. “I must take the broken Love Magnet to this Conjo and ask him to repair it.”

“I am not sure at all that Conjo will agree to repair the Love Magnet for you,” Ozma replied with a troubled expression. “You see, we know very little about this Conjo. He lives alone on this tiny island in the middle of the Nonestic Ocean and practices magic. There is no record of his actually misusing his magical powers. Nor, so far as we know, has he caused trouble for anyone. However, we have reason to believe he is rather selfish and thoughtless and that he might cause harm, without really meaning to, just to satisfy his vanity. Also, it might not suit his whim to mend the Love Magnet.”

“What is the name of the island on which Conjo lives?” asked the Shaggy Man musingly.

“It is called the Isle of Conjo, and since it is many miles from the Land of Oz, I have no power over the Wizard at all. In fact,” concluded Ozma, “that is the reason we here in the Land of Oz know so little about Conjo.”

“Nevertheless,” maintained the Shaggy Man, “I think I should go as soon as possible to this island and do everything I can to persuade Conjo to make the Love Magnet whole.”

“Even after you crossed the Deadly Desert, you would have several days’ journey through the Land of Ev, and then you would only be on the shores of the Nonestic Ocean. So, I think it would be best, since you are determined to make the journey, for me to use the Magic Belt to transport you directly to the Isle of Conjo.”

The Shaggy Man willingly agreed to this plan, stating that he was ready to leave at once.

“First,” said Ozma, “let us have a look at the Isle of Conjo in the Magic Picture.”

The girl Ruler swept aside the velvet curtain that hung over the Magic Picture when it was not in use. The picture appeared to be a peaceful, country farmland scene with purple hills rising in the distance. “Show us the Isle of Conjo in the Nonestic Ocean,” said Ozma.

Immediately the picture shifted and changed. It now reflected a gently rolling meadowland with a great castle in the distance. Approaching the castle were a young girl and a boy, accompanied by the figure of a little wooden clown.

Ozma gasped in surprise. “Those are human children, Shaggy Man! What can they be doing there when my Magic Record Books state that Conjo is the only human being on the island? We can see that the clown accompanying them is a puppet, evidently brought to life by Conjo.

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