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These words so alarmed Mombi that she quickly transformed herself from a shadow to a Black Ant, in which shape she crawled along the ground, seeking a crack or crevice in which to hide her tiny body. THESE WORDS SO ALARMED MOMBY THAT SHE QUICKLY TRANSFORMED HERSELF FROM A SHADOW TO A BLACK ANT IN WHICH SHAPE SHE CRAWLED ALONG THE GROUND SEEKING A CRACK OR CREVICE IN WHICH TO HIDE HER TINY BODY
he saw the big red leaves of the flower tremble slightly. This quickly aroused her suspicions, and in a moment more the Sorceress had decided that the seeming rose was nothing else than a transformation of old Mombi. At the same instant Mombi knew she was discovered and must quickly plan an escape, and as transformations were easy to her she immediately took the form of a Shadow and glided along the wall of the tent toward the entrance, thinking thus to disappear. But Glinda had not only equal cunning, but far more experience than the Witch. So the Sorceress reached the opening of the tent before the Shadow, and with a wave of her hand closed the entrance so securely that Mombi could not find a crack big enough to creep through. The Scarecrow and his friends were greatly surprised at Glinda’s actions; for none of them had noted the Shadow. But the Sorceress said to them: “Remain perfectly quiet, all of you! For the old Witch is even now with us in this tent, and I hope to capture her.”  NOW SHE IMAGINED SHE SAW THE BIG RED LEAVES OF THE FLOWER TREMBLE SLIGHTLY THIS QUICKLY AROUSED HER SUSPICIONS AND IN A MOMENT MORE THE SORCERESS HAD DECIDED THAT THE SEEMING ROSE WAS NOTHING ELSE THAN A TRANSFORMATION OF OLD MOMBY AT THE SAME INSTANT MOMBY KNEW SHE WAS DISCOVERED AND MUST QUICKLY PLAN AN ESCAPE AND AS TRANSFORMATIONS WERE EASY TO HER SHE IMMEDIATELY TOOK THE FORM OF A SHADOW AND GLIDED ALONG THE WALL OF THE TENT TOWARD THE ENTRANCE THINKING THUS TO DISAPPEAR BUT GLINDA HAD NOT ONLY EQUAL CUNNING BUT FAR MORE EXPERIENCE THAN THE WITCH SO THE SORCERESS REACHED THE OPENING OF THE TENT BEFORE THE SHADOW AND WITH A WAVE OF HER HAND CLOSED THE ENTRANCE SO SECURELY THAT MOMBE COULD NOT FIND A CRACK BIG ENOUGH TO CREEP THROUGH THE SCARECROW AND HIS FRIENDS WERE GREATLY SURPRISED AT GLINDA'S ACTIONS FOR NONE OF THEM HAD NOTED THE SHADOW BUT THE SORCERESS SAID TO THEM REMAIN PERFECTLY QUIET ALL OF YOU FOR THE OLD WITCH IS EVEN NOW WITH US IN THIS TENT AND I HOPE TO CAPTURE HER
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