BROADCASTS.com

We hope you enjoy this preview of an episode from our back catalog available to our premium subscribers. Tonight, we\u2019ll read the next part to our \u201cMagic Cloak\u201d series, from the book \u201cQueen Zixi of Ix, or The Story of the Magic Cloak\u201d, a children's book written by L. Frank Baum and published in 1905. To unlock full episodes of this series, ad-free listening, and more, please go to\xa0snoozecast.com/plus.\n\nIf you\u2019d like to listen to this continuing story easily in order, go to snoozecast.com/series.\n\nThe events of the book alternate between Noland and Ix, two neighboring regions to the Land of Oz. Baum, who also wrote \u201cThe Wizard of Oz\u201d, commented this was the best book he had written.\n\nIn the last episode, Queen Zixi disguises herself and sets up a fake Witch Training School to lure the Princess Fluff and her Magic Cloak into her trap. This plan fails, so the queen decides to bring her large army to Noland to get the cloak. Meanwhile, King Bud along with his sister and the high counselors, make a last minute plan to have a wish be granted for the Lord High Counselor that they would win the war despite being outnumbered.\n\n\u2014 read by 'V' \u2014\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices