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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\n\u201cThe Magic Cloak\u201d episode one aired on Nov 11, 2019. If 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, Tillydib, the lord high purse-bearer, is wearing the cloak when he wishes the royal purse would never run out of coins. Then we are introduced to the beautiful witch Queen Zixi. Her one weakness is that her true face shows in mirrors, so she has them all hidden. When she learns about the magic cloak, she sets out to steal it, in order to never have to see how ugly she really looks.\n\n\u2014 read by 'V' \u2014\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices