The Golden Cap

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Many centuries ago in the magical Land of Oz, the Golden Cap was first intended to be a valuable wedding present from a beautiful and fair princess of Oz named Gayelette who ruled over the Northern Gillikin Country.

This gift was to be for her dearly beloved Quelala, and was said to have cost half her royal Kingdom to create. One fateful day, the group of Winged Monkeys who were mischievous troublemakers, loving to play and horse around, played a trick on Quelala only all in innocent fun by dropping him in a river and getting him soaking wet on Princess Gayelette's wedding day. Now Gayelette wasn't just any average pretty princess, she also was also a great Sorceress who was talented in practicing the magic arts of Witchcraft. When she found out what the Monkeys did to her soon to be husband on her big day, she became infuriated and punished them by making them eternal slaves to the Golden Cap that was meant to be a gift for Quelala who happened to be the first owner of the Golden Cap. He then commanded the Winged Monkeys to stay away from Gayelette and the royal kingdom they lived in so they would not upset Gayelette ever again. The Monkeys were all banished from the place Gayelette ruled over and were never allowed to come back.

Many centuries later, the Golden Cap unfortunately fell into the hands of the Wicked Witch of the West, who used it first to conquer the western quadrant known as the Winkie Country of Oz and enslaved the native Ozians called Winkies to work for her night and day.
Then she used it a second time to fight off the Wizard who arrived in Oz via hot air-balloon and tried to conquer her and steal her land. And finally the last time she used it, she ordered the Winged Monkeys to capture Dorothy, her dog Toto, and the Cowardly Lion. And then had the Winged Monkeys destroy their companions the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman for trespassing in her land without permission. After the Witch was defeated and melted by Dorothy, the girl took the cap and used it to travel back to the Emerald City and to Oz's southern quadrant known as the Quadling Country.

Then Glinda the Good Witch who ruled over the native Quadlings, gladly took the cap and returned Dorothy's companions to their homes after Dorothy used the Silver Shoes she was wearing to return her and Toto to Kansas. Then she gave the Golden Cap back to the Winged Monkeys, breaking the curse and finally freeing them forever. After that the Winged Monkeys disappeared to live a new peaceful life somewhere in Oz.