“Oh, he’s the Court Messenger,” explained the Sage, “and is the only one here allowed to enter the Court of the Little Panjandrum without permission.”
“Go and fetch him,” he continued.
And the gnomes disappeared, returning presently with the Ki-Wi (who turned out to be a curious kind of bird), and the written authority, which had been taken from the children.
“Let me look at it,” said the Sage, holding out his hand for the paper.
"Produced a large document and began to read."
“Why, no wonder it won’t act for the gnomes,” he exclaimed, when he had read it.
“It mentions you all by name—just try it yourselves, will you?”
Dick took the paper from him, and said loudly, “We wish to be our own size again.”