Red, blue, green and gold
Match my patches, bold.
"Not a grey topknot
In the whole lot!
See the popinjay
Flirt its colors gay..."
cried the Patchwork Girl, dancing about in wild excitement.
"Stop it, Scraps!" commanded Button Bright who was nearly as excited as the stuffed girl.
"Trot, Betsy, Ojo, Scarecrow!" the boy called. "Come out and see the pretty birds!"
Of course this taking the forms of gorgeous plumed birds was a clever part of Queen Ra's cunning scheme. She knew the beauty of the birds, instead of alarming the Oz people, would fascinate them. The Queen hoped by this wily stratagem to take the Oz inhabitants completely by surprise with no thought of danger in their minds.