If only we knew the magic word, I am quite sure we could raise the island." "How can we discover the magic word ?" asked Ozma, turning to Glinda as she spoke.
"That we must now seriously consider," answered the Sorceress.
So all of them sat down in the Room of Magic and began to think.

It was so still that after a while Dorothy grew nervous.

The little girl never could keep silent for long, and at the risk of displeasing her magic-working friends she suddenly said: "Well, Coo-ee-oh used just three magic words, one to make the bridge work, and one to make the submarines go out of their holes, and one to raise and lower the island.

Three words.

And Coo-ee-oh's name is made up of just three words.