The Great Oath of the Brownies

(As sworn by every brownie when he or she comes of age to leave the Enchanted Realm and enter the human world)

We will maintain order and cleanliness in the households we inhabit, as is good and right.

For are we not brownies?

We will do a modest amount of mischief every day, mischief being an important part of a life well lived.

For are we not brownies?

We will avoid the eyes of all humans, and strive to be seen by none save the ones to whom we are bound.

For are we not brownies?

We will speak not of the Enchanted Realm to any human.

For are we not brownies?

And all this we swear, and all these things we will do, knowing that to break this oath is to risk fierce punishment.

For we are brownies, and subjects of the Queen of Shadows!