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He seemed to like it, for he finished it in a hurry, and when it was gone he picked up the Magic Umbrella. "Let that alone!" said Button-Bright, making a grab for it. But the Boolooroo jerked it away in an instant, and standing up he held the umbrella behind him and laughed aloud. "Now then," said he, "you can't get away until I'm willing to let you go. You are my prisoners."
"You see," remarked Jimfred as they seated themselves again upon the bench, "The Boolooroo has ordered the patching to take place tomorrow morning after breakfast. The old Earth man is to be patched to poor Tiggle instead of Ghip-Ghisizzle, who has in some way managed to escape from the Room of the Great Knife no one knows how but Tiggle, and Tiggle won't tell."
"It is evident," panted the Boolooroo, facing his defeated soldiers wrathfully, "that you are a pack of cowards!" "But we followed your own royal example in running," replied the Captain. "I merely ran back to the City to get a drink of water, for I was thirsty," declared the Boolooroo. "So did we! So did we!" cried the soldiers eagerly. "We were all thirsty."
"What does he say to his reversal of fortune?" asked Rosalie. "Why, I don't b'lieve he knows about it," said Trot. "Guess I'd better send for him an' tell him what's happened." So the Captain of the Guards was given the key and told to fetch the Boolooroo from the Room of the Great Knife.
Hold him fast, my men, and as soon as I've had my coffee and oatmeal I'll take him to the Room of the Great Knife and patch him." "I wouldn't mind a cup o' coffee myself," said Cap'n Bill. "I've had consid'ble exercise this mornin', and I'm all ready for breakfas'." "Very well," replied the Boolooroo, "you shall eat with me, for then I can keep an eye on you.
He'll be the happiest goat in Sky Island, I assure you." As they led the now-famous animal from the room, the Boolooroo shuddered and said, "How dare you people give orders in my palace? I'm the Boolooroo!" "'Scuse me," said Trot. "I neglected to tell you that you're not the Boolooroo any more.
"That is considered an impertinent question in Sky Island," he answered, "but I will say that every Boolooroo is elected to reign three hundred years, and I've reigned not quite ahem! two hundred." "Are your kings elected, then?" asked Cap'n Bill. "Yes, of course. This is a Republic, you know. The people elect all their officers from the King down. Every man and every woman is a voter.
But the people called upon him for a speech, so he faced the Blueskins and said, "I escaped from the City because the Boolooroo tried to patch me as you all know, and the Six Snubnosed Princesses tried to marry me, which would have been a far greater misfortune.
The soldiers had recovered their courage, and fearful of the anger of their dreaded Boolooroo, whom the Princesses declared would punish them severely, had ventured to return to the room. They came rather haltingly, though, and the Captain of the Guards first put his head cautiously through the doorway to see if the coast was clear.
"You are, mate," replied the sailor. "Please, Queen Trot," begged Ghip-Ghisizzle, "let me patch just the Boolooroo. It will be such a satisfaction." "I have said no, an' I mean it," answered the girl. "You let the poor old Boolooroo alone. There's nothing that hurts so much as a come-down in life, an' I 'spect the old rascal's goin' to be pretty miser'ble by'm'by."
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