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Then rose from the rock Wee Willie Winkie, child of the Dominant Race, aged six and three-quarters, and said briefly and emphatically 'Jao! The pony had crossed the river-bed. The men laughed, and laughter from natives was the one thing Wee Willie Winkie could not tolerate. He asked them what they wanted and why they did not depart.
With a satisfied air Winkie followed up his victory, approached his prostrate antagonist, regarded him for a moment, and for he wore no check-line putting down that clever nose of his, by a playful push with it he rolled the boy fairly over, and then set off in a steady trot along the highway. Winkie had just reached the gate of Jack's home, when our young friends caught up with him.
"But come, let us now go on, for it is getting late and we must find some sort of shelter before night overtakes us." The settled parts of the Winkie Country are full of happy and contented people who are ruled by a tin Emperor named Nick Chopper, who in turn is a subject of the beautiful girl Ruler, Ozma of Oz. But not all of the Winkie Country is fully settled.
Therefore it behoved him to treat her with as much respect as Coppy's big sword or shiny pistol. The idea that he shared a great secret in common with Coppy kept Wee Willie Winkie unusually virtuous for three weeks. Then the Old Adam broke out, and he made what he called a 'camp-fire' at the bottom of the garden.
In this way they avoided the Cities of Thi and Herku and Bear Center and after a pleasant journey reached the Winkie River and found a jolly ferryman who had a fine big boat and was willing to carry the entire party by water to a place quite near to the Emerald City.
'You see, one of these days Miss Allardyce will belong to me, but you'll grow up and command the Regiment and all sorts of things. It's quite different, you see. 'Very well, said Wee Willie Winkie, rising. 'If you're fond of ve big girl, I won't tell any one. I must go now. Coppy rose and escorted his small guest to the door, adding 'You're the best of little fellows, Winkie. I tell you what.
Very early the next morning he climbed on to the roof of the house that was not forbidden and beheld Miss Allardyce going for a ride. "Where are you going?" cried Wee Willie Winkie. "Across the river," she answered, and trotted forward. Now the cantonment in which the 195th lay was bounded on the north by a river dry in the winter.
"Ha-ha! that's a good fellow!" he began. Winkie went on a few rods. Presently he discovered that his expectations were not to be realized. The wagon was unusually heavy still; the clattering boards set up a racket every time he moved. He could not get away from them. It might be a good plan to try again, though. He capered and danced, then plunged onward.
Wee Willie Winkie had once been read to, out of a big blue book, the history of the Princess and the Goblins a most wonderful tale of a land where the Goblins were always warring with the children of men until they were defeated by one Curdie.
He made no comment, however; and the boys started for the barn-loft, where they selected the wood best suited to their purpose, and carried it down to the yard, where Leo had dragged out the pony wagon. "Here," said he, "you may stow the boards into this; and I'll lend you Winkie to draw them home, if you'll promise to let Jim and me see you build the boat."
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