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Speedy would have followed, but Terrybubble had
snatched him up in one huge claw and was patting
him fast and furiously with the other. Though the
pats were gentle enough in themselves they were so
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numerous they knocked all the rest of the breath
from the exhausted boy. But even so, he heard with
immense relief the rasp and rattle of the anchors,
shooting down into the sea as Waddy touched the
red button in the silver umbrella shaft. Almost in-
stantly the rocking of the island ceased and Siz-
zeroo's sorely tried subjects, with many doubtful
glances at the dinosaur, began tiptoeing out of
range.
"Why, Terrybubble, you've nearly frightened the
wits out of everybody. What made you scream like
that?" Gureeda, hopping down from the fence, shook
her parasol reprovingly at the dinosaur.
"Can't I snort a little when I'm happy?" muttered
Terrybubble in a sulky voice. "And look here, why
did you jump off the island and leave me? You know
I cannot get along without somebody to tell me
about life."
"I wasn't leaving you," explained Speedy, wiggling
crossly around in the monster's claw. "I was just
trying out your new umbrella. There, pick it up
before it blows away and next time you're happy,
for Pete's sake keep quiet. You nearly wrecked us
with your snorting. It's a lucky thing we came down
where we did and not on top of those other islands.
Look, Gureeda, we're right between the two."
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At Speedy's words, Terrybubble set the little boy
down beside the Princess and picking up the huge
umbrella that had so nearly been the end of his small
friend and discoverer, began to put it up and down
and hold it coquettishly over his head as he had seen
the Umbrellians do. While he was amusing himself
in this manner, Speedy and Gureeda looked curiously
across the narrow span of water that separated
them from the island on the right. This island was
completely surrounded by a rock wall, with towers,
turrets and battlements, so that it was more like a
fortress than anything else. The rocks were gray, the
helmets and uniforms of the grim looking warriors
peering over the wall were gray and Speedy could
not help thinking that they would consider as an
enemy a country dropping so suddenly from the sky.
"Let's have a look at the other one," he proposed,
as one of the soldiers raised his sword and shook it
menacingly at the two children. So they hurried
along, with Terrybubble clattering contentedly be-
hind them, Gureeda explaining how she had gone to
the Wizard's Tower to show Speedy another picture
in the natural history book and found the doors in
the tower wall open and no one in sight. Quickly
looking through one of the telescopes, she had seen
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Waddy and Speedy drifting helplessly over the No-
nestic Ocean and rushing back to the throne room
had sent guards scurrying in every direction for
Bamboula and Kachewka.
Bamboula, first to answer the summons, had
dashed to the royal terrace, seized the silver wheel
and headed the island downward. As the children
reached the central umbrella shaft, Waddy and Barn-
boula were arguing earnestly and, just stopping long
enough to give them a wave, the two ran down the
slope on the other side of the castle to have a look
at the island on the left. This small sea kingdom had
an even higher wall than the gray island. The wall
Was of red and rusty rock and the castle built on
the top of this broad rampart ran entirely round
the island. Gulls and ravens circled screeching over
its towers and the crash of the waves on the rocky
sea wall was so thunderous and dismaying that
Speedy and the Princess unconsciously drew back.
"Seems to me we have a couple of good reasons for
flying away from here," whispered Speedy. "Ouch-
duck, look out!"
He jerked Gureeda violently aside just as an arrow
from a narrow aperture in the red castle sped across
the water and embedded itself in the sand at their
feet. A note was impaled on the point. Pulling up
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the long shaft, Speedy removed the small square
parchment and read with mingled interest and mis-
giving the following message:
"Go away at once. You are interfering with our
War.
"Radj, the Red, of Roaraway Island."
Gureeda's eyes, as she read this note, grew round
and dreamy.
"There's a book about Roaraway Island in the
castle. Come on, let's get it."
"This is no time for books," muttered Speedy,
thrusting the parchment into his pocket~
Radj th~e Red all ready to fight. what we need is
guns. Come on. Come Qn, Terrybubble, and keep
away from the edge there. Though arrows would
go right through Terrybubble without hurting," he
remarked rather breathlessly as they scrambled up
the terraced incline.
When they reached the top, Waddy, Kachewka and
Bamboula were all bending over the steering wheel
in the silver umbrella shaft.
"Look," panted Speedy, holding out the pierced
parchment. "We've fallen between two warring
islands. We'd better light out of here quick."
In a tense little silence the King's three coun-
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selors read Radj's threatening message.
"A war!" sputtered Bamboula, with what seemed
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