"Hooray!" yelled the parrot,
"Welcome to our happy home
From which no longer will we roam!"
And then he flapped his wings and barked like a dog with pure
delight, and added as fast as his bird's tongue could speak,
"One army's pink and one is blue,
But neither one is in a stew
Because the naughty Boolooroo
Is out of sight, so what we'll do
Is try to be a jolly crew
And dance and sing our too-ral-loo
And to our friends be ever true
And to our foes--"
"Stop it!" said Button-Bright, "I can't hear myself think."
The Pinkies were amazed at the strange reception of the Blues and
hesitated to advance, but Trot now ran up in front of them and made
a little speech. "Pinkies," said she, "your Queen has conquered the
Boolooroo and is now the Queen of the Blues. All of Sky Island
except the Fog Bank is now my kingdom, so I welcome my faithful
Pinkies to my Blue City, where you are to be royally entertained and
have a good time. The war is over an' ever'body must be sociable an'
happy or I'll know the reason why!"
Now, indeed, the Pinkies raised a great shout of joy, and the Blues
responded with another joyful shout, and Rosalie kissed the little
girl and said she had performed wonders, and everybody shook hands
with Cap'n Bill and congratulated him upon his escape, and the
parrot flew to Trot's shoulder and screeched,
"The Pinkies are pink, the Blues are blue,
But Trot's the Queen, so too-ral-loo!"
When the Blueskins saw Ghip-Ghisizzle, they raised another great
shout, for he was the favorite of the soldiers and very popular with
all the people.
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