When the courtiers and the people
assembled saw the goat, they gave a great cheer, for the beast had
helped to dethrone their wicked Ruler.
"What's goin' to happen to this tough ol' warrior, Trot?" asked
Cap'n Bill. "It's my idee as he's braver than the whole Blue Army
put together."
"You're right, Cap'n," she returned. "I'll have 'Sizzle make a fine
yard for the goat, where he'll have plenty of blue grass to eat. An'
I'll have a pretty fence put around it an' make all the people honor
an' respec' him jus' as long as he lives."
"I'll gladly do that," promised the new Boolooroo, "and I'll feed
the honorable goat all the shavings and leather and tin cans he can
eat, besides the grass. 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. We've got the Royal Record Book, an' it proves
you've already ruled this country longer than you had any right to.
'Sides all that, I'm the Queen o' Sky Island--which means Queen o'
the Pinkies an' Queen o' the Blues, both of 'em. So things are run
as I say, an' I've made Ghip-Ghisizzle Boolooroo in your place.
He'll look after this end of the Island hereafter, an' unless I'm
much mistaken, he'll do it a heap better than you did.
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