She had hoped to
marry Ghip-Ghisizzle and become Queen, after which she could afford
to laugh at their reproaches. So the Witch woke her up and went back
to the palace to tell Trot of her failure.
The girl and Button-bright and Cap'n Bill were all rather
discouraged by this time, for they had searched high and low and had
not found a trace of the all-important umbrella. That night none of
them slept much, for they all lay awake wondering how they could
ever return to the Earth and to their homes.
In the morning of the third day after Trot's conquest of the Blues,
the little girl conceived another idea. She called all the servants
of the palace to her and questioned them closely. But not one could
remember having seen anything that looked like an umbrella.
"Are all the servants of the old Boolooroo here?" inquired Cap'n
Bill, who was sorry to see Trot looking so sad and downcast.
"All but one," was the reply. "Tiggle used to be a servant, but he
escaped and ran away."
"Oh, yes!" exclaimed Trot. "Tiggle is in hiding somewhere. Perhaps
he doesn't know there's been a revolution and a new Boolooroo rules
the country. If he did, there's no need for him to hide any longer,
for he is now in no danger."
She now dispatched messengers all through the City and the
surrounding country, who cried aloud for Tiggle, saying that the new
Boolooroo wanted him.
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