As Rosalie was greatly loved
and respected, the people joyfully accepted her as their Queen, and
Trot ordered them to tear down the old hut and build a new palace
for Rosalie--one which would be just as good as any other house in
the City, but no better. She further ordered a pink statue of
Tourmaline to be set up in the Court, and also a pink statue of
herself, so that the record of all the rulers of the Pinkies should
be complete.
The people agreed to do all this as soon as possible, and some of
the leaders whispered together and then asked Coralie to be their
spokesman in replying to Queen Trot's speech.
Coralie stood on a chair and made a bow, after which she thanked
Trot in the name of the Pinkies for leading them safely into the
Blue Country and out again, and for giving them so good a Queen as
Rosalie. The Pinkies would be sorry to have their new friends, the
Earth people, leave them, but asked the Queen of Sky Island to carry
with her the royal band of pink gold which she now wore upon her
brow, together with the glistening pink jewel set in its center. It
would remind her, Coralie declared, of the Beautiful Land of Sunset
and Sunrise and of the fact that the Pinkies would always be glad to
welcome her back.
Trot knew she would never return to Sky Island, but she did not tell
them that. She merely thanked Coralie and the Pinkies and said they
might all come to the Court after dinner and see her and her
comrades fly away through the sky.
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