When all was ready, they went into the Court of the Statues, where
all the Pinkies were assembled--together with their Pink Band--and
Cap'n Bill hooked the swinging seats onto the handle of the Magic
Umbrella.
Trot kissed Rosalie and Coralie and Tourmaline goodbye and said to
them:
"If you ever happen to come to Earth, you must be sure to visit me,
and I'll try to give you a good time. But p'raps you'll stay here
all your lives."
"I think we shall," replied Rosalie, laughing, "for in all Sky
Island there will be no Magic Umbrella for us to fly with."
"And when you see Polychrome," added Trot, "jus' give her my love."
Then she and Button-Bright seated themselves in the double seat,
which was flat upon the pink ground, and Cap'n Bill sat before them
on his own seat, to which the lunch basket had been fastened by
means of a stout cord.
"Hold fast!" said the sailor man, and they all held fast to the
ropes while the boy, glancing up toward the open umbrella he held,
said solemnly and distinctly:
"Take us to Trot's house on the Earth." The umbrella obeyed, at once
mounting into the air. It moved slowly at first, but gradually
increased its speed. First it lifted the seat of the boy and the
girl, then Cap'n Bill's seat, and finally the lunch basket.
"Fly high!--Mind your eye!
Don't cry!--Bye-bye!"
shouted the parrot from the Pink Witch's shoulder.
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