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Chapter 2 THE BEGINNING OF THE BELIEVING VOYAGE.

Word Count: 1891    |    Released on: 01/12/2017

d started off on his journey without his hat, and he was therefore exceedingly pleased to find

h they had come, and which he was quite sure had always been a straight-up-and-down, old-fashioned window, was now a r

into a round hole?" he asked the Gobli

tances that happen on a Believing Voyage. It's nothing to what you'll

ppearing again behind the flaps in so ridiculous a manner that Davy shouted with laughter, and the Goblin smiled harder than ever. Suddenly "NEXT CAME MARY FARINA." the poor little man made a desperate plunge, and had almost made

ttles and pots, and then Mary Farina, sitting on a step-ladder with the coal-scuttle in her lap. Solomon was nowhere to be seen. Davy, looking THE RABBIT TAKES LIBERTIES WITH DAVY'S PROPERTY. over the side of the clock, saw them disappear, one after the other, in a large tree on the lawn, and the Goblin informed him that they had fallen into the kitchen of a witch-hazel tree, and would be well taken care of. Indeed, as the clock sailed over the tree, Davy saw that the trunk of it was

out," he said, sadly. "Perhaps the s

re's a rabbit over by the hedge putting dried leaves into your

is property, when the clock began rolling over in the air, and he ha

and, as he said this, the clock steadied itself and sailed serenel

, rosy light, as though a number of candles were burning i

le boy was laughing softly to himself over this conceit, when the Goblin, who had been staring intently at the sky, suddenly ducked his head, and cried "Squalls!" and the next moment the air was filled with cats falling in a perfect shower from the sky. They were of all sizes and colors,-big cats, little cats, black cats, white cats, gray cats, yellow, spotted and brindle cats, and at least a dozen of them fell sprawling in

uch!" said the Go

ried out excitedly, "Scold! I should think I had enough to scold about to-day! I've had bits of worsted tied on to my tail, and I've had some m

e known, for, at this moment, an old tabby cat screamed out, "Barkers!" and all the cats sprang ove

ulous for a cat to talk in th

y true, for all that,"

now," said Davy, feeling th

lls came tumbling into the clock. To Davy's alarm they proved to be alive, and immediately began scrambling about in all directions, and yelping so ferociously that

very pale, "they're sky-terriers. The

vy, feeling that this was a

o get away from these fellows before the solar

ady seated himself upon the brim, he took his place opposite to him without hesitation. As they sailed away from the clock it quietly rol

in. It spun around like a top as it sailed through the air, until Davy began to feel uncomfortably dizzy, and the Goblin himself seemed to be far from well. He had stopped smiling, and the rosy light had all

thought Davy; and, with a view to rousing the Goblin, he

entry-box," said the Goblin. "And, speaking of sentry-b

's absent-minded," s

these words he fell out of the hat and instantly disappeared. Davy peered anxiously over the edge

solemnly gazing at him for a few moments, softly murmured, "I'm a Cockalorum," and flew heavily away. All this was very sad and distressing, and Davy was mournfully wondering what would happen to him next, when it suddenly struck him that his legs were feeling very cold, and, looking down at them, he discovered, to his great alarm, that the crown of the Goblin's hat had entirely disappea

ike a toy-balloon. The next moment he struck something hard, which gave way with a sound like breaking glass and let him through, and he had j

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