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Soon all
were aboard and the The Pink Bird
was off to the other side ..… of the island,
that is. They had to row the ship, for their
was no wind. Hoo even tried his hand at it,
for about two minutes, then he went upstair
and found Granma. G & J looked out over
the edge of the ship at FFOI …. "What
a nice place," sighed Granma. "Yeah," said
Julio, "if they only had more toys."
J went to feed the horses and then brought
a ball out to play with da Muff on deck. He
could only roll it though; or lose it over
the side. Muff tossed it in the air and caught
it in her mouth. Julio figured they better
wait until they were on land for this game.
He still had some red cord in his pocket, so
he went and got a big bell and tied it around
her neck. His little horn didn’t make a whole
lot of noise, so he thought he might try blending
in with the orchestra tonite at dinner.
G was tired and took a nap. 129 you know. Hoo
went and told the horses about the trip to
FFOI; especially the part about the lop-eared
mule critters, how big they were, and everything
about the fancy harnesses with bells on them
and how the animals had ribbons tied in their
hair. And he told them that G had surprises
that she had bought for them at the market.
It only took about an hour by water to reach
the other side where they pulled in next to
the a big ‘ole ferry boat. Felipe and Forest
got off and went to talk to the ferry driver,
who was a rat. Yes, a big rat. Who better to
drive a ferry boat! Rats can swim. They made
a deal of some sort because J saw them shake
rat hands and wings. Some worker penguins started
unloading the wood and stacking it by the ferry
boat. It was still 3 days til the full moon.
They had very little time to build their contraption,
load the horses and get to Lamb Island. The
island was about 3 hours away by ferry, but
they had to account for loading, unloading,
goodbyes (despedidas), eating, etc. With all
the FF’s working, if they started in the morning,
they would probably have the contraption done
by noon the next day, everyone hoped !
G woke up from her nap when Julio came in and
announced: "Hurray! "Guess what,
Granma! Someone else cleaned out Mobe and Pep’s
stalls !!! Hurray! I don’t have to do it!" G
imagined that some worker rats or penguins
had done it. "Great Julio!" said
G still yawning. "I wonder if there is
a brush around in that closet, yawn, where
we saw the tack?" "The what? A tack?" asked
J. "Tack. That’s what you call saddles,
bridles, blankets & stuff for horses." G
explained. "Oh." said J. "I’ll
go look at the attack and see if there’s a
brush." J found one and began brushing
the horses down, which they loved. Muff was
jingling along behind, everywhere that J went,
da Muff was sure to go.
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