. St. Nicholas [serial] . CIRCLE FOR A FOUNDATION. Its a long way, and you must hold on out the broomstick, Mother ! But the broomstick did not wait to be ordered, 464 ELFIE S VISIT TO CLOUDLAND AND THE MOON. 46; for before K-ma-ji-na-shun had done talking—hey, presto!—there it was, prancing as if it werethe finest-looking horse in Cloudland. Elfie waved her hand to Mother Goose andmounted the stick. E-ma-ji-na-shun sprang onbehind, and shoo—whizz! they were off. That was something like a ride. Theymounted so quickly that the clouds they passedthrough looked as if they were falli
. St. Nicholas [serial] . CIRCLE FOR A FOUNDATION. Its a long way, and you must hold on out the broomstick, Mother ! But the broomstick did not wait to be ordered, 464 ELFIE S VISIT TO CLOUDLAND AND THE MOON. 46; for before K-ma-ji-na-shun had done talking—hey, presto!—there it was, prancing as if it werethe finest-looking horse in Cloudland. Elfie waved her hand to Mother Goose andmounted the stick. E-ma-ji-na-shun sprang onbehind, and shoo—whizz! they were off. That was something like a ride. Theymounted so quickly that the clouds they passedthrough looked as if they were falling, and the and nearer in its descent, she saw that it wasthe exact shape of a ship, with masts, sails, andrigging complete. The deck was heaped upwith what seemed quite a mountain of goblins dressed like sailors, and with roundfull-moon faces, were running about pulling onropes and hoisting the snow-white sails on thepurple masts. One of them, whose head wasvery large and round, and who had long spidery. ELFIE SAW SOMETHING WHICH SEEMED TO HER A LIGHT FLEECY CLOUD FLYING ALONG BEFORE THE WIND. sky began to look so near that Elfie was afraidshe would bump her head. Suddenly E-ma-ji-na-shun seized the string which served for reinsand brought the broomstick to a standstill. Whats the matter ? thought Elfie. Weecertainly are not at the moon yet. Look out! cried E-ma-ji-na-shun. Herecomes one of the cloud ships laden with cheese ! Elfie saw something which seemed to her alight fleecy cloud flying along before the wind,as she had often seen clouds do on a windy day. E-ma-ji-na-shun told her that every one ofthose tiny cloudlets she had seen was a shipcarrying messages or freight to and fro amongthe people of Cloudland. As the cloud she was looking at came nearer legs growing from beneath his chin, was stand-ing on top of the heap of cheese and directingthe sailors. That man, said her guide, is the cele-brated Captain Nemo, whom your brothershave read about; perhaps
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