. The adventures of Peter Peterkin . XX THE VALLEY OF DANCING LEGS PETERKINS next move,when he had sipped his Waterof Bounceability and came flyingacross into the next valley,was to clap his hands overhis ears. He had been deafawhile . . and now thathe could hear again, all thethousand noises of the earthand air frightened and be-ifl^^/^-r- wilderedhim. He was wondering whatwas wrong with this 5^$^-- There must be something wrong with it, of course. Andhe did not have to wait very long before he discovered. 92 THE VALLEY OF DANCING LEGS 93 A group of fat and puffing people jigged into
. The adventures of Peter Peterkin . XX THE VALLEY OF DANCING LEGS PETERKINS next move,when he had sipped his Waterof Bounceability and came flyingacross into the next valley,was to clap his hands overhis ears. He had been deafawhile . . and now thathe could hear again, all thethousand noises of the earthand air frightened and be-ifl^^/^-r- wilderedhim. He was wondering whatwas wrong with this 5^$^-- There must be something wrong with it, of course. Andhe did not have to wait very long before he discovered. 92 THE VALLEY OF DANCING LEGS 93 A group of fat and puffing people jigged into , hop—what could be the trouble with them? Why,they were dancing! Hop, hop—skippetty hop, with nevera stop—puffing, panting, groaning with weariness, theydanced a crazy path toward Peterkin. Hey, hey, stop! cried he. *We cant stop, grunted the chief of them. If you wantto talk to us, youll have to dance along. Then, before he could help himself, Peterkin had adancing man, locked arms, on either side of him—andhe was stamping, running, tripping, jigging along withthem. Oh, heigh, stop! Let go of me—stop, stop! he com-manded, out of breath and red in the face. No, thats just what we cant do! sighed the fat oldchief. We must dance on and on and on. Our legs are shotwith pain, our lungs are like hot blasts, our feet are blisteredand sore—but we cannot stop! Peterkin stumbled an
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