The Wishing chair (5) [The Wishing chair]
The Wishing chair (5)
And then the most extraordinary thing of all happened !
The chair they were in began to creak and groan, and suddenly it rose up in the air, with two children in it !
They held tight, wondering whatever was happening !
It flew to the door,but that was shut.
It frew to the window, but that was shut too.
Meantime the wizard and Tippit were running after it, crying in rage.
" How dare you use our wishing-chair !
Wish it back, wish it back ! "
" I shan't ! " cried Peter.
" Go on, wishing-chair, take us home ! "
The chair finding that it could not get out of the door or a window,frew up the little stairway.
It nearly got stuck in the doorway at the top, which was rather narrow, but just managed to squeeze itself through.
Before the children could see what the room upstairs was like, the chair flew to the window there, which was open, and out it went into the street.
It immediately rose uo very high indeed, far beyond the housetops, and flew towards the children's home.
How amazed they were !
And how tightly they clungto the arms !
It would be dreadful to fall !
"I say,Mollie, can you hear a flapping noise ? "said Peter.
" Has the chair got wings anywhere ? "
Mollie peeped cautiously over the edge of the chair.
" Yes, " she said.
" It has a little red wing growing out of each leg, and they make the flapping noise ! How queer ! "
The chair began to fly downwards.
The children saw that they were just over their garden.
" Go to our playroom, chair, " said Peter quickly.
The chair went to big shed at the bottom of the garden.
Inside was a playroom for the children, and here they kept all their toys and books, and could play any game they liked.
The chair flew in at the open door and came to rest on the floor. The children jumped off and looked at one another.
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