The Wishing chair (19 ひとまず完)

The Wishing chair (19)


" Good idea ! " grinned peter.
So he and Mollie and Chinky went to the rope and pulled hard, hand over hand.

The chair came down from the air rapidly, and when it reached the ground it gave such a bump that every single gnome was thrown off.

" Oooooh ! " they cried. " You wait, you wicked children ! "

But they didin't wait. 
Instead, the three of them jumped into the chair, and Peter called out, " Take us home, please ! "

Before the Grabbit Gnomes could take hold of the chair, it had risen up into the air.

But the gnomes pulled at the rope, and down came the chair again.

" Quick ! Cut the rope ! " shouted Peter to Chinky.
Poor Chinky !
He was feeling in every one of his many pockets for his knife, and he couldn't find it.

The gnomes pulled hard at the rope, and the chair went down still farther.

And then hinky found the knife !

He learned over the chair-arm, slashed at the rope and cut it.

At once the chair bounded up into the air, free !

" Home, home ! " sang Peter, delighted.
" I say! Talk about adventures ! Every one seems more excitng then the last ! Wherever shall we go next ? "

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