to go abroad. He thought he was going to be eaten by white
cannibals or something. You know what those niggers are--that
ignorant! Well!--But his father made him come. He said that all
the black kings were sending their sons to Oxford now. It was the
fashion, and he would have to go. Bumpo wanted to bring his six
wives with him. But the king wouldn't let him do that either.
Poor Bumpo went off in tears--and everybody in the palace was
crying too. You never heard such a hullabaloo."

"Do you know if he ever went back in search of The Sleeping
Beauty?" asked the Doctor.

"Oh yes," said Polynesia--"the day after you left. And a good
thing for him he did: the king got to know about his helping you
to escape; and he was dreadfully wild about it."

"And The Sleeping Beauty?--did he ever find her?"

"Well, he brought back something which he SAID was The Sleeping
Beauty. Myself, I think it was an albino niggeress. She had red
hair and the biggest feet you ever saw. But Bumpo was no end
pleased with her and finally married her amid great rejoicings.
The feastings lasted seven days. She became his chief wife and is
now known out there as the Crown-Princess BumPAH--you accent the
last syllable."

"And tell me, did he remain white?"

"Only for about three months," said the parrot. "After that his
face slowly returned to its natural color. It was just as well.