than the pink people.

"What country did you come from" asked the woman who had first
spoken.

"From the Earth," replied Button-Bright.

"The Earth! The Earth!" they repeated. "That is a country we have
never heard of. Where is it located?"

"Why, down below somewhere," said the boy, who did now know in which
direction the Earth lay. "It isn't just one country, but a good many
countries."

"We have three countries in Sky Island," returned the woman. "They
are the Blue Country, the Fog Country and the Pink Country. But of
course this end of the Island is the most important."

"How came you in the Blue Country, from whence you say you escaped?"
asked the man.

"We flew there by means of a Magic Umbrella," explained
Button-Bright, "but the wicked Boolooroo stole it from us."

"Stole it! How dreadful," they all cried in a chorus.

"And they made us slaves," said Trot.

"An' wanted fer to patch us," added Cap'n Bill indignantly.