THE BLUE CITY

CHAPTER 8





The Blue City was quite extensive, and consisted of many broad
streets paved with blue marble and lined with splendid buildings of
the same beautiful material. There were houses and castles and shops
for the merchants, and all were prettily designed and had many
slender spires and imposing turrets that rose far into the blue air.
Everything was blue here, just as was everything in the Royal Palace
and gardens, and a blue haze overhung all the city.

"Doesn't the sun ever shine?" asked Cap'n Bill.

"Not in the blue part of Sky Island," replied Ghip-Ghisizzle. "The
moon shines here every night, but we never see the sun. I am told,
however, that on the other half of the Island--which I have never
seen--the sun shines brightly but there is no moon at all."

"Oh," said Button-Bright. "Is there another half to Sky Island?'