"All right," answered the guard. "Our Boolooroo is in an ugly mood
tonight. It will go hard with this little short-necked creature if
he doesn't polish the shoes properly."

Then Ghip-Ghisizzle left Button-Bright and went away, and the boy
passed through several rooms to the Royal Bedchamber, where his
Majesty sat undressing.

"Hi, there! What are you doing here?" he roared as he saw
Button-Bright.

"I've come for the shoes," said the boy.

The king threw them at his head, aiming carefully, but Button-Bright
dodged the missiles, and one smashed a mirror while the other
shattered a vase on a small table. His Majesty looked around for
something else to throw, but the boy seized the shoes and ran away,
returning to his own room.

While he polished the shoes he told his plans to Cap'n Bill and Trot
and asked them to be ready to fly with him as soon as he returned
with the Magic Umbrella. All they need to do was to step out into
the street, through the door of Cap'n Bill's room, and open the
umbrella. Fortunately, the seats and the lunch-basket were still
attached to the handle--or so they thought--and there would be
nothing to prevent their quickly starting on the journey home.

They waited a long time, however, to give the Boolooroo time to get
to sleep, so it was after midnight when Button-Bright finally took