"As they stood laughing upon the rock, they beheld at no great distance a wild, noisy cataract, where a beautiful, wide, golden stream leaped from a high rock, and whirling its never-ceasing torrent into endless eddies of a thousand different dyes, plunged into the lake that lay before them.
"'Look, Maud!' exclaimed Arthur. 'Look! Look! The beautiful falls!'
"The children asked of the Queen its name and she replied:
"'That, my darlings, is the end of Taffy River and those are the Stick Candy Falls. Here Taffy River pours its delicious stream over the rocks into Lake Fudge that you see lying before you. Now,' she continued, 'we will walk over and inspect Stick Candy Falls, after which we will return to this rock, for I consider this the finest viewpoint anywhere along the shore of the lake.'
"The Queen did not have to assist the children in their descent from the rock. With a merry bound they ran down the path ahead of her, delighted with the prospect of visiting the Falls which appeared so beautiful.
"Around them on all sides, grew sweet-scented flowers that, at any other time, might have caused the children to stay their steps, for they were fond of wild flowers indeed; but on this particular occasion all the blossoms of the woodland would not have tempted them, for the sound of the roaring cataract grew louder and louder as they drew near.
"The path descended into a little glen, the rocky sides of which hid the cataract from view; and the children stopped to look back upon the spot from which they had just come. There towered the tall rock with its one steep side facing the lake. The great Giant, Kimbo, sat on the ground at its base leaning against the cliff, his head drooped heavily forward almost between his drawn up knees.
"The children stopped to look back upon the spot from which they had just come."
"As they drew near to where the angry river made its desperate leap, the children were frightened, for the wind caused by the cataract came roaring about their ears, bearing mist and spray that for a time almost blinded them. They passed around this danger point and came to a more sheltered spot, where they paused to view the falls.