“A Goo,” replied Girlie.
“How do you spell it?” he asked.
“G-o-o, I think,” said Girlie.
The Husher looked perplexed. “Family Coach,” he called at last, and they all scrambled across the room again.
“Now then, what’s a Goo?” he asked anxiously.
No one spoke.
“I don’t believe she knows herself,” at last called out the Cockatoo.
“Of course I don’t,” answered Girlie, “or I shouldn’t have asked the question.”
“It’s no use whatever asking questions,” said the Husher crossly, “if you can’t tell us whether we give you the correct answer or not; and how can you do that if you don’t know yourself? Well, you’ll all have to know by next week,” he continued, “or I shall send you all to sea.”
“What good will that do?” asked Girlie of the Penguin, who was still sitting next to her.