“You promised to do as I said and not ask questions. Are you going back on your word?”
“No,” answered Cho-gay slowly. “Go on.”
Wongo left them, going very slowly
“I’ll tell you what we are going for on the way up,” went on Kaw, “and as for what you will do, well, I’ll be there too, you see, and I’ll tell you that at the time. Tell Chu-ta-win to take you up, as you have important business in the Cloud Country. Suppose you call him now. There is no time to lose, as we are, if we succeed, about to do a service for Timbertangle that will never be forgotten.”
“If it’s a real adventure,” said Cho-gay, “I’m for it,” and he gave a clear, shrill whistle which was repeated some distance away and then again far off in the forest.
“I’ll just step inside your cave while you talk with Chu-ta-win,” said Kaw, and suiting the action to the word he hopped into the cave-mouth.
After a short interval, there came a rush of wind, and Kaw knew that the great eagle had arrived.
“You called for me, little brother,” said a voice, and Cho-gay answered: