"What shall you say? Say, 'Get up!'"
"Is that all?" asked he doubtfully.
"Well, if you want to say more, say, 'Get up! The world is all growing and crowing—the roosters are crowing their heads off!'"
Sky-High went to the door of the governor's room and knocked.
There came a voice from within. "Well?"
"Get up! The world is all growing and crowing,—the roosters are crowing their heads off."
The "Mandarin of the Golden Dome" did not wait for a second summons, but got up even as Sky-High had bidden him. It was a June morning, and he found the world as he had been warned, "all growing and crowing."
"Have you called the governor?" asked Mrs. Van Buren, as she met Sky-High on the stairs.
"Yes, my Lady of the Beautiful Morning."
"Did you use plain language?"