"That is very strange!" exclaimed the others as they fell back in their beds.
An hour afterward the rooster crew again. "Lock-the-Dairy-door! Lock-the-Dairy-door!"
The noise awoke them all.
"What is that?" exclaimed the servants.
"It is nothing," said Jack. "My little companion is merely telling me that he has returned from his journey in search of the Day. Get up and see."
The servants at once arose, and, to the astonishment of them all, they saw the Sun appearing over the mountain-tops more brilliant than ever. Seeing this there was at once a contention among the servants as to which should be the first to carry the strange news to King Calamor.
"Master! master!" cried one, more nimble than the rest, "if you only knew!"
"What has happened?" exclaimed the King; "speak quickly!"