So Gran’pa, Gran’ma, Johnny, Janey and the Princess stayed only long enough to see the Magician soused up and down in the water two or three times and then they hastened out of town.
The brothers ducked the wicked Magician up and down in the pond until they grew tired, then others took their places and they kept this up for two hours. Then the Magician was placed in the stocks and his hands and feet firmly padlocked so that he could not get away.
CHAPTER VII
The Soft-Voiced Cow Meets the Witch and the Invisible People
After leaving the village in which the Magician was a prisoner, Gran’ma, Gran’pa, the Princess and the children ran until they were tired, and coming to a quiet shady place they sat down to rest.
“I do not believe I have run so hard since I was a girl,” said Gran’ma as she fanned herself.
Just then they heard a noise in the bushes and all sprang to their feet, but sat down again with sighs of relief when a Cow walked up to them.
The Cow wore a pretty bonnet and a velour waist; her skirt was of velvet with flowers embroidered around the edge.
As she came up to the little group she shook the wrinkles out of her apron and sat down facing them.
“How do you do, everybody!” the Cow said in a soft voice, as she smiled at all.