“I hope we shall never see her again,” said the Soft-Voiced Cow. “Like most disagreeable people she isn’t satisfied unless everyone else is uncomfortable, depressed and so unhappy.”
“We may as well start walking around the molasses candy bog,” said the Princess, “for we are losing so much time old Jingles may catch up with us!”
“I have a suggestion,” said the Soft-Voiced Cow, “which may be helpful. Let us all walk down to the molasses candy bog, and when we are at the edge I will take you all on my back and carry you some distance along the bank, so that you will not leave any footprints. Then when the Magician comes along he will not be able to track you!”
“That is an excellent idea!” said Gran’pa. “Let us act upon the Soft-Voiced Cow’s suggestion!” So they all walked down to the molasses candy bog.
The Soft-Voiced Cow took Gran’ma, Janey and the Princess upon her back and carried them far down the bank; then she returned and carried Gran’pa and Johnny to where the others were waiting.
But as they walked the bank gradually curved in until in a short time they were walking in the direction from which they had just come.
“This will never do,” said Gran’pa coming to a stop, “for we are returning from whence we came.”
And when they walked back along the bank the same thing happened. Everything went swinging before them in long, sweeping circles. They couldn’t make heads or tails of the shore line.
“Let us try walking away from the molasses candy bog,” said Johnny, “and see what happens then!”
So they turned their backs to the bog and started walking away from it. Sure enough, when they did this the bog began to fade away, and soon it disappeared entirely!