CHAPTER V
IN PURSUIT
“FIRST of all,” said Nimbus, “we must find the Rays. Then we’ll go down to the Meteor farm and put all the Meteors who are off watch or on part time, to work doing scout duty.”
“Who are the Rays?” asked Billy.
“They are the Sun’s private messengers. They do all his regular work for him, such as making things grow, and arranging the weather, and building the bridges——”
“Bridges?” Billy inquired.
“Yes, rainbow bridges. How could we fairies get over the ocean if it wasn’t for them?”
“You might go on enchanted trolley cars,” suggested Billy.
“Yes, we might, if trolley cars grew on trees in jungles like monkeys, but they don’t.”
Billy thought it best to make no more suggestions.
“The Rays,” continued Nimbus, “are named Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange and Red. Get them all together and they make a beautiful, clear, white light, and we’ll need such a light to find the Equator.”