It sounded so funny to Ray that he laughed aloud, but Ah Lee shook his head and Ray said quickly, “Please excuse me.”
“Are we going home soon?” asked Ray, as they went into the garden.
“Yes,” answered Ah Lee, “we are going now.” He took Ray’s hand and they ran quickly to the spot where the great birds were waiting for them.
Just as they jumped on the birds, Ray saw Yan Lu and the little Princess Peek-a-Boo waving their fans and saying “Good-by, come again from the land of big feet.”
Ray smiled at the two little girls and rose in the air on his bird.
In another minute he was flying; over lakes and rivers, mountains and valleys, and far over a great deep ocean where large ships were sailing.
Ray held on to his bird with all his might when they were flying over the dark water so that he would not fall.
Again they flew over steeples and house-tops and reached Ray’s country. Right down to Aunt Polly’s house flew the birds, but how they got into the house and how Ah Lee and his great birds got back to their old places on the teapot, and how Ray found himself on the lounge, I leave you, my dear little readers, to guess.
However, it was all done so quickly that nobody knew what had happened except Ray and the Boy in the Teapot.