"Strangely enough, though, after a moment or two, he didn't seem to see pirates, and the sea began to look very much more like the surface of a chair. Soon the pirates disappeared entirely, and the four eagles of the Roman chair were looking at him steadily.
"'You're terribly tired, aren't you?' said the first eagle.
"'Yes; I'm a little tired,' Kenneth admitted.
"'WE'VE BEEN ON THIS CHAIR SO LONG,' SAID THE FOURTH EAGLE."—Page [75]
"'Well, you're not as tired as we are,' said the second eagle.
"'No, indeed!' said the third eagle. 'You're only tired because you've played so many games. We're tired because we're always still.'
"Kenneth listened eagerly, because he'd so often thought just what he was hearing. 'Yes,' said Kenneth very sympathetically; 'I should think you would be very dull. I've often thought that. Have you been there a long time?'