"I hear and I obey, your Majesty," wheezed Kabumpo, and hardly giving the two children and the old tailor time to climb aboard, he was off, still holding Mombi fast in his trunk.
"But what about the mountain?" asked Snip, as it loomed up suddenly ahead.
"Watch," called Pajuka and while Kabumpo swayed uncertainly before it, he flew straight through the wall of rocks. Like many another mountain when you come right to it, this was no mountain at all—only a shadow mountain.
"No wonder Mombi could walk through," sighed Snip, greatly relieved that the witch had not recovered her magic powers.
CHAPTER 17
Mombi's Magic