"Wait!" grunted the General, picking himself up for the fifth time. "Wait! I will find them all!" Seizing his gun, and with never a thought of dinner, he plunged boldly out into the night to find Mombi, the goose, Snip and an invisible cook. After that things grew calmer, for the King had great confidence in Whiffenpuff. The boys and girls trooped back to their cottages and the rest sat down to a picnic supper out of the ice box.
"Whiffenpuff will find 'em, no fear," whispered Hah Hoh, squeezing Kinda Jolly's hand comfortingly, "and if he doesn't just remember that I also have something up my sleeve!"
"What is it?" asked the King mournfully, and as clearly as he could, for he had half a chicken sandwich in the other cheek.
"A funny bone," confided the Town Laugher, with so comical and important an expression that Kinda had to be thumped on the back to keep from choking.
"A funny bone!" gasped the King, as he recovered his breath. "Let me see it, you rascal."
So the Town Laugher showed Kinda Jolly his left elbow and they both roared at the joke.