They go swift, and swifter, wheeling 148 In the figures made by chance, Darting from the floor to ceiling— Thus the shadows have their dance. With a leap and a whirl and a twist and a twirl And a slide and a shuffle as they weave roundabout, And a swing and a hop, and a bow and a stop, And a shift and a nodding as they wind in and out. 149 149 CHAPTER XXVI THE JOURNEY TO CANDY-TOWN After they had eaten all their fairy cakes and tea—which were not in the least like anything they had ever tasted before, but were much better than anything they had ever known—Zuzu and Lulu told the Fairy Queen about their journey and how they had happened to undertake it. They told her what the Black Fairy had said to them, and how they had taken off the wooden leg of the Dragon, and how they had started down the Golden Ladder. Neither Zuzu nor Lulu had heard of the King's losing his shadow, but in some way the Fairy 150Queen had heard of this, and now she told them of it, to their great surprise. 150 "This," said she, "was the work of the Wicked Fairy Gobo, whom I have warned never to interfere in matters outside of his own home in yonder mountain. Had you only telephoned to me by the White Cricket instead of the Black Cricket, all would have been well, for in that case I should have sent the Bumblebee Express quite up to the top of the ladder for you, and should have commanded the Dragon to let you pass; but at any rate, here you are, my dears, and I think no one will be the worse off for that,
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