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It was a bit too good feeling Sophronia had a brief hysterical thought that perhaps Felix was like figgy pudding Rich and delicious but best sa

Sophronia righted herself and shrugged Felix off "Ready, everyone, let’s try again Little h to lean over and pull down on one release cord and then another Sophronia rolled to one side and Dis The basket sank so ropes No easy task against the pull of the train, but they did their best

It orking By careful degrees they sank down, taking care to go toward the train before sinking further; otherwise they ed directly behind and fall to the tracks Theand Felix strained against the levers

Then, with a clunk, the gondola landed on the top of the rear passenger carriage The basket was still on its side, which made for an aard crash The last of the helium escaped the balloons, and the balloons collapsed half on top of the train, half onto the basket and everyone’s heads Quickly as they could, the five stoays untangled themselves and climbed out Sophronia knew they had made too much of a racket on the roof, but no one see the source

Everyone was bruised and shaken, but otherwise unhar After all, there had been no blood Sidheag was looking, if anything, buoyed by the experience Soap was stoic and cal a bit too ave hi pressed against him

After a brief discussion, they decided to leave the airdinghy where it was Its usefulness eighed as superior to the fact that its discovery would alert others to their presence

"Here’s hoping we don’t go through any tunnels" was Sophronia’s opinion

They extracted their supplies Mercifully, the picnic hah Sophronia couldn’t vouch for the condition of the contents The hard-boiled eggs had probably coddled in shock They had to collect the clothing, scattered about, and stuff it back into the sack

Sophronia’s heart was in her an frantically rustling through the collapsed balloons, her world in crisis Had he fallen out? Was he lying daed and alone in the middle of the moor?

Soap produced him from within the second picnic basket "Stashed him there for safety e first took to the skies"

Sophronia clutched her oodness!" She resisted a near-overwheled his tail at her and tooted a bit of s at a snail’s pace, for which Sophronia was grateful They lashed down the gondola and rolled up the balloons as much as they could Then they cautiously e Likeits side for boarding at a station, one to each separate compartment There was no ladder or way to climb down, and simply a footboard at the coach door

Soap, who’d only ever seen a train froued "It’s like they stuck three horse coaches together"