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Coco Bolo: King of the Floating Islands

Chapter 16: Transcriber's note
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The story follows two young sisters who chase their shadows to a seaside grove and discover a realm of floating islands. Their curiosity propels a sequence of whimsical episodes featuring King Coco Bolo, an admiral and other court figures, eccentric policemen, a tame dragon, and musical pageantry aboard a royal yacht. Encounters blend playful danger and invention, presented in an episodic, child-centered narrative that emphasizes imagination, perseverance, and the rewards of curiosity.

Nor was it surprising that
she should sit and stare

There, too, sat Frances, bolt upright, blinking and gazing about her in a bewildered manner; and there too, lay Periwinkle, flat on his side, his beady black eyes wide open and his red worsted smile fixed and immovable—a yellow plush puppy once more.

Again the bell sounded. Margaret looked hastily behind her, and there was old Daphne, the milk-cow, quietly feeding, the bell about her neck going "Clink-clank," at every motion.

At the same moment, from far across the ocean came a melancholy "Hoo-oo! Hoo-oo!"

"Hark, Frances! Hark!" cried Margaret. "Did you hear it? There's the poor old dragon bellowing. Somebody else must have arrived. Oh, what an adventure we've had! Come along! Let's run home and tell Daddy! Won't he be glad to hear that there is a King Coco Bolo and a Great American Snap-Dragon and an Archbishop and a Floating Island and everything!"

"Won't he!" said Frances, as they set off homeward hand in hand.