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The Magical Land of Noom

Chapter 2: ILLUSTRATIONS
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About This Book

The story follows two siblings who build a makeshift flying machine and are carried into an enchanted realm. Their episodic adventures bring them into contact with eccentric inhabitants, talking animals, magical objects (boxing gloves, a magic umbrella, a whistle), a mysterious stranger, and a young woman who recounts a strange history. Gran’ma and Gran’pa pursue the children and take part in comic rescues, while dancing masters, invisible people, and a rubberlike river create further obstacles and amusements. The narrative culminates with palace and magician episodes before the family is reunited and returns home. The tone is whimsical, childlike, and imagines practical ingenuity mingled with gentle fantasy.

ILLUSTRATIONS

“You just wait! I’ll catch you and pay you back!” 31
 
The little Faun Boy caught up with the Strange Man, butting him with all his might 44
 
Gran’pa struck them right and left with his cane, but was finally knocked down 50
 
“Did you open the Green Jar?” the Beautiful Girl asked 65
 
“It was in the year 339,700 that I talked to the Queer Horse and the Strange Man put me in the jar” 72
 
The Old Woman caught the Soft-Voiced Cow’s tail and began dragging her back 83
 
“I was forced to step into the Magic Umbrella” 102
 
The Soft-Voiced Cow jumped three feet in the air and started across the valley, kicking her heels and mooing 112
 
Down, down, the Slide Raft sped, until it was going so fast that its occupants could not talk 125
 
Gran’ma, Janey and Mrs. Tiptoe rode in the Magic Umbrella and the men rode underneath 131
 
Catching his long nose in her hands she gave it a tweak 145
 
“There it is!” David shouted. “Guide the Flying Boat to the balcony at the right of the Palace!” 154