| “THEY SAW THE EQUATOR MAKING OFF A MILE OR TWO AWAY” | Frontispiece |
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| “WE’LL TAKE THIS SUNBEAM WITH US” | 6 |
| “NIMBUS FOLDED THE TRANSFER INTO A TINY WAND AND SAID: ‘THIS CAR FOR THE EQUATOR!’” | 10 |
| “BOTH THE PLUMBER’S APPRENTICES JUMPED HASTILY TO THE GROUND” | 14 |
| “STRAIGHT INTO A GREAT PILE OF SNOW WENT THE CAR” | 28 |
| “PRESENTLY THEY BEGAN TO CRY AS HARD AS EVER THEY COULD” | 32 |
| “NOW, SIR, WHERE IS THAT EQUATOR?” | 40 |
| “THERE SUDDENLY APPEARED SEVEN LITTLE CHAPS” | 48 |
| “WITH A GREAT CRACKLING NOISE THEY SHOT INTO THE VOID” | 50 |
| “BILLY TOOK A SHARP STICK AND POKED THE EQUATOR SMARTLY” | 60 |
| “SEATING HIMSELF ON THE EDGE OF THE CLIFF, HE SANG” | 66 |
| “CONFRONTING THE EQUINE OX WAS THE CONDUCTOR, WAVING HIS HANDS AND SHOUTING” | 76 |
| “THEY TIED THE TROLLEY ROPE TO HIS HORN AND SECURED HIM TO THE CAR” | 78 |
| “A METEOR DROPPED AMONG THEM” | 80 |
| “‘LISTEN,’ SAID THE EQUINE OX, AND THROWING BACK HIS HEAD, HE SANG” | 84 |
| “THE EQUINE OX CROWDED INTO THE REAR DOOR” | 90 |
The Runaway Equator, and the Strange Adventures of a Little Boy in Pursuit of It
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About This Book
A young boy named Billy meets Nimbus, a Geography Fairy, and together they chase a runaway Equator across a series of whimsical episodes. They travel by enchanted trolley and encounter personified natural forces and curious creatures—sunbeams, an Equine Ox, meteors, and lands where night endures for months—while playful explanations of tides, meridians, and compasses weave through the adventure. The narrative unfolds episodically as a sequence of imaginative vignettes that anthropomorphize geographic features and blend childlike wonder with light lessons about belief, curiosity, and the order of the natural world.