ctor and his animals were running through the
forest towards the Land of the Monkeys as fast as they could go.

Gub-Gub, with his short legs, soon got tired; and the Doctor had to
carry him--which made it pretty hard when they had the trunk and the
hand-bag with them as well.

The King of the Jolliginki thought it would be easy for his army to
find them, because the Doctor was in a strange land and would not know
his way. But he was wrong; because the monkey, Chee-Chee, knew all the
paths through the jungle--better even than the King's men did. And he
led the Doctor and his pets to the very thickest part of the forest--a
place where no man had ever been before--and hid them all in a big
hollow tree between high rocks.

"We had better wait here," said Chee-Chee, "till the soldiers have gone
back to bed. Then we can go on into the Land of the Monkeys."

So there they stayed the whole night through.

They often heard the King's men searching and talking in the jungle
round about. But they were quite safe, for no one knew of that
hiding-place but Chee-Chee--not even the other monkeys.

At last, when daylight began to come through the thick leaves overhead,
they heard Queen Ermintrude saying in a very tired voice that it was no
use looking any more--that they might as well go back and get some
sleep.

As soon as the soldiers had all gone home, Chee-Chee brought the Doctor
and his animals out of the hiding-place and they set off for the Land
of the Monkeys.

It was a long, long way; and they often got very tired--especially
Gub-Gub. But when he cried they gave him milk out of the cocoanuts
which he was very fond of.

They always had plenty to eat and drink; because Chee-Chee and
Polynesia knew all the different kinds of fruits and vegetables that
grow in the jungle, and where to find them--like dates and figs and
ground-nuts and ginger and yams. They used to make their lemonade out
of the juice of wild oranges, sweetened with honey which they got from
the bees' nests in hollow trees. No matter what it was they asked for,
Chee-Chee and Polynesia always seemed to be able to get it for them--or
something like it. They even got the Doctor some tobacco one day, when
he had finished what he had brought with him and wanted to smoke.

At night they slept in tents made of palm-leaves, on thick, soft beds
of dried grass. And after a while they got used to walking such a lot
and did not get so tired and enjoyed the l