had come at last.

But the King's men, who were still following, had heard the noise of
the monkeys cheering; and they at last knew where the Doctor was, and
hastened on to catch him.

The big monkey carrying Gub-Gub was coming along behind slowly, and he
saw the Captain of the army sneaking through the trees. So he hurried
after the Doctor and told him to run.

Then they all ran harder than they had ever run in their lives; and the
King's men, coming after them, began to run too; and the Captain ran
hardest of all.

Then the Doctor tripped over his medicine-bag and fell down in the mud,
and the Captain thought he would surely catch him this time.

But the Captain had very long ears--though his hair was very short.
And as he sprang forward to take hold of the Doctor, one of his ears
caught fast in a tree; and the rest of the army had to stop and help
him.

By this time the Doctor had picked himself up, and on they went again,
running and running. And Chee-Chee shouted,

"It's all right! We haven't far to go now!"

But before they could get into the Land of the Monkeys, they came to a
steep cliff with a river flowing below. This was the end of the
Kingdom of Jolliginki; and the Land of the Monkeys was on the other
side--across the river.

And Jip, the dog, looked down over the edge of the steep, steep cliff
and said,

"Golly! How are we ever going to get across?"

"Oh, dear!" said Gub-Gub. "The King's men are quite close now--Look at
them! I am afraid we are going to be taken back to prison again."
And he began to weep.

But the big monkey who was carrying the pig dropped him on the ground
and cried out to the other monkeys.

"Boys--a bridge! Quick!--Make a bridge! We've only a minute to do it.
They've got the Captain loose, and he's coming on like a deer. Get
lively! A bridge! A bridge!"

The Doctor began to wonder what they were going to make a bridge out
of, and he gazed around to see if they had any boards hidden any place.

But when he looked back at the cliff, there, hanging across the river,
was a bridge all ready for him--made of living monkeys! For while his
back was turned, the monkeys--quick as a flash--had made themselves
into a bridge, just by holding hands and feet.

And the big one shouted to the Doctor, "Walk over! Walk over--all of
you--hurry!"

Gub-Gub was a bit scared, walking on such a narrow bridge at that dizzy
height above the river. But he got over all right; and