of her bedroom, commanded it to open. Just then, however, she
remembered she had left her fiddle lying upon a table, so she went back
for it and put it away in the cupboard, and while her back was turned
the Green Monkey slipped through the open door into her bedroom and hid
underneath the bed. The Giantess, being sleepy, did not notice this, and
entering her room she made the door close behind her and then hung the
bird-cage on a peg by the window. Then she began to undress, first
taking off the lace apron and laying it over the bedpost, where it was
within easy reach of her hand.

As soon as Mrs. Yoop was in bed the lights all went out, and Woot the
Monkey crouched under the bed and waited patiently until he heard the
Giantess snoring. Then he crept out and in the dark felt around until he
got hold of the apron, which he at once tied around his own waist.

Next, Woot tried to find the Canary, and there was just enough moonlight
showing through the window to enable him to see where the cage hung; but
it was out of his reach. At first he was tempted to leave Polychrome and
escape with his other friends, but remembering his promise to the
Rainbow's Daughter Woot tried to think how to save her.

A chair stood near the window, and this--showing dimly in the
moonlight--gave him an idea. By pushing against it with all his might,
he found he could move the giant chair a few inches at a time. So he
pushed and pushed until the chair was beneath the bird-cage, and then he
sprang noiselessly upon the seat--for his monkey form enabled him to
jump higher than he could do as a boy--and from there to the back of the
chair, and so managed to reach the cage and take it off the peg. Then
down he sprang to the floor and made his way to the door.

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"Open!" he commanded, and at once the door obeyed and swung open. But
his voice wakened Mrs. Yoop, who gave a wild cry and sprang out of bed
with one bound. The Green Monkey dashed through the doorway, carrying
the cage with him, and before the Giantess could reach the door it
slammed shut and imprisoned her in her own bed-chamber!

The noise she made, pounding upon the door, and her yells of anger and
dreadful threats of vengeance, filled all our friends with terror, and
Woot the Monkey was so excited that in the dark he could not find the
outer door of the hall. But the Tin Owl could see very nicely in the
dark, so he guided his friends to the right place and when all wer