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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. "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 were grouped before the door Woot
commanded it to open. The Magic Apron proved as powerful as when it had
been worn by the Giantess, so a moment later they had rushed through the
passage and were standing in the fresh night air outside the castle, free to
go wherever they willed.
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