"I will tell
you how I make these strange journeys," he said.
"My body is now lying on the floor at your feet. Now I begin to
rise. You cannot see me. You cannot touch me. Now I am floating
about your heads, now I am touching the roof! I can go wherever I
please! Nothing can stop me! I know the secret places of the sun,
moon, and stars. I can fly through the roof and go at once to the
moon, if I wish to."
Then the voice was still. Nobody moved or spoke.
Monnie had gone to sleep in the corner of the bed, but Koko and
Menie were still awake. They had listened to every word about the
Old Woman of the Sea, and how the Angakok traveled to the moon.
You know I told you before that Koko was six. He wanted to know
all about things. So he spoke right out in the dark, when every
one else was still.
He said, "Mother, if the Angakok can go anywhere he wants to, why
couldn't he get out of the tunnel?"
Koko's mother tried to hush him up. "Sh, sh," she said, and put
her hand over his mouth. At least she thought she did, but she
made a mistake in the dark and put her hand over Menie's mouth
instead!
Menie tried to say, "I never said a word," but he could only make
queer sounds, because Koko's mother's hand was tight on his
mouth.
Of course Koko didn't know his mother was trying to keep him
still, so he said again, "Why is it, mother?"
Koko's mother heard Koko's voice speaking just as plainly as ever
though she was sure she had her hand over his mouth! She was
frightened.
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