He called it his "throne" and they let him keep it.
So they lived upon the island for three days, and rested and ate to their hearts' content.

Still, they were not at all happy in this life because of Pessim.

He continually found fault with them, and all that they did, and all their surroundings.

He could see nothing good or admirable in all the world and Trot soon came to understand why the little man's former neighbors had brought him to this island and left him there, all alone, so he could not annoy anyone.

It was their misfortune that they had been led to this place by their adventures, for often they would have preferred the company of a wild beast to that of Pessim.
On the fourth day a happy thought came to the Ork.