"But what else could I do?
My subjects would not allow me to go anywhere at all, if they knew it.

So I just ran away." "Ran away!" exclaimed King Kitticut in surprise.
"Funny, isn't it?
Heh, heh, heh--woo, hoo!" laughed Rinkitink, and this is as near as I can spell with letters the jolly sounds of his laughter.

"Fancy a King running away from his own ple--hoo, hoo--keek, eek, eek, eek! But I had to, don't you see!" "Why ?" asked the other King.
"They're afraid I'll get into mischief.

They don't trust me.
Keek-eek-eek--Oh, dear me! Don't trust their own King.

Funny, isn't it ?" "No harm can come to you on this island," said Kitticut, pretending not to notice the odd ways of his guest.