CHAPTER Five.
Mrs.Yoop, the Giantess When they had reached the end of the path, where they had first seen the warning sign, they set off across the country in an easterly direction.

Before long they reached Rolling Lands, which were a succession of hills and valleys where constant climbs and descents were required, and their journey now became tedious, because on climbing each hill, they found before them nothing in the valley below it except grass, or weeds or stones.
Up and down they went for hours, with nothing to relieve the monotony of the landscape, until finally, when they had topped a higher hill than usual, they discovered a cup-shaped valley before them in the center of which stood an enormous castle, built of purple stone.

The castle was high and broad and long, but had no turrets and towers.

So far as they could see, there was but one small window and one big door on each side of the great building.
"This is strange!" mused the Scarecrow.

"I'd no idea such a big castle existed in this Gillikin Country.