But, most noble Sorceress, provided you can make the boat go, of what use will it be to us ?" "Can't we use it to catch the three fishes ?" asked Button Bright.
"It will not be necessary to use the boat for that purpose," replied Glinda.

"Wherever in the lake the enchanted fishes may be, they will answer to my call.

What I am trying to discover is how the boat came to be on this shore, while the island on which it belongs is under water yonder.

Did Coo-ee-oh come here in the boat to meet the Flatheads before the island was sunk, or afterward ?" No one could answer that question, of course; but while they pondered the matter three young men advanced from the line of trees, and rather timidly bowed to the strangers.
"Who are you, and where did you come from ?" inquired the Wizard.
"We are Skeezers," answered one of them, "and our home is on the Magic Isle of the Lake.

We ran away when we saw you coming, and hid behind the trees, but as you are Strangers and seem to be friendly we decided to meet you, for we are in great trouble and need assistance." "If you belong on the island, why are you here ?" demanded Glinda.
So they told her all the story: How the Queen had defied the Flatheads and submerged the whole island so that her enemies could not get to it or destroy it; how, when the Flatheads came to the shore, Coo-ee-oh had commanded them, together with their friend Ervic, to go with her in the submarine to conquer the Su-dic, and how the boat had shot out from the basement of the sunken isle, obeying a magic word, and risen to the surface, where it opened and floated upon the water.
Then followed the account of how the Su-dic had transformed Coo-ee-oh into a swan, after which she had forgotten all the witchcraft she ever knew.