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The Magic City

CHAPTER VIII
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I do wish I could bring her here.

But of course I can't without asking Helen.' The _Lightning Loose_ was the magic yacht Helen had invented for the island.
He soon found a bush whose fruit was buns, and a jam-tart tree grew near it.

You have no idea how nice jam tarts can taste till you have gathered them yourself, fresh and sticky, from the tree.

They are as sticky as horse-chestnut buds, and much nicer to eat.
As he went towards the boat-house he grew happier and happier, recognising, one after the other, all the places he and Helen had planned and marked on the map.

He passed by the marble and gold house with _King's Palace_ painted on the door.


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