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As they drew closer, Tas became convinced that Gi-
sella was sitting on top of the water. The mystery was
cleared up when she announced, "Guess what? My
wagon floats!"
Fondu was so happy he broke into a garbled chorus
of "Come maul yo-yo fellows, Shirley by the sea," that
was soon picked up by the rest of the group. Boks spat
a mouthful of sea water at Thuddo and before long the
entire group was singing, laughing, spitting, and
splashing.
Tasslehoff was almost disappointed when Gisella,
standing shakily on the roof of her submerged wagon,
hollered "Land, I see land ahead!"
"At last, a good omen," said Woodrow.
"That's no omen, boy, that's land," Gisella cor-
rected. "That's dry clothes and something to eat and a
place to sleep." And with those words of encourage-
ment, they started paddling to shore.
Chapter 10
Phineas had little fime in whch to neach his shop
and collect his things. He decided to risk a ride in a ken-
derkart, particularly since he had no idea where his shop
was. Barefoot, Phineas hobbled to the first busy intersec-
tion and hailed one of the kender-pulled, two-wheeled
conveyances.
Trotting between the two long handles that were at-
tached to the cart's seat, the driver came to an abrupt
stop. Phineas gave the kender his address. After jogging
for some time, up stairs and down, and through a school
yard full of kender children, the driver was forced to ad-
mit that he wasn't exactly sure where he was going.
"But a friend of mine has a map of Kendermore that
will tell us everything we need to know," the driver as-
sured him
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