Wehadcaughtandtamedseveralmoreofthebighorses,andnowhavingloadedthemandtheelephantswiththeseprovisions,wewerepreparedtosetout。
ThenLonaandIheldageneralreview,andImadethemalittlespeech。IbeganbytellingthemthatIhadlearnedagooddealaboutthem,andknewnowwheretheycamefrom。
\"Wedidnotcomefromanywhere,\"theycried,interruptingme;\"wearehere！\"
Itoldthemthateveryoneofthemhadamotherofhisown,likethemotherofthelastbaby;thatIbelievedtheyhadallbeenbroughtfromBulikawhentheyweresosmallthattheycouldnotnowrememberit;thatthewickedprincesstherewassoafraidofbabies,andsodeterminedtodestroythem,thattheirmothershadtocarrythemawayandleavethemwhereshecouldnotfindthem;
andthatnowweweregoingtoBulika,tofindtheirmothers,anddeliverthemfromthebadgiantess。