13 The Last Chapter

CHAPTER 13 THE LAST CHAPTER We float up… and up…

and away…

and away…

until, eventually, we come to the city.

We drop Mr. Big Nose and the filing monster off at Big Nose Books. "Thanks for the ride," says the filing monster as we float away. "And don't forget," yells Mr. Big Nose, "your manuscript is due at five o'clock… OR ELSE!" We float on a little farther, and finally, at long last, we are home.

"What an absolutely splendidly stupendous treehouse you have here!" says Dr. Moose. "Yes, I've never seen one quite like it," says Boris Bendback. "Do we have time to look around before we start work?" says Beatrix Potty.