Chapter 4

CHAPTER FOUR THE POOR OLD CHAIR The children had never seen the little pixie look so angry. Binky marched up the steps and out on the roof. Mollie and Peter followed. The Snoogle was looking all round for the two children, quacking angrily. He was surprised to see them coming up the steps -and even more surprised to see Binky, whom he thought was safely bolted in the room below. 'Now, look here, Snoogle,' said Binky boldly, walking right up to the surprised creature, how dare you try to capture me like that? I am a pixie- yes, and a powerful one too. I can do spells that would frighten you. Shall I turn

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you into a black beetle- or a tadpole- or a wasp without a sting?' To the children's surprise, the Snoogle looked very much frightened. He was such a big creature compared with Binky- it seemed strange that he should be so scared of him. 'I've a good mind to fly off in our chair to the Pixie King and complain of you,'

said Binky. 'You will have your castle taken away from you then, for daring to interfere with a pixie.' 'No one can get me out of my castle,' said the Snoogle, in a quacking sort of voice. 'I have a big moat round- and a drawbridge that I can keep drawn up for months on end. Do your worst, stupid little pixie!'

'Very well, then, I will!' said Binky, 'But just to go on with- take that, you silly Snoogle!' Binky took hold of the Snoogle's waving tail and pulled it hard. Naughty Binky! There was no need to do a thing like that. It made the Snoogle very angry indeed... but he did not dare to touch Binky or the children, for he really was afraid of Binky's magic.

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