There's a string there for you to climb out by.
John Dolittle got tremendously excited and jumping into his canoe he started to paddle out nearer to the work.
But Speedy grew impatient that the top of the stone-pile was not yet showing above the water; and he gave the order to double up the line¡ªand then double again, as still more birds came to help from different parts of the world.
It was the biggest gathering of birds that had ever been seen.
The lake in the centre was quite deep.
This made the kingdom of Fantippo much richer and more important than it had been before, of course.