“Away flew the trunk into the clouds.”
. . . and, lo! away flew the trunk with him up the chimney, high into the clouds. On and on he flew, higher and higher. The bottom of the trunk gave a great crack, which rather frightened him, for if it had broken in two a pretty fall he would have had!
However, it came down safely, and he found himself in a country called Turkey. He hid the trunk under a heap of dry leaves in a wood, and walked into the town close by. He could do this quite well, for, among the Turks, everybody went about clad as he was, in dressing gown and slippers.
Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales.
By William Woodburn.
Illustrated by Gordon Robinson.
W. & R. Chambers, Limited: London & Edinburgh. 1917.
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Shouldn’t it be a carpet? 🙂
Yes is should be a carpet, but a trunk is an interesting way to go too! He lost all his money and had to move – so his friend gave him an old trunk, and off he flew!
Elephant
Well, if this is a case – when you move a flying trunk probably is more handy – you don’t run risk that your thing fall off… 🙂
I love the village.
The pilot looks a bit apprehensive, understandably!
I like the village too. And I also like that he goes to Turkey in his bathrobe and slippers and thinks he looks just fine, because that’s the way people dress there!
This really made me smile. At last I know how to dress when visiting Turkey!
Glad to be of service to a traveler!
Elephant
I love the colors and the possibilities wow a flying trunk makes me think of elephants
Good pun! I hadn’t thought of the “flying trunk” aspect! I am now dreaming of the sky!
Elephant
Good place to dream of and in
Yes, dreamy is a good way to describe it! Very dreamy!
Elephant