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The most Wonderful Things have Happened

           Onehugegingkotree,toppingalltheothers,shotitsgreatlimbsandmaidenhairfoliageoverthefortwhichwehadconstructed.Initsshadewecontinuedourdiscussion,whileLordJohn,whohadquicklytakencommandinthehourofaction,gaveushisviews.

           "Solongasneithermannorbeasthasseenorheardus,wearesafe,"saidhe."Fromthetimetheyknowwearehereourtroublesbegin.Therearenosignsthattheyhavefoundusoutasyet.Soourgamesurelyistolielowforatimeandspyouttheland.Wewanttohaveagoodlookatourneighborsbeforewegetonvisitin’terms."

           "Butwemustadvance,"Iventuredtoremark.

           "Byallmeans,sonnymyboy!Wewilladvance.Butwithcommonsense.Wemustnevergosofarthatwecan’tgetbacktoourbase.Aboveall,wemustnever,unlessitislifeordeath,fireoffourguns."

           "ButYOUfiredyesterday,"saidSummerlee.

           "Well,itcouldn’tbehelped.However,thewindwasstrongandblewoutwards.Itisnotlikelythatthesoundcouldhavetraveledfarintotheplateau.Bytheway,whatshallwecallthisplace?Isupposeitisuptoustogiveitaname?"

           Therewereseveralsuggestions,moreorlesshappy,butChallenger’swasfinal.

           "Itcanonlyhaveonename,"saidhe."Itiscalledafterthepioneerwhodiscoveredit.ItisMapleWhiteLand."

           MapleWhiteLanditbecame,andsoitisnamedinthatchartwhichhasbecomemyspecialtask.Soitwill,Itrust,appearintheatlasofthefuture.

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