16. The Glass Cat Finds the Black Bag

           WhenthesixmonkeysweretransformedbyKikiAruintosixgiantsoldiersfiftyfeettall,theirheadscameabovethetopofthetrees,whichinthispartoftheforestwerenotsohighasinsomeotherparts;and,althoughthetreesweresomewhatscattered,thebodiesofthegiantsoldiersweresobigthattheyquitefilledthespacesinwhichtheystoodandthebranchespressedthemoneveryside.

           Ofcourse,Kikiwasfoolishtohavemadehissoldierssobig,fornowtheycouldnotgetoutoftheforest.Indeed,theycouldnotstirastep,butwereimprisonedbythetrees.Evenhadtheybeeninthelittleclearingtheycouldnothavemadetheirwayoutofit,buttheywerealittlebeyondtheclearing.Atfirst,theothermonkeyswhohadnotbeenenchantedwereafraidofthesoldiers,andhastilyquittedtheplace;butsoonfindingthatthegreatmenstoodstockstill,althoughgruntingindignantlyattheirtransformation,thebandofmonkeysreturnedtothespotandlookedatthemcuriously,notguessingthattheywerereallymonkeysandtheirownfriends.

           Thesoldierscouldn’tseethem,theirheadsbeingabovethetrees;theycouldnotevenraisetheirarmsordrawtheirsharpswords,socloselyweretheyheldbytheleafybranches.Sothemonkeys,findingthegiantshelpless,beganclimbinguptheirbodies,andpresentlyallthebandwereperchedontheshouldersofthegiantsandpeeringintotheirfaces.

           "I’mEbu,yourfather,"criedonesoldiertoamonkeywhohadpercheduponhisleftear,"butsomecruelpersonhasenchantedme."

           "I’myourUnclePeeker,"saidanothersoldiertoanothermonkey.