Section 10, Pages 445 - 500 Summary

Ten days after surgery, Mungo can get around on a crutch. He finds a place where he can sit and look out over a valley and thinks about life, and finally about Louise, remembering how things were in the beginning. The twins, Lizzie and Vicky, find him and work up the nerve to ask him about his tail. He plays along while they stare at the front of his pants, convinced he holds it there like a frightened dog. Stifling laughter, he tells him he is not able to show them but will tell them a story which pleases them almost equally. It becomes a daily habit for the girls to go and hear about his adventures. He also elicits information from them, including the secret that King Lobengula has diamonds - pots and pots of them.

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