Just as they were starting Fattie said: "It will be tea-time long before we get there. Let's wait till after tea, or have an early tea now!" But they wouldn't listen to him. Anyway it was too much to bother to unpack themselves all over again.

It took them much longer than they expected getting up the long hill. And it took them still longer going down the other side, because they had to keep the brakes on, or the car would have run away and pushed the ponies and the donkey over. It was already very late tea-time when they got to the inn at Cross Roads. Then Fattie insisted on stopping. They had a huge tea, especially Fattie. They had no money, so the innkeeper made out a huge bill for Mr. Bliss - the Dorkinses said it was his party.


I have drawn a picture of the party on the inn-green by the road side. The car is just here (and the ponies and donkey) but I am tired of drawing it.

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