Book3:WereMyDreamIs

etagonecouldonlyfathom,heaudiencedaredtomakeabid.Feelingthattheatmosphereintheroomwasgettingawkwardandstagnant,Dr.Seideragaiageandsaid,“Perhapsthepriceofthisdiamondisslightlyhigherthannormandourhonorabletsneedprivadtimetothinkitover.Thoseied,pleasetacteithermeorMr.Wolfepersonallyandwewilltalkindividually.Ourannuauisnowehankyouallforing.”Mr.Kaffee’sreportoftheauetoahevariousfast-forwardsarioshedescribedalsostoppedabruptly.

    Thegoodfriends,whohadgatheredtogetherinCharina’slivingroomtolistentoMr.Kaffee’satoftheau,fellsilent.SuddenlyDwarfMickeyhitthecoffeetablesohardwithhishandsthatthecupsandsaucersonitshuddered.Maureen,whowasasleepinDimitri’sp,wokeup.Hisearsstiffeoattentionandhisinquisitiveeyeslookedathisfriendinquiringly.

    “IknowitmustbetheworkofMr.Finger!”saidDwarfMickeyangrilyinhisshrillvoice.“Wewerelookingforhimeverywhere,wabouthissafety,whilehesneakedbacktotheKingdomofDreams,foundhisbrideVio,whoIbelievetobethethiefthatstolemytreasures.ItracedhimtotheKingdomofdreamsandlosttrathere,neverdreamingthathehadinatedtoatinywomanthesamesizeasMr.Finger,asifshehadbedesignedjustfago,theyseemedtobemortalenemieswhowereateachother’sthroatattemptingtokilleachother,butnowtheyseemedtohavereciledandarealllovey-doveyagain.IthinkitwasthatwomanViowhousedsomekindofmagicpowertoehofthemtoassumebodiesofnormalhumanbeings.Theytheothetreasuretroveandbroughtpartofitbaundaneworldandarehaviimeoftheirlivessquanderingmoneylikethere’snotomorrow.Theytookmyprizediamondthatlookedlikealovelylittlegirlstr