' shall we land here ? ' asked the dream - boy . ' no , ' said little lasse . ' do n't you see the tiger away there by the pepper plant ? let us travel to another part of the world . ' ' we can do so , ' said the dream - boy with the blue eyes . ' we are not far from africa'--and as he said that they were there . they anchored at the mouth of a great river where the shores were as green as the greenest velvet . a little distance from the river an immense desert stretched away . the air was yellow ; the sun shone so hot , so hot as if it would burn the earth to ashes , and the people were as black as the blackest jet . they rode across the desert on tall camels ; the lions roared with thirst , and the great crocodiles with their grey lizard heads and sharp white teeth gaped up out of the river .
he was worried about the tiger .
why didn't little lasse want to land in polynesia ?
why didn't little lasse want to land in polynesia ?