"Good news!" he said, "I've found two usable
cannon and a third, if I could find a mount, and, about twenty rounds.
We'll be able to make a better show of it when the end comes."
60 Leaping Deer looked up at him. "You're pretty good with explosives,"
he remarked, "can you make a blast go in one direction, and not hurt
something behind it?"
61 "Depends on what it is you don't want hurt," answered Singing Frog.
62 "A mess of people in a tunnel while you blow the end open," answered
Leaping Deer.
63 "Well, I'd have to see the tunnel," answered Singing Frog, "and the
obstruction. I couldn't say they wouldn't have an awful headache, but
they'd probably survive it."
64 "Come along," ordered Leaping Deer. He took him down through the
tunnel. Singing Frog went over everything very carefully, making marks
with the chalk he had in his pocket.
65 "I can't promise," he said, "you'll have to stay back quite a ways.
But with a little luck I could blow most of this into the building!
Going to
be an awful surprise to everybody on the other side!"
66 "It's our only hope," announced Leaping Deer. "We'll do it tonight.
You'll take those cannon and create a diversion on the southern side of
the city. As soon as you're out of shot, run for the tunnel, because by
then, it has to be open. It's our only hope!"
67 So, gathering what supplies and provisions they had left, they made
their way to the tunnel. As Singing Frog opened fire, they waited a few moments, then lit the
fuses. As they bared down, a sudden thought hit Leaping Deer. "Hang
onto the rail!" he cried. "When that obstruction goes, this
water's going to flow out into the empty tanks!"