CHAPTER XII
A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE
Disappointed and puzzled, Tom and Ned went to where Koku was standing in rather a dazed attitude. The giant, like all large bodies, moved slowly, not only bodily but mentally. He could understand exactly what had happened, except that he had not prevailed over the "pygmies" who had attacked him. They had been too many for him.
"Let's take a look inside," suggested Tom, when, by another glance upward, he had made sure that all trace of his big airship was gone. "Maybe we can get a clue. Then, Koku, you tell us what happened."
"It all happened to me," said the giant, simply. "Me no make anything happen to them."
"That's about right," laughed Tom, ruefully. "It all happened to us."
The lights in the hangar were switched on,
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