The Granny in the sky
"The enormous vessel filled the entire courtyard, made of woven pieces of wood- it looked like a giant ship-shaped basket."[1]
Her Majesty's Ship The Granny was an airship built from Queen Red Riding Hood's basket collection and her dresses.
The twins needed to travel through the kingdoms fast to collect items for the Wand of Wonderment, and Froggy suggested they make a sort of hot air balloon like in Around the World in 80 Days, only with a larger basket to fit more people in. Jack oversaw the building of the Granny, and Red's grandmother and the Little Old Woman sewed the balloon. Red Riding Hood christened the ship the "HMS Granny", or "the Granny" for short.
Alex and Conner Bailey, Jack, Goldilocks, Froggy and Red Riding Hood flew the airship to the Northern Kingdom, the Charming Kingdom, back to the Red Riding Hood Kingdom, and then towards Mermaid Bay, where they tried to land on the water but got stuck on a delta. The mermaids pulled the ship into the bay.[2] After their fight with the Sea Witch, they were followed out of the water by angry anglerfish. One of them managed to pierce the hot air balloon, and the Granny crashed into the Troll and Goblin Territory.[3]
References[]
- ↑ The Enchantress Returns, ch 16, p. 279
- ↑ The Enchantress Returns, ch 21, p. 378
- ↑ The Enchantress Returns, ch 21, p. 396