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"Did you hear that?" says Sweetclover. "What?" asked Kernel Cob. "That they would like to find their motheranfather," says Sweetclover. "Are they lost?" asks Kernel Cob. "Yes," says Sweetclover. "Who lost them?" asks Kernel Cob. "Hush!" says Sweetclover.
So they went ashore and, after Jackie had taken his bearings with his compass to see which way to go, they set out to walk to the North Pole. And after they had walked for hours and hours, they saw a little bear, which is called a cub. "I wonder if he is a tame bear," said Sweetclover.
So they knelt down by the side of the rock and prayed. "How do you pray?" whispered the Villain to Sweetclover. "I never prayed before in my life." "Just say, 'Please good, kind Fairies, I am a poor little Villain, and I need your help, and I'll never be bad any more." So they prayed, and pretty soon along came a team of horses drawing a big wagon packed with boxes of oranges.
He wanted to stay and fight the hunter who would soon come to take the bird, but Sweetclover and the Villain begged him to be prudent and run away, lest they all be captured. So with great sorrow, they said good-bye to the Condor and hurried away. From behind a rock, they watched the hunter take up the bird and carry it away. And our three little friends sat down upon a stone to think.
And they peered out from the crate, and soon they heard the queerest kind of talk they ever heard, and Kernel Cob, bolder than the others, raised his head above an orange but quickly put it down again. "I know where we are," said the Villain who had been thinking. "We are in Japan." "How do you know?" asked Sweetclover.
But Sweetclover had found some strips of woolen cloth on the ship which Jackie Tar had torn and tied about them to keep them warm, for sailors, you know, are very handy because they have no women about to help them to sew their clothes and cannot be running to the stores to buy things.
And they sailed toward Venice, which, as you know, is a city in Italy, and is built on a number of little islands and the streets are nearly all of water. "I think it is silly to go on," said Sweetclover, "for we know that Jackie and Peggs' motheranfather are not here, but somewhere in the mines." "That's so," said Kernel Cob, "Let's turn 'round and sail for the South Pole again."
"Let's go to the United States. How far is it?" "Thousands of miles," answered the Condor. "But that is nothing for me. I can fly that far in a few days. Come, get ready. We will go to the United States. Jump on my back." So they climbed up on the bird's back, and all being ready she flew away. "How does she know which way to fly?" asked Sweetclover.
He caught the piece of wood with so much strength that he toppled Sweetclover over into the water, and then he lost his head, I mean not really his head, you know, but only that he got excited and let go of the stick. The Villain, who couldn't swim at all, jumped in after them and all he did was to make matters worse.
"It's Kernel Cob and Sweetclover!" shouted Jackie and Peggs together, and in a jiffy they had them in their arms. And they all had a wonderful party of ice cream and cakes and puddings and candies, the best party ever you saw. "This is the happiest day of my life," said Father. "It is indeed," said Mother. "I never thought I could be so happy," said Peggs. "You bet," said Jackie.
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