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Updated: July 5, 2025
"I was here once with the Showman," said the Villain, "and I remember the way the people talked." And, being pushed onto a wagon, they were driven outside the city. "We mustn't go too far," said Sweetclover, "or we'll never find Jackie and Peggs' motheranfather. Let's get out before it's too late." So they climbed out of their hiding place, and jumped to the ground.
"Good for you!" said Kernel Cob. "Come stand up on your hind legs, like a good fellow, and untie me from this tree." "Who are you?" asked Tommy cautiously. "I'm Kernel Cob and this is my little friend Sweetclover and we're looking for Jackie and Peggs' motheranfather and we've been captured by the savages who may keep us here forever if you don't help us."
"My friends and I," said Kernel Cob, "are looking for the South Pole, where we hope to find Jackie and Peggs' motheranfather, and I thought maybe you could help us." But not one of them answered him for they didn't know what he had said. "I guess tin soldiers are deaf," said he. "No, they're not," said a voice behind him, "only these are Italians and do not understand English."
The next morning the vessel set sail amid great cheering from a crowd which had gathered on the dock, and for days they sailed and sailed, and it got colder and colder till the vessel came to great fields of ice. But the dolls were happy, for they thought they were getting close to the North Pole and soon they would find Jackie and Peggs' motheranfather.
"What did she do?" asked Kernel Cob, and his voice was slow, for you must remember that it took him a long time to think, because his head was heavy and so filled up with corn cob. But, like most people who are slow, he was very determined, and once he made up his mind to do a thing you might be sure he would do it, no matter what. "She lost her motheranfather," said Sweetclover.
"We're looking for Jackie and Peggs' motheranfather," answered Kernel Cob, "and we believe they are up here near the North Pole. Are we far away from it?" "About a hundred miles or so," said Wak Wak, for that was the cub's name. "Goodness," said Sweetclover, "how are we ever going to walk so far in this dreadful cold."
"I would like to live here," whispered the Villain, "everybody seems to be so happy." "So would I," said Sweetclover. "I love to hear beautiful music, but we have to find Jackie and Peggs' motheranfather." And being tired, they fell asleep and early in the morning their gondola was resting at the side of some marble steps which led up to a great square called Saint Mark's.
"Did Jackie lose his motheranfather too?" asked Kernel Cob. "Of course," answered Sweetclover. "Don't you know that Jackie and Peggs are brother and sister?" "Sure," said Kernel Cob. "Well then," said Sweetclover. "You didn't tell me," said Kernel Cob. "Tell you what?" asked Sweetclover. "If Jackie lost his motheranfather," said Kernel Cob.
Through the town they went and everywhere children ran after them, and wondered at the strange puppets. And after a while they came to a little theatre and were thrown down among a lot of other puppets. "I don't intend to stay here," said Kernel Cob. "I'm going to run away. I've got to find Jackie and Peggs' motheranfather." "I don't think you'll be able to get away," said the Villain.
"Well," said Jackie Tar, "there isn't a trick which they can't do. Once I saw them make a little boy run up a long pole and when he came to the top he disappeared." "You mean to say they can do that?" asked the Villain. "They sure can," answered Jackie Tar. "And my idea is this: If they can do that, maybe they can show you where Jackie and Peggs' motheranfather are."
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