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Updated: May 24, 2025
And Jackie Tar stepped forward and said: "Please, kind magician, we have come to find the motheranfather of Jackie and Peggs. Will you be good enough to help us?" And even as he was speaking a great cloud spread through the room and floated toward the ceiling. In a minute the cloud became thinner, so you could see through it, and at once trees and a house were seen.
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."
"Just Jackie and Peggs' motheranfather; that's all." And just then Sweetclover woke up and sat on the side of the chair. "I'm sure that there isn't anybody by that name," chirped the Cricket, "but I'll soon find out." "How?" asked Kernel Cob.
"Maybe it's here we are to find Jackie and Peggs' motheranfather," said the Villain, "and not at the North Pole at all." "Oh, I hope so," said Sweetclover. It was getting very cold now, for you know that the higher you go up in the air, the colder it gets. That's why there's snow on the mountain tops.
And they got off their sled and walked about. "Why did you want to come here?" asked Speed. "You see," explained Kernel Cob, "we are looking for Jackie and Peggs' motheranfather, and once when we were in India a Hoodoo ..." "A Hindoo you mean," corrected Jackie Tar. "A Hindoo," said Kernel Cob, "showed us on a crystal ball a picture of them in the snow, digging for gold.
And you will see what wonderful dolls they were, and what wonderful things they did, and how they helped Jackie and Peggs to find ... but never mind. You will see. And one day, when Jackie and Peggs were playing in the garden with Kernel Cob and Sweetclover, the sun was very hot, so Peggs ran and got a parasol and put it over the dolls so they wouldn't wilt.
And while they waited, the cricket told them of the strange country they were in and all about the canals and the windmills and the skating in the winter and the curious wooden shoes that the people wore. And when he had done, Kernel Cob and Sweetclover told him about Jackie and Peggs, their wonderful visit to the Moon, and how they came down in the field and were picked up by little Antje.
It's us!" cried Sweetclover, and as she spoke Peggs came and put the parasol over them and the storm arose that carried them away toward the sky. Then the cloud disappeared, and the vision was gone. "It's the strangest thing I ever saw," and Kernel Cob rubbed his eyes and pinched himself, but he had to admit that he had not been asleep and dreamed it.
And all vegetables are like that too, only the corn has a louder voice, because the wind loves to blow through its ears and make it wave so it looks like a great green ocean. "Did we have a mother and father?" asked Peggs. "Of course!" answered Jackie, "Everybody has to have a mother and a father, except orphans." "Are we orphans?" asked Peggs.
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