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And while Peggs cut out and sewed a uniform for the soldier, Jackie went in search of legs for Sweetclover. And these he made of two stems of a flower, bent at the ends to look like feet. And he ran back to Peggs with them. "Here are the legs for Sweetclover with green shoes and stockings on." And he tied them to the rest of Sweetclover so that when she walked, they wouldn't come off.
So they got out of the gondola and walked across the square, for there wasn't anybody to be seen at so early an hour in the morning. And a great number of pigeons were flying about. Thousands and thousands of them. And Jackie Tar had a wonderful idea. "Let's ask the pigeons if they will help us." "Goodie!" said Sweetclover.
"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."
Holding the Showman at a distance, Kernel Cob backed his way off the stage, joined the Villain and Sweetclover and all three ran out into the street at the top of their speed, but the Showman was much faster and was close on their heels when they came to a corner. "Straight ahead!" shouted Kernel Cob while he turned and ran up the other street.
He was flying about in circles that brought him nearer and nearer to where Kernel Cob and Sweetclover were sitting. Closer and closer he flew, and still they didn't see him until it was too late. With a cry of alarm, Sweetclover jumped to her feet but the eagle caught her up in a powerful claw.
That's why we are in the boat, for yesterday during the puppet show, he broke the Hero in a rage and he had to go across the harbor to a toy-shop to buy another. That's the new Hero alongside of me." "He's very handsome," said Sweetclover. "Sure," said the Villain. "He's got to be. Heroes are all handsome." "But why are you so ugly?" asked Kernel Cob.
"Well," said Jackie Tar, "the nearest gold mines to us are in Africa." "Have they got snow around them?" asked Sweetclover. "Why, no, that's so," said Jackie Tar. "Where else?" asked the Villain. "We can go down to the South Pole," said Jackie Tar. At which Kernel Cob began to laugh. "You don't expect to find any snow at the South Pole, do you?" he asked. "Why not?" said Jackie Tar.
"Jackie's motheranfather are the same as Peggs'," explained Sweetclover. "Doesn't everybody have his own motheranfather?" asked Kernel Cob. "Not always," says Sweetclover. "Why?" asks Kernel Cob. "Please keep quiet," said Sweetclover, "I can't hear what they are saying." "If our mother and father are lost," says Peggs, "why doesn't Auntie try to find them?" "I wish she would," says Jackie.
"I tell you what," said the Villain, "When I am going to play I'll run off the stage and as soon as you see the Showman run after me, you must be ready to run and before he catches me, you'll be safe away." "But you won't be able to come with us, then," said Sweetclover, "and you'll be beaten." "Well, as long as you and Kernel Cob get away, it won't matter what happens to me," said the Villain.
"Too bad," said Sweetclover, and the dew began to come into her eyes. "Come," chirped the Cricket. "We must be quick, for if little Antje wakes up, you'll not get away so easily again," and they followed him as he hopped toward the window, upon which he leaped and was soon outside.
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