Just then the wind blew Sweetclover toward Kernel Cob, and, if you'd
been there, you could have heard a whispering sound, and, if you'd
been a flower, you would have heard Sweetclover say to Kernel Cob:

"Poor little Peggs!" and if you had looked very closely you would have
seen dew drops in her eyes.

"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.

"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.