Sweetclover

Kernel Cob and Sweetclover talked, Jackie and Peggs couldn't hear them because flowers whisper very softly, and even if the children could hear them they couldn't understand them, you see, because it's a different kind of language and they never had heard it.

Kernel Cob And Little Miss Sweetclover George Mitchel

"Too bad," said Sweetclover, and the dew began to come into her eyes.

Kernel Cob And Little Miss Sweetclover George Mitchel

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.

Kernel Cob And Little Miss Sweetclover George Mitchel

And you should have seen Kernel Cob's face as he turned to Sweetclover and said:

Kernel Cob And Little Miss Sweetclover George Mitchel

"You don't look it," said Sweetclover, "you look more like a villain."

Kernel Cob And Little Miss Sweetclover George Mitchel

The Villain and Sweetclover ran on and on till their legs would carry them no farther and, being entirely out of breath, they came to a halt at last.

Kernel Cob And Little Miss Sweetclover George Mitchel

"It's land!" said Sweetclover, joyfully, and sure enough it was, for soon you could see the trees.

Kernel Cob And Little Miss Sweetclover George Mitchel

And sure enough there was the garden just as they left it, and Jackie and Peggs were playing with Kernel Cob and Sweetclover just as they did on that day they were blown away by the storm.

Kernel Cob And Little Miss Sweetclover George Mitchel

"How does she know which way to fly?" asked Sweetclover.

Kernel Cob And Little Miss Sweetclover George Mitchel

So Sweetclover and the Villain entered his house, which was very nicely covered with straw and made a very comfortable place to sleep in, and in a few minutes were fast asleep.

Kernel Cob And Little Miss Sweetclover George Mitchel