ky all the afternoon, and, try as he wo

s are sending us up here

e parasol went skimming through a beautiful white cloud, and

of the cloud and were

rs came out and began to peep through the sky like little fire-flies, and the moon came up, too, t

waving their hands excitedly, and they were all dressed in silver clothing, and w

er. Churches and houses and rocks

ahead in great confusio

does, and they marched in step and everything until they came to the Palace of the King, whic

Kernel Cob had formed his people in order, he was greatly pleased and said to

re invited to a great banquet, as

et table which were very beautiful, white with silver calyx, and the

derstand E

loss, and it sounded like the t

e say?" aske

looked about and saw some Edelweiss and she was very g

tle white flower that grows away up in t

a great snow storm and I've been

onflower talk?" a

said Ed

ie and Peggs' motheranfather and we came all the way from

re. I've been here over four seasons and I've never seen a human being, a

Cob, and he shivered till t

other part of the Moon!" said Swee

weiss, for he was a very polite litt

e asked her if she had seen

rfloss and you would have tho

as a human being on the

el Cob, "we had better go before we fr

t off?" asked

rand of silver," and he turned to Silver

lver so thin that it can't be seen and yet it i

all the way down,

the silver thread and hang on to it, and, as Silverfloss weaves the thread it gets longe

t, and, lifting Sweetclover, was ready to start. "Goo

id Edelweiss,

t," said

ry much," cri

ng to the silver thread and Sweetclo