"Maybe this will do," and he picked all the kernels off except two for
the eyes, one for the nose, two more for the ears and a row for the
teeth.

And he ran to Peggs to have her sew some clothes for his soldier.

"What do you think of Little Miss Sweetclover?" says Peggs, holding it
up for Jackie to see.

"I think she's very pretty," says Jackie, "only she needs legs." 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.

By this time Peggs had finished the uniform for Jackie's soldier and a
hat of newspaper with a great plume of cornsilk and a lot of medals
which were cut from the gold leaf that comes on a card of buttons. And
when they were all sewed on the jacket, he cut out a sword from the
gold leaf and made hands and feet from the corn husk. And he colored
the eyes with black ink and the lips with red, and, much before you
could say "Crickety," the soldier was all finished.

"What'll we call him?" asked Jackie.