the parasol, "and fight in all the wars of the world and lead his
soldiers with a sword in his hand and get wounded and all that. Not
very much wounded, though. Or I'd like to have him be an Admiral and
sail all around the world. What do you think of that?"

"That's good," said Peggs.

"You bet," said Jackie. And he stood on his tippy toes to look bigger.

"And I'd like Sweetclover to be a mother," says Peggs, "and have
hundreds and hundreds of children so she could give them all the dolls
that ever they wanted."

"That would be noble," said Jackie.

"It's terrible for children to have no father or mother isn't it?"
asked Peggs looking far off at nothing in the sky.

"Yes," said Jackie.

"I would rather have a mother and father than everything else in the
world," says Peggs.

"Better'n little Sweetclover?" asked Jackie.

"Yes," answered Peggs, "for I could make another doll, but you can
only have one mother and one father."

"Maybe you're right," said Jackie, "but I love Kernel Cob very much,
just the same."