And John pushed open the door and rushed into the house followed by Margaret, and, finding no one inside, they ran through and out into the garden, which was a very pretty little garden with beautiful flowers growing in it.
And in the middle of the garden sat a little boy and a little girl and they were making mud cakes.
And when John saw them he shouted with a great glad cry.
"JACKIE!"
"PEGGS!"
And Margaret sank down upon the garden path, for she was so happy that she couldn't move another inch.
And the two children stopped playing and turned to John and Margaret and a look of wild happiness came into their faces, and Jackie jumped to his feet and ran to John and threw himself into his outstretched arms and cried:
"FATHER!"
And Peggs ran to Margaret and was hugged and hugged in her loving arms.
And all the time Kernel Cob was trying to understand what was going on, for he knew Jackie and Peggs the moment he saw them, but couldn't get into his head that Margaret and John were their motheranfather.