And Kernel Cobb and Sweetclover were invited to a great banquet, as splendid as ever you could imagine.
And when they were seated, Sweetclover saw some flowers on the banquet table which were very beautiful, white with silver calyx, and they were called Silverfloss, and Sweetclover whispered to Silverfloss:
"Do you understand Earth talk?"
"Ting-a-ling," answered Silverfloss, and it sounded like the tinkling of a little silver bell.
"What did she say?" asked Kernel Cob.
"It must be Moonflower talk," said Sweetclover, and she looked about and saw some Edelweiss and she was very glad and said: "Edelweiss, Edelweiss, how came you here?"
Now you must know the Edelweiss is a little white flower that grows away up in the snow of the mountains of Switzerland.
"One night I was blown up here in a great snow storm and I've been here ever since," said Edelweiss.
"Can you speak Moonflower talk?" asked Sweetclover.
"Yes," said Edelweiss.