"I'll tell Silverfloss to weave you a strand of silver," and he turned to Silverfloss and said some tinkling words to her.
"She's doing it," he said. "It's a thread of silver so thin that it can't be seen and yet it is so strong that it can easily bear your weight."
"But I can't climb all the way down," said Kernel Cob.
"You won't have to," said Edelweiss. "All you have to do is to catch hold of the end of the silver thread and hang on to it, and, as Silverfloss weaves the thread it gets longer and longer, until you have reached the Earth. You'd better start now, if you are going."
So Kernel Cob wound the silver thread around his waist, and, lifting Sweetclover, was ready to start. "Good-bye," said Kernel Cob. "Good-bye," said Sweetclover.
"Good-bye," said Edelweiss, "Hold on tight!"
"All right," said Kernel Cob.
"Thank you very much," cried Sweetclover.
And down they went, Kernel Cob hanging to the silver thread and Sweetclover snuggled close against his jacket.
