"Goodie!" said Sweetclover.
So they went up to a group of pigeons which were strutting along the ground, picking grain which the people throw to them in the day time.
"Hello! hello!" said Jackie Tar, and in a minute about a hundred pigeons gathered about them. And he said he wanted some of them to help him get to the South Pole.
"I'll do it," said one of them, and he stepped up to Jackie Tar.
"Good for you, matey," said Jackie Tar.
"I've always wanted to travel," said the pigeon, "for I'm tired flying around here and I'd like to see the world."
"So would I," said another.
"And I." "And I," cried three or four more.