"A Hindoo," said Kernel Cob, "showed us on a crystal ball a picture of them in the snow, digging for gold. So we thought if we got to the North Pole we would find them."
"Nobody comes to the North Pole to dig gold," said Speed.
"Why not?" asked Sweetclover.
"Because there isn't any gold here," said the dog.
"There isn't?" asked Sweetclover.
"No," answered Speed.
"This is a funny world," said Kernel Cob, "the North Pole isn't a pole at all, and after we get here there isn't any gold mine. I wouldn't be surprised to hear that I wasn't alive."
"The nearest gold mine that I ever heard of in these parts," said Speed, "is in the Yukon."
"Where's that?" asked Kernel Cob.
"In Alaska," answered Speed.