The Clove Doll had snatched the moment while she waited to again improve her mind through the big book, and now announced importantly:
“I am very pungent. That means aromatic.”
“Oh!” cried the Vinegar Cruet, “you had to shut the book too quick to find the meaning of that, but I happen to know it.
“Why are you like me?”
“Happy thought,” said the Stick Doll; “let’s turn this into a puzzle contest. Why is the clove like vinegar?”
“Give it up. Give it up. What’s the answer?” sang the audience.
“Because we are both sharp,” politely answered the Vinegar Cruet, strutting about like a peacock.
“Sharp! Ha! Ha!” cried Pepper and Salt. “S’pose you’ve been visiting the scissors’ grinder.”
“Vinegar is right,” said the Clove Doll. “We are both smart.”