He was hobbling along leaning on a very pretty cane made of striped candy! He made a funny appearance, indeed.
“Supper time,” he called. “Supper time, I say.”
Then the two little dwarfs offered grandpa a candy rocking-chair, and they ran and got on the cutest little aprons you ever saw.
They went to the kitchen stove and began to fry and bake and stew, and by and by they called, “Supper is ready; soup is served.”
They had a nice supper and grandpa was so hungry he ate with a fork and spoon at the same time!
Molly and Polly had eaten so much candy they could not eat any supper.
Grandpa said, “That is the way our visitors always do.”
Then he pulled the clock out of his pocket and said, “Tell the time, please.”
Molly and Polly said, “We are sorry but we do not know how to tell the time.”
“That is too bad,” said grandpa. “If you want to enjoy life, you must learn to tell the time.”