you going?"

"We're going to the city to pack these oranges on a train," was the
reply.

"Here's our chance!" cried Kernel Cob. "Come, let us hide in one of
these boxes, and we'll get a ride on the train."

"Good idea," said the Villain.

So they waited till the man climbed up on his seat again, and shouted,
"get up" to the horses; then they ran out and got on one of the spokes
of the wheel when it was near the ground, and when the wheel turned
and the spoke came up to the top, they sprang off onto the wagon and
crawled into a box which is called a crate, and is open a little so
the oranges do not get too hot and spoil. And it was perfectly safe
and very comfortable.

And they must have fallen asleep; for the next thing they knew they
felt a rocking and a rocking and Kernel Cob got out of the crate and
crawled along till he came to a stairway, and, climbing this,
discovered that they were on a ship.

He hurried back to tell his news to Sweetclover and the Villain.

And Sweetclover began to cry.

"A woman is the crybabiest person in the world," said Kernel Cob.

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NOBLE DEEDS!

If you attempt a noble deed
You're almost certain to succeed,
So do not give up hope, but try,
However rough your path may lie,
To forge ahead with all your might
And everything will come out right.

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CHAPTER XII

For many days they sailed on the ship till they came to land. And men
came to unload the vessel, and their crate of oranges was carried up
on the dock and placed on a wagon, and they were driven off, not in
the least knowing what country they were in, nor where they were
going.

And they peered out from the crate, and soon they heard the queerest
kind of talk they ever heard, and Kernel Cob, bolder than the others,
raised his head above an orange but quickly put it down again.

"I know where we are," said the Villain who had been thinking. "We are
in Japan."

"How do you know?" asked Sweetclover.

"I was here once with the Showman," said the Villain, "and I remember
the way the people talked."

And, being pushed onto a wagon, they were driven outside the city.

"We mustn't go too far," said Sweetclover, "or we'll never find Jackie
and Peggs' motheranfather. Let's get out before it's too late."

So they climbed out of their hiding place, and jumped to the ground.

They were not far from