The Upsidedownians. iG?

met them. They could not help asking why this
was done.

“Dry your clothes first,” said the old man,
“and have your dinner with us, and then I will
tell you all about us Upsidedownians. Dinner
will be ready before long. See, there are my two
grandsons picking the potatoes and digging the
apples,’ and Uncle Jack and the two children
actually did see them, doing this very thing. One
of the boys was picking potatoes from a tree, while
the other was digging rosy cheeked apples from
the brown earth!! They could scarcely wait to
be told the meaning of all this.

After their clothes had been thoroughly dried,
they were called to dinner, and were relieved to
find that the Upsidedownians sat at the table as
they themselves did, keeping their feet down on
the ground. The dinner itself was a queer affair,
although the food was excellent, and well-cooked.
First they were given candied fruit, and a dish of
the ripe red apples they saw dug from the ground.
Then they had fish and some of the potatoes
which they had seen picked from the trees, and