you!”     

       “I’d like to see you try it.”     

       “Well, I can do it.”     

       “No you can’t, either.”     

       “Yes I can.”     

       “No you can’t.”     

       “I can.”     

       “You can’t.”     

       “Can!”     

       “Can’t!”     

       An uncomfortable pause. Then Tom said:     

       “What’s your name?”     

       “’Tisn’t any of your business, maybe.”     

       “Well I ’low I’ll make it my business.”     

       “Well why don’t you?”     

       “If you say much, I will.”     

       “Much—much—much. There now.”     

       “Oh, you think you’re mighty smart, don’t you? I could lick you with one hand tied behind me, if I wanted to.”     

       “Well why don’t you do it? You say you can do it.”     

       “Well I will, if you fool with me.”     

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