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.
Oh yes I ve seen whole families in the same fix.
Smarty! You think you re _some_, now, _don t_ you? Oh, what a hat!
You can lump that hat if you don t like it. I dare you to knock it
off and anybody that ll take a dare will suck eggs.
You re a liar!
You re another.
You re a fighting liar and dasn t take it up.
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