Aw take a walk!
Say if you give me much more of your sass I ll take and bounce a rock
off n your head.
Oh, of _course_ you will.
Well I _will_.
Well why don t you _do_ it then? What do you keep _saying_ you will
for? Why don t you _do_ it? It s because you re afraid.
I _ain t_ afraid.
You are.
I ain t.
You are.
Another pause, and more eying and sidling around each other. Presently
they were shoulder to shoulder. Tom said:
Get away from here!
Go away yourself!
I won t.
I won t either.
So they stood, each with a foot placed at an angle as a brace, and both
shoving with might and main, and glowering at each other with hate. But
neither could get an advantage. After struggling till both were hot and
flushed, each relaxed his strain with watchful caution, and Tom said:
You re a coward and a pup. I ll tell my big brother on you, and he can
thrash you with his little finger, and I ll make him do it, too.
What do I care for your big brother? I ve got a brother that s bigger
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