"0h, my, yes! I mind one time I sometimes was sleeping with my littlebrother, and I waked up just as cold - Brr! But I sometimes was cold!"

"But how could that be, sir? You just now exclaimed you had pancakesfor bedclothes."

"Yes, but my little brother got hungry in the night, and et up allthe cover."

Laugh? Why, they screamed. Me? I thought I'd just about go up.But the ring master never cracked a smile. He didn't see the jokeat all.