"Oh, it is, is it? On which side are you Scouts fighting?"
"We are Americans, of course."
"Well, if I remember my history right, in that battle a little handful of Americans faced the British soldiers and held them back until their powder gave out. And here the American army seems to be attacking a handful of British."
"That's what I told him," said Bill.
"Anyhow," said Skinny, "those guys tried to duck Benny that time when he was coming home from his long hike. So we thought that we would duck them in the race. Didn't they try to duck you, Benny?"
Benny nodded.
"How about Scout law?" asked Mr. Norton.
"Scout law doesn't say we mustn't duck our enemies."
"It does, too," Bill told him. "It says that we must be kind to animals."
That was a hot one and it made us all laugh.