Knarf—You may. You’re company. (Enter Teacher, looking worried.)

Knarf—Begin. Ask him one.

Frank—What’s the capital of Massachusetts?

(Teacher stares at him in astonishment.)

Spankety Man—-Oh, I say, that isn’t fair. You must ask questions that mean something.

Frank—Why, I did.

Teacher—Then two of the words were in a foreign language. I’m the Common Teacher. Foreign languages come in High.

Frank—Well, I had to learn it, and a lot more like it.

Ecila—You ask one. Ask a fair one.

Alice—How much are two and two?