"So much the better for me this time, Pug Nose."
"Oh, say, stop calling names, and find out—if you can," cried Big Iron Pot.
"I'll bet it's my turn again!" interrupted Sauce Pan. "Now, see if I'm not right."
"He's peeped already," declared Coffee Pot.
"'Deed, I haven't," very earnestly.
"Oh, say, Tea Pot, if you're any good, get to work! See if he's right. Can you do it?"
"Yes," replied Tea Pot rather breathlessly. (It seemed to Mary Frances as if he were lifting a heavy weight.) "Yes, here is the place. Somebody else read; I'm too tired."