“Did you understand my question?”
“Yes ma-am.”
“What did you mean by saying no?”
Chicken Little swallowed hard to keep up her courage.
“’Cause I ain’t.”
“Ain’t what?”
“Ain’t sorry I spoiled the hair ribbons—I don’t see any use in being sorry if I’ve got to stay away from Katy and Gertie a whole week. I guess you wouldn’t be sorry if somebody shut you up for a week—you’d be mad!” And Chicken Little, despite several valiant swallows, burst into a flood of tears.
