"And what have you been doing all week?" Miss Carlton asked.
"I've been at sea," Pee-wee said; "I've been floating around on a desert island that's on a scow and this is the first day I came ashore. I started a new patrol and Keekie Joe is in it. He's in your class, isn't he?"
"He is—sometimes," said Miss Carlton ruefully.
"He goes on the hook a lot, doesn't he?" said Pee-wee.
"Oh, lots and lots," said Miss Carlton dubiously.
"But anyway, don't you care," said Pee-wee, "because now he's a scout and he'll go to school every day, because a scout's honor has to be trusted. Do you know what was in that white one? Kind of lemon like."
"Won't you have another?"
"Brown and white are our patrol colors," said Pee-wee. "We just started our new patrol."
"Take a brown one and a white one," said Miss Carlton.
"I bet you don't know the name of our new patrol. It's the Alligators."