“More likely it’s Mr. Hat,” I said.
Then I said, “Hey, mister, we’re on a bee-line hike and we’d like to go right under that sign if you don’t mind.”
He said, “Under or over, suit yourselves. The world belongs to the boy scouts.”
“Let’s climb up the ladder and go over,” Westy said.
I said, “No sooner said than stung. Over the top for us.”
The man laughed; he was a good-natured man. So we all climbed up on the ladder, one after another, and while we were waiting for the man to carry it around to the back of the sign we all sat in a row on top. Right underneath us were painted the words “Always on top.” I made a picture of that sign with all of us sitting on the top of it. The one in the middle is Pee-wee.
Pretty soon the man began laughing and he called up, “That’s very good, all sit just where you are a minute. That puts a dash of pep into the ad. Scouts always on top, eh?”
“What’s he going to do?” Pee-wee said.