[“Great Snakes, haven’t you had enough yet!” marveled Monty.]
[“Great snakes, haven’t you had enough yet!” marveled Monty.]
“Have you?”
“Gee, yes, minutes ago!”
“Oh! Well, all right. I reckon I have, too. Would you mind—” He struggled to sit up and Monty dropped on his knees and propped him in a sitting posture. “That was a fierce bump I got,” he muttered.
“Sorry,” said Monty cheerfully. “Didn’t mean to hurt you.”
To his surprise the boy laughed merrily if weakly.
“What’s the joke?” asked Monty, puzzled.
“Nothing, only—you said you didn’t mean to hurt me,” gasped the other. “It—it sounded funny!”