“I tell ya I wouldn’.”
Tom said, “You’re a wise guy, Al. You gonna take some beatin’ over the head.”
“Who’s gonna do it?”
“They’ll always be guys to do it,” said Tom.
“You think jus’ because you—”
“Now you jus’ stop that,” Ma broke in.
“I done it,” said Tom. “I was a-badgerin’ him. I didn’ mean no harm, Al. I didn’ know you liked that girl so much.”
“I don’t like no girls much.”
“Awright, then, you don’t. You ain’t gonna get no argument out of me.”
The truck came to the edge of the city. “Look at them hotdog stan’shunderds of ’em,” said Tom.