Questions and Answers

Dear Breezy Bill—“What’s the tallest tree you ever have seen?”—Ella Mental.

Up at Pequot we have a tree that is so big it takes two men to look at it; one man looks up at it as far as he can and the other man begins where the first left off.

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Dear Captain Billy—I often have heard that there are lots of cows that do not give milk during the summer. Is this true?—O. Shoot.

Yes, in a way, but the next time anyone says such things you just tell them it’s “bull.”

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Dear Captain Billy—I am a girl fourteen years old and have a dog named Toddles. Should I let a boy of fifteen hug me?—Dot.

No, go in the house, and take the dog in, too.