WHAT HE WAS AFRAID OF.
"I wonder why that dog howls so every time the band plays?"
"I guess maybe he's afraid somebody will put the band around his neck."
"How do you feel this morning?" asked the Butterfly of the Caterpillar.
"Oh, kind of creepy," said the Caterpillar.
"Look at that old Centipede with his hundred legs—how proud he is!" said the Beetle.
"Yes; and how absurdly so," returned the Katydid. "With all hundred of 'em he couldn't ride a bicycle!"