"You wouldn't blame me if you knew how nearly I jumped out of the frying-pan into the fire this morning; you can see that I'm all of a-tremble still, and all because Bogie Man sent an airless message to the Blue Hen's Chicken that I was to get up before breakfast and do sentry duty."
"What for?" asked Billy.
"To stop one Billy Bounce, alias Rubber Ball Boy, and take him prisoner to the town of Eggs-Aggeration. He's a very dangerous person."
"Why, I'm——" and then Billy stopped.
"Of course you are; I knew that as soon as I saw you," said White Wings, complacently.
"What did you know?"
"That you're——"
"What am I?"
"I don't know, but you said you were," said White Wings. "But wait a minute, I have a lineless picture of this Billy Bounce some place about me."
"You needn't trouble," said Billy. "I'm Billy Bounce."