"So do we all," cried the others.
"Oh! pshaw," said Night Mare, "you never let me have any fun—I don't know why I brought you here."
"Why we brought you, you mean," said Gammon. "If it wasn't for us you'd stay in your stall all night."
"Excuse me—I forgot," said Night Mare humbly.
"Well, don't be ungrateful, that's all," said Spinach severely. "Some people never know when they're badly off."
Gammon had perched himself again on Billy's chest.
"Why don't you get up and go to Bogie Man?" he laughed, trying to poke his fingers in Billy's eye.
"I can't, I'm tied," said Billy.
"Time and tide wait for no man," said Gammon; "of course you're not time but you're tied."