"Well, Willie, I see you are in trouble."
"Yes," says Willie, working for dear life.
"Suppose you come to the house and have dinner with me," says the neighbor.
Willie wouldn't hear of it. The man finally persuaded him to go.
All the way to the house and at dinner Willie kept saying:
"I shouldn't have come. I know dad won't like it."
"Why," says the neighbor, "your father will never know unless you tell him."
"I know, I know," says Willie, "but I'm sure father won't like my going to dinner with you."
"Darnation," says the neighbor, now thoroughly worked up. "Why won't he?"