"Well, you see," says Willie, "dad's under the load of hay on the road."
Speaking of Willie puts me in mind of another boy I know.
He's the brightest chap for his years to be found in a day's walk.
Why, when the boy was six months old, he howled all night and slept all day.
They fooled him though, by putting an electric light in front of his parent's door, while he slept one day.
When he woke up to give his usual nightly concert, he found the room as bright as day.
He just turned over and went to sleep again.
That boy is a genius though, in his way.
Why, do you know that they have had thirty-four examinations since he's been going to school, and he's managed to dodge every one of them.