“Good!” said his uncle. “I advise you to rest up for it today, though.”
“I know what I’m going to do today, all right. Anybody got any dirty clothes?”
“I haven’t got much else,” said Dumplin’.
“Fine. Bring ’em out, all of you. Mrs. Murphy’s on the job this morning. I’m going to wash things up.”
“Want me to help?” Dumplin’ asked.
“No, you go off with Spider and collect pretty little flowers. Don’t let ’em bite you, though. They’re wild flowers, remember.”
Everybody groaned at this pun.
“Mrs. Noah threw a belaying pin at her husband for making that one on the ark,” said Uncle Billy.
“What’s the difference,” Bennie began, “between Noah’s ark and Joan of Arc?”
But everybody dove, with another groan, into the tents, to get their dirty clothes.