I wouldn't believe what an old plank said.

Trees are all right, but planks--" "I don't notice it so much now," Pepsy said; "that was a year ago and Aunt Jamsiah says I'm all right and mind good except I'm a tomboy.

That ain't so bad, is it?
Being a tomboy?
A girl and me tried to set the orphan home on fire because they licked us, but I'm good here.

But I wish they'd put a new floor on that bridge.

Anyway, Aunt Jamsiah says I'm good now." Pee-wee was about to speak, but noticing that the girl's eyes were fixed upon a crimson patch on the hillside where the sun was going down, and seeing that her eyes sparkled strangely (for indeed they were not pretty eyes) he said nothing, like the bully little scout that he was.
"Anyway, one thing, I wouldn't let an old bridge get my goat, I wouldn't," he said finally, "and besides, you said you would show me a woodchuck hole.".