That's the one to go to--your scoutmaster." "But anyway it's in the book about the axe," he said, and oh, gee, I could see how he fell for that axe.

I don't know, it was something about it, I supposen "It's all right for a tree to fall for an axe, but don't you," I said.

That was a joke.
"You got to have one when you go chopping trees, haven't you ?" he asked me.
"You forget it," I said, and I decided I'd give Pee-wee a good bawling out after the meeting.

Then I started straightening Skinny's suit and telling him how swell he looked and how he must always take off his hat to ladies.

He was interested all right, but I could see how the belt-axe kind of had him, and I suppose it was because it was bright and shiny and a weapon, sort of.