If he wasn't afraid, of course he would climb that fence pretty quick.

It stood to reason.

It did not occur to him that any one else was afraid.

He decided that neither was he.
"Well, I'm afraid of things that ain't true that scare you in the dark," he admitted, "but I ain't afraid like that now.

Not one bit!" "Well, I dare you to go." "Well, of course I'll go.