"I'll wait, if Diksey isn't too long." "No, he's short; he's shorter than I am.

Ha, ha, ha! Say! that's a better joke than Diksey's.

He won't be too long, because he's short.
Hee, hee, ho!" The other Horners who were standing by roared with laughter and seemed to like their Chief's joke as much as he did.

Scraps thought it was odd that they could be so easily amused, but decided there could be little harm in people who laughed so merrily..