Our legs are under us, whether one or two, and we stand on them.

So, when I said you had less understanding than we, I did not mean that you had less understanding, you understand, but that you had less standundering, so to speak.

Do you understand that ?" The Hoppers thought it over carefully.

Then one said: "That is clear enough; but where does the joke come in ?'" Dorothy laughed, for she couldn't help it, although all the others were solemn enough.
"I'll tell you where the joke comes in," she said, and took the Hoppers away to a distance, where the Horners could not hear them.

"You know," she then explained, "those neighbors of yours are not very bright, poor things, and what they think is a joke isn't a joke at all--it's true, don't you see ?" "True that we have less understanding ?" asked the Champion.
"Yes; it's true because you don't understand such a poor joke; if you did, you'd be no wiser than they are." "Ah, yes; of course," they answered, looking very wise.
"So I'll tell you what to do," continued Dorothy.