"When I get ready to hit the bed-ground, a blanket is all I'll need." Lest you should think him less lovable than he really was, I must add that, when Chip set him down hastily so that he himself could rush off somewhere and laugh in secret, the Kid spread his arms with a little chuckle and rushed straight at his Doctor Dell and gave her a real bear hug.
"I want to be rocked," he told her--and was her own baby man again, except that he absolutely refused to reconsider the nightgown.

"And I want you to tell me a story--about when Silver breaked his leg.

Silver's a good ole scout, you bet.

I don't know what I'd a done 'theut Silver.
And tell about the bunch makin' a man outa straw to scare you, and the horses runned away.

I was such a far ways, Doctor Dell, and I couldn't get back to hear them stories and I've most forgot about 'em.