Daddy Chip would just knock the stuffin' outa you." He considered something very briefly, and then tilted his small chin so that he looked more than ever like the Little Doctor.

"I bet you was just lying all the time," he accused.

"I bet there ain't any baby bear cubs." H.J.Owens laughed disagreeably, but he did not say whether or not the Kid was right in his conjecture.

The Kid pinched his lips together and winked very fast for a minute.

Never, never in all the six years of his life had anyone played him so shabby a trick.