"The best parlor ?" "Ye-yes, sir." "Do you mean you went into the best parlor over to our house and--AND TOOK THAT CAT IN WITH YOU ?" "Yes, sir." "Well, I swan to man! Did you forget what I told you would happen if you went into that parlor again?
And especially if you lugged that cat in?
Did you forget that ?" "N-no, sir.

I didn't forget it.

You--you said I couldn't go to the picnic." Shadrach shook his head.

"Well," he groaned, "if this don't beat the nation! What under the sun did you do it for ?" "'Cause--'cause we wanted to play pirates with--with the swords and things," faltered Mary-'Gusta.

"And we took David 'cause he was goin' to be one of the passengers on the ship we took.