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The Boy Scouts of the Air

Cat chortled.

"Say, Jimmy," he joked, "if you get one of those tall ones, she'll reach over and haul you out without standing on tiptoe."

"You better be satisfied if you can get one any size with that mouth," Jimmy retorted.

But as boys are not usually oversensitive about their mis-features, all three reached the house without bloodshed.