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Well, then, a horse?"

The forward end, mum."

Which side of a tree does the most moss grow on?"

"North side." ssssssssss

"If fifteen cows is browsing on

a hillside, how many of them eats ssssssssss

with their heads pointed the same ssssssssss

direction?" ssssssssss

"The whole fifteen, mum."

"Well, I reckon you have lived

in the country. I thought maybe ssssssssss

you was trying to hocus me ssssssssss

again. What's your real name, ssssssssss

now?"

"George Peters, mum."

"Well, try to remember it,

George. Don't forget and tell me ssssssssss

it's Elexander before you go, and ssssssssss

then get out by saying it's George- ssssssssss

Elexander when I catch you. ssssssssss

And don't go about women in ssssssssss

that old calico. You do a girl ssssssssss

tolerable poor, but you might ssssssssss

fool men, maybe. Bless you, ssssssssss

child, when you set out to thread ssssssssss

a needle, don't hold the thread still and fetch the needle up to it; hold

the needle still and poke the thread at it -- that's the way a woman most always

does; but a man always does 'tother way. And when you throw at a rat or

anything, hitch yourself up a tip-toe, and fetch your hand up over your head as

awkard as you can, and miss your rat about six or seven foot. Throw stiff-armed

from the shoulder, like there was a pivot there for it to turn on -- like a girl; not

from the wrist and elbow, with your arm out to one side, like a boy. And mind

you, when a girl tries to catch anything in her lap, she throws her knees apart;

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