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At that he slowed down and started to saunter back in a wide circle.

тАЬOh, I just had an idy yer Maw might like a mess of blackberries,тАЭ he
thunk, kicking a pebble very nonchalant. тАЬIf anybody asks you say you ainтАЩt
seen me. ItтАЩs no lie. You ainтАЩt.тАЭ

тАЬUncle Lem,тАЭ I thunk, real loud, тАЬI gave Maw my bounden word I
wouldnтАЩt let you out of range without me along, account of the last time you
got awayтАФтАЭ

тАЬNow, now, my boy,тАЭ Uncle Lem thunk fast. тАЬLet bygones be
bygones.тАЭ

тАЬYou just canтАЩt say no to a friend, Uncle Lem,тАЭ I reminded him, taking
a last turn of the wire around the runner. тАЬSo you wait a shake till I get this
cream soured and weтАЩll both go together, wherever it is you have in mind.тАЭ

I saw the checked pants among the bushes and he come out in the
open and give me a guilty smile. Uncle LemтАЩs a fat little feller. He means
well, I guess, but he can be talked into most anything by most anybody,
which is why we have to keep a close eye on him.

тАЬHow you gonna do it?тАЭ he asked me, looking at the cream-jug. тАЬMake
the little critters work faster?тАЭ

тАЬUncle Lem!тАЭ I said. тАЬYou know betterтАЩn that. Cruelty to dumb animals
is something I canтАЩt abide. Them there little critters work hard enough
souring milk the way it is. TheyтАЩre such teentsy-weentsy fellers I kinda feel
sorry for тАШem. Why, you canтАЩt even see тАШem without you go kinda crosseyed
when you look. Paw says theyтАЩre enzymes. But they canтАЩt be. TheyтАЩre too
teeny.тАЭ

тАЬTeeny is as teeny does,тАЭ Uncle Lem said. тАЬHow you gonna do it,
then?тАЭ

тАЬThis here gadget,тАЭ I told him, kinda proud, тАЬwill send MawтАЩs
cream-jug ahead into next week some time. This weather, donтАЩt take cream
moreтАЩn a couple of days but IтАЩm giving it plenty of time. When I bring it
backтАФbingo, itтАЩs sour.тАЭ I set the jug on the sled.

тАЬI never seen such a do-lass brat,тАЭ Uncle Lem said, stepping forward
and bending a wire crosswise. тАЬYou better do it thataway, on account of the
thunderstorm next Tuesday. All right now, shoot her off.тАЭ

So I shot her off. When she come back, sure enough, the cream was
sour enough to walk a mouse. Crawling up the can there was a hornet from
next week, which I squashed. Now that was a mistake. I knowed it the
minute I touched the jug. Dang Uncle Lem, anyhow.