"You've guessed it. We are
policemen."
"Where's your uniforms?" he asked then. "You ain't policemen.
What you doin' here yourself? You can't arrest me for just goin'
to sleep in this dinky little dog house. Gee, I might have slept
all night! Guess I'll go along. Pop and Mom'll fix me for bein'
so late." He started to rise, but Ledermann pushed him back.
"Not so fast, not so fast, young follow!" he said slowly. "I
would like to find out, if possible, just how much asleep you
were. You see we don't think you would listen to anything that
was not intended for your ears, but we want you to tell us if you
did hear any little thing. By mistake, of course."
"Wasting time!" grunted Adolph. "Let me tickle him with my
little toy here. Safety first, as these people always say."
"Be quiet!" ordered Ledermann. "And you too, young fellow! If
you try to scream, we will kill you."
"Aw, quit your kiddn'!" said Porky cheekily. "What would I want
to yell for? I don't want to get arrested any more than I am. I
want to go home! tell you, how could I hear anything when I was
asleep? I want to go home! What's it to me what you talk
about?" He sniffed, and drew his cuff across his eyes.
"Let me have him," said Adolph.
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