I shouldn't think there'd be any objection to trying now; then after you've passed your first class tests you could just scoop the badge right up, see ?" "I looked at all the pictures of the badges," he said, "and I like the one with the picture of a rooster best.

Is the swimming one better than that ?" I said, "Yes, because every scout has got to know how to swim.

Anyway, Connie knows best; and he's your patrol leader, so you do whatever he tells you to." "Will I be able to beat everybody swimming ?" he said.
I told him maybe, if he tried hard, and then I told him he'd better go to bed.

He said he wouldn't be able to sleep now, on account of thinking about the swimming badge.

Anyway, he went and I noticed how skinny his legs were.