Hurts like de debble.

Mebbe she won't hit me if you tell her not to say 'debble.'" Mrs.Frost could hardly forbear laughing.

She managed, however, to preserve a serious countenance while she said, "You must take care to behave well, and then she won't have to punish you." It is somewhat doubtful whether Pomp heard this last remark.

He espied a pig walking by the side of the road, and was seized with a desire to run over it.

Giving the reins a sudden twitch, he brought the carriage round so that it was very near upsetting in a gully.
Frank snatched the reins in time to prevent this catastrophe.
"What did you do that for, Pomp ?" he said quickly.
"Wanted to scare de pig," exclaimed Pomp, laughing.