"He gave you a stick of candy?
GAVE it to you ?" "Yes.

He said: 'Here, little girl, don't you like candy ?' And when I said I did he gave me a stick, the striped peppermint kind it was.

I'd have saved a bite for you, Uncle Jed, only I and the rest ate it all before I remembered.

I'm awfully sorry." "That's all right.

Striped candy don't agree with me very well, anyway; I'm liable to swallow the stripes crossways, I guess likely.