I dashed into Joe's room.

"Look here," I exclaimed, "just look at my neck!"

Joe looked at it carefully for quite a minute.

"Yes," she remarked, "I think there is a tiny spot under the left ear.

You've been drilling too much. You've been dressing too much to the

left."

"No! No!" I shouted, tugging at the collar, "can't you see how swollen

it is? It's that complaint you get from drinking chalky water. It's

all your fault! I've told you hundreds of times to put a marble in the

kettle."

Joe unfastened the collar, looked at it and laughed.

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