"Because I don't mind them. I'm used to them."
"What difference does that make?"
"If you're not afraid of them, they're afraid of you. I'm not afraid of
them. That's all. But it's all that's wanted--up here, that is. It's a
different thing down there. They won't always mind that song even,
down
there. And if anyone sings it, they stand grinning at him awfully; and
if he gets frightened, and misses a word, or says a wrong one, they--oh!
don't they give