"I can't just say what it's like."

"Why, didn't you ever go to school, Uncle Bob?"

"Didn't I ever go to school! Where do you reckon I got my
education, anyhow? I went to school several times in my young
days."

"On a Sunday, like this?"

"No, the school I tackled was on a week-day."

"Was it hard?" asked Hannibal, who was beginning to cherish
secret misgivings; for surely all this soap and water must have
some sinister portent

"Well, some learn easier than others. I learned middling easy
--it didn't take me long--and when I felt I knowed enough I just
naturally quit and went on about my business."

"But what did you learn?" insisted the boy.

"You-all wouldn't know if I told you, because you-all ain't ever
been to school yo'self. When you've had yo' education we'll talk
over what I learned--it mostly come out of a book." He hoped his
general statement would satisfy Hannibal, but it failed to do so.

"What's a book. Uncle Bob?" he demanded.

"Well, whatever a body don't know naturally he gets out of a