Neither boy spoke. If one moved, the other moved – but only sidewise, in a circle; they kept face to face and eye to eye all the time. Finally Tom said:
‘I can lick you!’
‘I’d like to see you try it.’
‘Well, I can do it.’
‘No you can’t, either.’
‘Yes I can.’
‘No you can’t.’
‘I can.’
‘You can’t.’
‘Can!’
‘Can’t!’