“Why, what in thunder is this?” the colonel asked, turning to twelve-year-old Johnny Catlin. “That is our drummer boy, and he is a daisy,” the captain replied. The colonel didn’t agree. “This is no kindergarten. We ain’t running a nursery.” Turning to Johny, he told the boy to go home. “The war is no place for chickens that bain’t got their pinfeathers!”
“Why, what in thunder is this?” the colonel asked, turning to twelve-year-old Johnny Catlin. “That is our drummer boy, and he is a daisy,” the captain replied. The colonel didn’t agree. “This is no kindergarten. We ain’t running a nursery.” Turning to Johny, he told the boy to go home. “The war is no place for chickens that bain’t got their pinfeathers!”
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