One day Smush sent Mogey out to fetch a pail of water. Mogey went grudgingly, dragging his feet and grumbling the whole twenty paces to the well. He opened the wooden lid and lowered his bucket down with a splash, then began slowly cranking the winch to lift the full bucket back up.
"Oy!" called a voice from down below. "Close the lid already, will yeh?"
"Who's down there?" Mogey asked in surprise.
"Tis Kevin the Alligator!" the voice called again, slightly angrier this time. "And I'm trying to get some shuteye! The nerve of some people...."
"Sheesh," Mogey said sarcastically. "Sor-ry!"
He heaved the dripping bucket out of the well and closed the lid loudly, then resumed his grumbling as he lugged the water up to the house.
"I saw the whole thing from the kitchen window," Smush said excitedly as Mogey came inside. "And you know, Mogey, sometimes you haven't any manners at all."
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