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You 've lived in the woods till you 're as shy as a flying-squirrel . All you 've got to do is to talk up and take it rough and tumble , like the rest of the world . Riley ca n't bear to be laughed at , and you can make him ridiculous as easy as not . '' The next day , at the noon recess , about the time that Jack had finished helping Bob Holliday to find some places on the map , there came up a little shower , and the boys took refuge in the school-house . They must have some amusement , so Riley began his old abuse . `` Well , greenhorn from the Wildcat , where 's the black sheep you stole that suit of clothes from ? '' `` I hear him bleat now , '' said Jack , -- `` about the blackest sheep I have ever seen . ''