noon
`` Why ? '' asked Harry , as he began eating a second muffin . `` Well , he 'll say I was catching fish instead of hoeing corn . But I caught all these in the noon hour , when I 'm supposed to have a little time off . But he would n't believe that , so there 's no use taking the fish home . You can have 'em . There 's some pretty big sunnies , and a couple o ' nice perch . ''