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laughed Charlie . `` We wo n't let you get a single run ! '' It was all jolly good fun , and though each side tried to win it was in good-nature , which is how all games should be played . First Bunny 's team was ahead , and then Charlie 's , until it came close to noon , when the boys knew they would have to stop playing and go home to dinner . `` Now , fellows , '' said Bunny Brown , as it was his turn to bat , `` I 'm going to knock a home run and that will win the game for us ! '' `` Pooh ! You ca n't knock a home run ! ''