noon
Inasmuch as there was n't a boy in the crowd who had n't shied stones at the object named -LRB- always without hitting it -RRB- , no further information was necessary . `` Well , I 'm going to put that nest in the teacher 's desk , and when he comes in , takes his seat and raises the lid , wo n't there be music ? '' The scheme was so prodigious that for a full half minute all stared open mouthed at their leader without speaking . `` The teacher never locks his desk at noon , so it will be easy enough to slip it in before he gets back . '' `` But when he opens the desk and the hornets sail out , what will become of _ us _ ? '' was the pertinent inquiry of Will Horton . `` Why the minute the things begin to swarm out I 'll yell , and we 'll all rush out doors . ''