Is it our fault? Leaving that 10–0 score in the dirt for Bump to see? Did that push him over the edge? What did we think? Did we think Bump was just going to laugh it off? Bump Stubbins? Who said, “He’s gonna pay”? Who said, “This is his last day as a happy goober”? That Bump Stubbins?
SOOP in giant letters. The paint jobs. The ripped-out plank. And what did all that do to the goober? Absolutely nothing. The more Bump did, the more Soop laughed, and the more Soop laughed, the madder Bump got. And then he comes home from vacation and sees the score in the dirt in the hideout. What did we expect? Why are we surprised? Which brings me back to the beginning: is it our fault?