Problems with Leroy's Teacher

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What does she think I am, Bertie? A quiz kid or something? That little tuddle knows what she's doing, Leroy. Yeah? Look, I gotta read this whole chapter of history tonight. What's she trying to do, make a bookworm out of me?

She can't make no bookworm out of you. You'd wiggle out of it. Hee! Well, I guess I gotta get started. Bertie, what do you know about the Lewis and Clark expedition? Leroy, that's a trip I didn't take.

A bookworm's sake. What do you know about the War of 1812? Well, Bertie knows it was fought in 1812. Ha ha ha ha! Didn't get much out of birdie. Guess I'll have to read this stuff.

Gosh, look at all the pages. Not even any pictures. Except some old maps. Oh, here goes nothing. When Thomas Jefferson learned that Napoleon Bonaparte would sell the area called Louisiana. Hello, Leroy. Hi, honk. What are you reading?