ABSTRACT
Context, Style, and Language: Even in a story as brief as this, many of the typical features of Everett Bennett's style and language are to be found. The narrative is punctuated by short sentences, die boy in die tree is characterized by a change of vocal quality (although die strangled tones sound more like an old man than a boy), and there is an amusing mixture of discretion and innuendo in the ellipsis of the girl's protestations and the euphemistic
