| Quote #10 "Blamed if I know – that is, what's become of the raft. That old fool had made a trade and got forty dollars, and when we found him in the doggery the loafers had matched half-dollars with him and got every cent but what he'd spent for whisky; and when I got him home late last night and found the raft gone, we said, 'That little rascal has stole our raft and shook us, and run off down the river.'" (31.35) |
Although the king repeatedly refers to the foolishness of the townspeople, he makes unwise decisions at several points in the novel.
| Quote #11 "For the land's sake, what IS the matter with the child? He's got the brain-fever as shore as you're born, and they're oozing out!" (40.23) |
Aunt Sally is consistently portrayed as a foolish character. Read up on her more in her "Character Analysis."