Vardaman I (53-57)

"Vardaman's Revenge"

Vardaman, not understanding, blames Peabody for killing his mom. He runs around until he finds Peabody's horses and then beats them with a stick.

Dewey Dell calls Vardaman to supper...it turns out that the fish is "cooked and et" (57). Vardaman is confused about the death of the fish.

We get to see the workings of Vardaman's mind, such as it is, and how he pieces things together mentally. Note how he describes the horse's being: "an is different from my is" (56). We could say the same thing about Vardaman to the rest of us.