They're still out for picking cotton and shaking peanuts. Really, I just stopped to sit a spell. But mother fetched a plate of cookies from the kitchen table. These are hot out of the oven. Better try one.
School teachers are like that.
Never take no for an answer. Don't mind if I do. Harry loves oatmeal cookies. He used to send out for cookies in the middle of the day when he was at the House. He thought a publisher ought to have certain privileges.