 
 <prompt> **CHAPTER XV**

**THE SNOWBALL BATTLE**

"Now den, guys, na di biggest snowball battle of di age!" 

"Dis na where Company A go bury Company B!" 

"Rats! You mean say Company B go cover Company A comot for sight!" 

"Hi, Major Ruddy! Which side you dey go?" ask Bart Conners, wey still dey command Company B. 

"E dey come our side!" answer Henry Lee, di captain of di other company. 

"Well, I no fit fight for both sides," answer di young major with laugh. 

"Go with di company wey win!" suggest Pepper, with grin. 

"Toss up one cent for am," suggest Andy. 

"All right, I go toss up," answer Jack, and e be like say e don set say e go fight with Company B. 

"Good enough!" shout Pepper, wey dey for that command. "Now Company A don lose, sure!" 

"Not be small!" na di answer wey Stuffer Singleton give. "We go win, sure!" 

"We go win, unless you stop to chop doughnut!" put Joe Nelson, and as e talk dis thing, everybody laugh, because Stuffer bin don lose one long-distance race because e stop for road to chop some cookies wey e get for pocket. 

Na after school hours, and di cadets don gather for di field wey, during di summer, corn bin dey grow. Na battle go happen between di two companies of di school battalion, with di company captain as leader for each side. 

Di preliminary rules dem quickly arrange. Lines dey draw for both ends of di field, about five hundred feet apart. For di center, about a hundred feet apart, two other lines dey draw. Along di latter lines, di cadets arrange themselves. 

**Answers to the questions:**
1. Company A wan bury di other company.
2. Di other company na Company B.
3. Na Jack talk am with smile.
4. Dem throw up one cent.
5. Na Major Ruddy talk say e no fit argue both sides.
6. Corn dey grow for di land wey dem gather.
7. Di lines wey dey 1200 feet apart.
8. Dem dey 6000 feet away.
9. Na dem arrange themselves for di boundary.
10. Dem fit take time chop something for mouth. <response>: ```1. dem dey suffocate dem
2. Company B
3. Pepper
4. one kobo
5. the young major with a laugh.
6. corn
7. , two other lines
8. Lines were drawn at either end of the field
9. the cadets
10. a doughnut``` 