Buckwheat and Darla were in school, and the teacher asked Darla, “How do you spell ‘dumb’?”

Darla said, “D-u-m-b, dumb.”

The teacher said, “Very good. Now use it in a sentence.”

The girl said, “Buckwheat is dumb.”

Now spell “stupid.”

Darla said, “S-t-u-p-i-d, stupid.”

The teacher said, “Very good. Now use it in a sentence.”

Darla said, “Buckwheat is stupid.”

Then the teacher called on Buckwheat and said, “Buckwheat, spell ‘dictate.’”

Buckwheat stood up and said, “D-i-c-t-a-t-e, dictate.”

The teacher replied, “Very good. Now use it in a sentence.”

“I may be dumb, and I may be stupid, but Darla says my dictate good.”