Chapter 4, Kingdok Summary

Chapter 4 opens with Fone yelling at Phoney for dropping the fresh milk again. Phoney laments he is being forced to work too hard, and that his money is getting wrinkled. Fone reminds him it will not be for much longer, and leaves to help Thorne churn butter. He meets Grandma on the way, who asks about a missing pair of bloomers, and the milk, which Fone lies and says Phoney is retrieving. Grandma suddenly gets a terrible feeling that something is wrong, and tells Fone to keep an eye on Phoney. When he asks Phoney about the bloomers, he admits to using them to cover up a hole he made. The two argue, and Fone points out they were run out of Boneville because of Phoney's misguided and deceitful schemes, such an placing an orphanage on a hazardous waste site, and...