The stuttering Grampa

When I was very young I stuttered. I recall a teacher saying to me " Howard, do you always stutter like that"? I replied "N-n-n-n-oo, only when I t-t-t-t-t-t-alk" I also liked to steal the neighbors cherries. I would climb his tree after dark to avoid getting caught. One night he hollered out his window "Whose that in my tree"? Being a fast thinker, I answered in the highest pitch voice I could muster "It's m-m-m-m-m-me, S-s-s-s-s-s-shirley" The next day he told my Mother. To this day I don't know why he didn't believe it wasn't Shirley. Maybe my pitch wasn't high enough.