He's utterly Sure, why not?

I think Mum may get the bright idea to make us take up an instrument or something. (Morag says her mum thinks dancing might make her more graceful. We all think she'd still trip over a painted line if she wasn't looking down.)

I hope I can convince Mum that I don't need all that, and especially not if I want to stay top of our year. (And believe me, I'm going to stay on top, no matter what some little guttersnipes think they can accomplish!)