human
Oh, go way back somewhere and sit down,
gpt
Go climb a tree. That's the best place for you,
human
Boys, stop your quarreling,
gpt
We aren't quarreling,
human
No, that's just our way of having fun,
gpt
We love each other too well to quarrel, don't we, Fatty?
human
Of course we do. Didn't I save your life today?
gpt
I'd like to know how,
human
He got away, announced Vaughn, returning to camp.
gpt
This place looks as if it had been struck by a tornado, added the guide.
human
What has been going on here?
gpt
Well, you see the big bear and the middle-sized bear and the weeny-teeny bear came home for their bowl of soup. Not finding the soup they tried to eat up Pony Rider Boys,
human
I don't understand it, reflected Cale.
gpt
Bears don't ordinarily act that way.
human
These weren't ordinary bears. Neither was the one that kissed me this afternoon,
gpt
What are you getting at?
human
Oh, nothing much. A big, big bear called on me in my tent this afternoon. We drove him out of the camp, we did. You ought to have been here. Why, when he left the camp after I had rebuked him, his tail was dragging on the ground, and--
gpt
He must have been a new species of bear to have a tail as long as that,
human
Well, anyhow, we drove him off, put him to rout, packed him off bag and baggage. I guess he is running yet. You never saw such a scared beast in your life.
gpt
I guess he isn't running very fast,
human
Why isn't he running?
gpt
Because I shot him about a mile the other side of the creek, answered Vaughn.
human
He was a small bear and he didn't appear to be very much frightened.
gpt
That was another bear, probably the child of the one we chased,
human
Perhaps, agreed Cale.
gpt
But that doesn't explain the peculiar actions of these fellows, nor of the first one. Charlie, how did the bears act when you first saw them?
human
Him smell for something--so.
gpt
Just so, nodded Vaughn.
human
The question is, what caused them to do that? Something here must have attracted them. Do you know what it was?
gpt
Not know,
human
Do you know, Master Stacy?
gpt
How should I know?
human
I didn't know but perhaps you might,