human
My dear father, answered he,
gpt
I am become a turner.
human
A very ingenious handicraft, said the father.
gpt
And what have you brought with you from your travels?
human
A very valuable thing, dear father, answered the son.
gpt
A stick in a sack!
human
What! cried the father.
gpt
A stick! The thing is not worth so much trouble when you can cut one from any tree.
human
But it is not a common stick, dear father, said the young man.
gpt
When I say, 'Stick, out of the bag!' out jumps the stick upon any one who means harm to me, and makes him dance again, and does not leave off till he is beaten to the earth, and asks pardon. Just look here, with this stick I have recovered the table and the ass which the thieving landlord had taken from my two brothers. Now, let them both be sent for, and bid all the neighbours too, and they shall eat and drink to their hearts' content, and I will fill their pockets with gold.