human
What if she did? she returned.
gpt
She can make another. It's just made out of a piece of old linen, anyhow. My work-box is real handsome; but you can do just as you are a mind to.
human
Do you mean I can have the work-box to keep?
gpt
Course I do, if your turkey's bigger.
human
Our turkey is bigger anyhow, she murmured.
gpt
Don't you think I ought to ask mother, Submit?
human
No! What for? I don't see anything to ask your mother for. She won't care anything about that rag doll.
gpt
Ain't you going to ask your mother about the work-box?
human
No, replied Submit stoutly.
gpt
It's mine; my grandmother gave it to me.
human
I _know_ our turkey is the biggest, she said, looking lovingly at Thankful, as if to justify herself to her.
gpt
Well, I don't care,
human
Will you?
gpt
Yes.
human
When's yours going to be killed?
gpt
This afternoon.
human
So's ours. Then we'll find out.
gpt
I know our turkey is biggest, said she. She looked very sober, although her voice was defiant. Just then the great turkey came swinging through the yard. He held up his head proudly and gobbled. His every feather stood out in the wind. He seemed enormous--a perfect giant among turkeys.
human
He ain't half so big as ours,
gpt
Submit! Submit!
human
His feathers are a good deal thicker than ours,
gpt
Submit, called the voice,
human
Yes, marm, Submit answered back, in a shrill voice;
gpt
I'm coming!