human
Ain't Dick come home yet?
gpt
They ain't done the net yet. Tom came to fetch you a little while ago.
human
I don't want Tom, I want Dick. We're going to make some letters, and learn to read,
gpt
You'd better leave the reading alone, if it makes you so cross,
human
No, it don't make me cross; it's that nasty net.
gpt
But you always liked to help daddy wind the string and mend the net before. Why don't you go to them now?
human
You're a very naughty girl, Tiny, said Mrs. Coomber at last;
gpt
My other mammy used to say something like that,