human
Good morning, said the Queen.
gpt
Aren't you Chief Muffruff?
human
I am, answered the old seal.
gpt
And you are Aquareine, the mermaid queen. You see I remember you, although you haven't been here for years. And isn't that Princess Clia? To be sure! But the other mermaids are strangers to me; especially the bald-headed one.
human
I'm not a mermaid, asserted Cap'n Bill.
gpt
I'm a sailor, jes' a-visitin' the mermaids.
human
Our friends are earth dwellers,
gpt
That's odd, said Muffruff.
human
I can't remember that any earth dwellers ever came this way before. I never travel far, you see, for I'm chief of this disorderly family of seals that live on this island--on it and off it, that is.
gpt
You're a poor chief, said a big turtle lying beside the seal.
human
If your people are disorderly it is your own fault.