human
O dear, I don't want to go to school again this term, said Oscar.
gpt
What's the use? Why, it 's only four or five weeks before the term will be through.
human
I know that, replied his mother,
gpt
I can't do it--I 've got all behindhand with my studies,
human
O yes, you can if you try, replied his mother.
gpt
You might have got into the High School last year if you had studied a little harder. You were almost qualified then, and I'm sure you ought to be now. If you find you are behind your class in your lessons, you must study so much the harder, and you 'll get up with them by-and-bye.
human
But I don't believe it will do me any good to be confined in the school-room, continued Oscar.
gpt
I don't think I'm so strong as I was before I was sick.
human
Well, said Mrs. Preston,