human
Mopsy Midget! she exclaimed.
gpt
I'll tell you the very thing! Let's go down the well, and get cooled off!
human
How can we?
gpt
Why, as easy as anything! You go down in one bucket, and I'll go down in the other.
human
We can't get in these buckets.
gpt
Of course not, goosey; but we can get our feet in, and then stand up, and hold on by the chain.
human
We can't get our feet in flat, the buckets aren't wide enough.
gpt
Oh, don't fuss so! We can stand on our toes a little bit. Come on--I'll go first.
human
All right, and Marjorie began to enter into the spirit of the thing;
gpt
Yes, all the wells are low just now--it's such dry weather. But, anyway, we won't go down as far as the water. Now listen: I'll get in this bucket and start down. You pull the other one up, and when you get it up here, pour out the water and get in yourself, and then come on down. But don't let my bucket go all the way down, because I don't want to go into the water. Put a stick through the chain when I holler up for you to do so.
human
All right; hop in, it will be lots of fun, and we'll surely get cooled off.
gpt
Push me off, she said to Marjorie,
human
Yes, but who's going to push me off when I go down?
gpt
Oh, you can wriggle yourself off. Here, don't push me, I'll push off myself and show you how.