human
It must be just the dreadfulest thing there is not to have a dog,
gpt
Didn't you _never_ have a dog?
human
Did he--_die_?
gpt
It's awful--to have 'em die. Mine died once. I cried and cried and cried. Then papa got me a bigger one.
human
Didn't your papa get you 'nother one?
gpt
Worth dear, called Katie,
human
And Miss Ann loves the puppy. Mustn't squeeze him too tight, he admonished.
gpt
Watts says it's bad for 'em to squeeze 'em. Watts knows just everything 'bout puppies. He knows when they have got to eat and when they have got to sleep, and when they ought to have a bath. Do you suppose, Aunt Kate, we'll ever know as much as Watts?
human
Probably not. Don't hitch your wagon to too far a star, Worthie. No use smashing the wagon.
gpt
O--h, cried Worth,