human
Say, it's a good thing you grabbed that steering wheel when you did,
gpt
I should say so! cried Ned Barton.
human
I didn't know you could steer, Tommy.
gpt
I didn't know it myself until I tried, Tommy said, with a smile, as he dug some snow out of his ear.
human
I knew I just _had_ to steer, though, when I saw Charley fall off. We didn't want to run over Flossie and Freddie.
gpt
It's a good thing you sat so close to the steering wheel, put in Nan.
human
You grabbed it just in time.
gpt
Flossie--Freddie, what made you steer over to our side?
human
We couldn't help it,
gpt
Our sleds just did it themselves, went on Flossie.
human
Did you think we were going to run into you?
gpt
No, but we almost ran into _you_! exclaimed Nan.
human
You must be more careful or mother won't let you come out on the hill again.
gpt
Well, we're tired of coasting now, anyhow, Freddie said.
human
We're going home.
gpt
That was a fine thing you did--saving my little brother and sister from getting hurt, Tommy, said Bert, as he walked along, pulling the bob-sled after him.
human
I'll tell my father and mother what you did.
gpt
Oh, that wasn't anything, Tommy said,
human
Anybody would have done the same if he had been in my place.
gpt
Yes, but not everybody would have steered as quickly as you did. You surely can steer a bob! The next time you come out on the hill I'll let you steer a lot.
human
Thanks,
gpt
I must keep an eye on that boy, he said.
human
I think he will make a good man. I'll help him all I can. He is so anxious to run errands and do work about the lumber yard to earn money. How is his grandmother? Mr. Bobbsey asked his wife.
gpt
Have you been to see her lately?
human
Yes, but she isn't very well. She can't sew as much as she used to, but some ladies and myself are looking after her. Oh, I don't like to think of the danger Flossie and Freddie were in on that hill!
gpt
Oh, well, maybe they wouldn't have been hurt much,
human
Just the same, I think they would be safer on a little hill of their own, said Mr. Bobbsey.
gpt
Can't you find one for them, Bert?
human
Yes, I guess I could make a hill in the back yard for them.
gpt
Make a hill? Why, Bert Bobbsey, nobody can _make_ a hill! cried Freddie.
human
It just has to _grow_.
gpt
Well, I think I can make one. Just wait,
human
What are you doing?
gpt
Making a little hill for you and Flossie.
human
You can't do it, said Freddie.
gpt
Nobody can _make_ a hill!