human
Why, what on earth! what is it? Has the bird got the dropsy and swelled out in that dreadful manner? Impossible! Goodness! she exclaimed again, as the chicken gave vent to another cry,
gpt
It is not the bird at all!--it is a chicken. But how did it come there? Why, Peter! what a red face! Do you know, Peter? Answer me, this moment!
human
Why, Minnie, I thought the bird wanted to run up into the sky, where all the other birds were, so I just opened the door. I thought he would not go more than fifty miles, you know, and then come back you know! I am so sorry, Minnie, it is forty million pities if he _don't_ come back. I put the chicken in the cage on purpose to please you; but she can't sing any thing but that old 'cluck, cluck!' and she kicked all the bread in my face, and I can't bear her. Oh, dear! oh, dear me!