human
We can go in there to get warm, he said,
gpt
I'll help you,
human
Oh, maybe it's a cow,
gpt
It's a man,
human
Well, well! he cried.
gpt
What does this mean? Such little tots out in this storm!
human
We're lost!
gpt
Lost? So am I! he cried.
human
It isn't the first time, either. I've been lost a whole lot worse than this. Now, as we're lost together, we'll see if we can't get found together. Here, we'll go in out of the storm a minute and you can tell me about yourselves.
gpt
This is better, said the man, as he closed the door to keep out the wind and snow.
human
This isn't exactly a warm house, but it will do until we get our breath. Now tell me how you came to be lost.
gpt
We were out taking some things to a poor lady, said Freddie,
human
One was about a little red hen,
gpt
Yes, went on Freddie.
human
And when we saw it was snowing we came out in a hurry and took the wrong turn, I guess. We couldn't see any houses, and we hollered and nobody heard us, and then I saw this meadow grass and I knew where we were.
gpt
So this is the meadows?
human
Yes, sir, this is the meadows,
gpt
We know we're on the meadows but we don't know where our house is, said Flossie.
human
We live in Lakeport, and we're the Bobbsey twins.
gpt
The Bobbsey twins; eh? returned the man.
human
Well, that's a nice name, I'm sure.
gpt
And there are two more twins at home, went on Freddie.
human
They are Nan and Bert, and they're older than we are.
gpt
They aren't lost,
human
I'm glad of that, the man said.
gpt
And I don't believe you'll be lost much longer.
human
Do you know where our house is?
gpt
No, not exactly,
human
Didn't you say you were lost, too?
gpt
Yes, I did, little girl. I was lost. But now that you have told me where I am, I think I am found. And I think, too, that I can help you find your home. So you live in Lakeport. That's where I'm going.
human
How did you come to get out on these meadows?
gpt
Well, this is how it happened, the man said.
human
I was on my way to Lakeport, but, by mistake, I got off the train at Belleville. That's the station just below here. I did not want to wait for the next train so I hired a man with an automobile to take me on to Lakeport. But about a mile from here one of the tires of the automobile burst so the man could not take me any farther. Then I said I'd walk, as I thought I knew the road. I used to live in Lakeport about five years ago. I started off, but the storm came up, and I lost my way. The first I knew I found myself out in this big field which you say is the meadows.
gpt
That's what they call it,
human
Well then, now I know where I am and I know what to do. Do you think you can walk along with me?
gpt
Oh, we're not tired now, said Freddie.
human
We've had a nice rest in here. But do you know the way to our house?
gpt
I know the way to Lakeport. I had forgotten about these meadows. You see it was a good many years ago and I did not live in Lakeport long before I went away. But now I know where I am. When I lived in your city I used to come out here to hunt muskrats. If I am not mistaken this shed is near a path that leads to a road by which we can get to a trolley car. I don't know whether or not the trolleys are running, but maybe we can find an automobile.
human
If you could find a telephone and telephone to my father's lumber yard office he would come in his automobile to get us,
gpt
Well, perhaps I can do that, the man said.
human
Come along now, we'll start.