human
There we are! said Dave.
gpt
Ready for another flock?
human
And are you going to try for another in one of the pipes over the other side?
gpt
Nay, not to-day, my lad, was the reply.
human
The 'coy-ducks wean't be hungry and come for their food, so we'll wait for another time.
gpt
Don't the 'coy-ducks ever go right away, Dave?
human
Sometimes; but not often, and if they do some others taks their places, and stops. They get fed reg'lar, and that's what a duck likes. Good uns to eat, ducks. They mak' nests and bring off broods of young ones, and keep to the pool year after year, and seem to know me a bit; but if Chip here went barking among 'em, or I was to go shooting, they'd soon be driven away.
gpt
But do they know that they are leading the wild ducks into the pipe?
human
Does Chip know?
gpt
Ask him, said Dave, laughing in his grim, silent way.
human
I think he doos, but he never said so. Hello!