human
I bid to be witch!
gpt
I'd like to be the queen, if you don't care, said Allison,
human
That's the way Betty planned it, said Lloyd.
gpt
I'm to be the captive princess, and Keith will be my brother whom the witch changes into a dog. That's Hero, of co'se. Malcolm will be the knight who rescues me. Rob Moore will be king, and Elise the queen of the fairies, and Ranald the ogah.
human
Ranald said last night that he wouldn't be in the play if he had to learn a lot of foolishness to speak, or if he couldn't be disguised so that nobody would know him, said Kitty.
gpt
He'll help any other way, fixing the stage and the red lights and all that, but the Captain has a dread of making himself appear ridiculous. Now _I_ don't. I'd rather have the funny parts than the high and mighty ones.
human
He might be Frog-eye-Fearsome, suggested Betty.
gpt
Then he wouldn't have anything to do but drag the prince and princess across the stage to the ogre's tower, and the costume could be so hideous that no one could tell whether a human or a hobgoblin was inside of it.
human
Who'll buy all the balloons for the fairies, and make our spangled wings? asked Elise.
gpt
Oh, I know, she cried, instantly answering her own question.
human
I'll tell Aunt Elise all about it, and I know that she'll help.
gpt
How will you go all the way to the seashore to tell her?
human
She isn't at the seashore, answered Elise, with an air of triumph.
gpt
She came back from Narragansett Pier last night. Didn't she, mamma? And she and Malcolm and Keith are coming out to grandmother's this afternoon as straight as the train can carry them, you might know. They always do, first thing. Don't they, mamma?
human
Suppose you bring the play down this afternoon, Betty. Ask your mother to come too, Lloyd, and we'll read it out under the trees. Now are all the characters decided upon?
gpt
All but the ogre,
human
Joe Clark is the very one for that, exclaimed Lloyd.
gpt
He is head and shouldahs tallah than all the othah boys, although he is only fifteen, and his voice is so deep and gruff it sounds as if it came out of the cellah. We can stop and ask him if he'll take the part.
human
Invite him to come down to the reading of the play, too, said Mrs. Walton.
gpt
I'll look for you all promptly at four.