human
I don't know where you ever got such an idea, he said, smiling a little, and he looked so friendly and not at all angry, that Sarah even managed a faint, watery smile in response.
gpt
Boys and girls are never expelled from school except for very serious reasons. You've made a little mistake, that's all and I'll show you where you were wrong in just a minute. Sometimes we want our own way so much, we can't see how we can be wrong.
human
Well, you see, as soon as you found out that Miss Ames didn't like snakes in her class room, you should have stopped right there, said Mr. Oliver decidedly.
gpt
You disobeyed Miss Ames and all this trouble came from that. If she said her class room was no place for snakes and mice--you brought mice one day, didn't you?--that should have settled the question for you.
human
But how will the children ever learn about snakes?
gpt
They'll learn, if they are interested, answered Mr. Oliver.
human
You can't force anyone to adopt your likes and dislikes, you know, Sarah. Rosemary may like to sew and you may say you 'hate' to touch a needle, but do you make yourself into an ardent needlewoman, simply because Rosemary enjoys sewing? Don't you see? I'm afraid you'll have to give Miss Ames and me your promise that you will not bring any more snakes, alive or dead, or any other animal to school.
gpt
He was such a lovely specimen, she mourned.
human
I s'pose maybe he was valuable.
gpt
I tell you what to do, Sarah, said Mr. Oliver quickly.
human
You don't know Mr. Martin, do you? He teaches biology in the high school and I must take you up to his room some day and let you see the 'specimens' he has. He has a menagerie that fills one side of a large room. Whenever you find something you can't resist, you bring it here to me in the office and I'll turn it over to Mr. Martin. In that way your class room won't be upset and Mr. Martin will likely gain some valuable additions to his collection. Don't you think that is a good plan?
gpt
I have to bury a snake--will you come help me?
human
Though I do hope, Sarah, this will teach you to let snakes alone, said Rosemary in the elder-sister tone she rarely used.
gpt
You frightened Aunt Trudy into fits and now you've upset a whole class. No, don't show me that ugly little snake--I'm sorry he is dead because you are, but I don't want to see him; I couldn't eat a bit of lunch. Come on, and eat your sandwiches and then we will go down and bury him somewhere on the play-ground.