human
I want Dot to stay in the house to-day, said Mother Blossom, after Meg and Bobby had started for school.
gpt
She coughed a good deal last night and I think she'll have to keep out of the snow for a while.
human
Oh, Mother! wailed Dot.
gpt
I want to go coasting with Twaddles. Everybody's out on Wayne Place hill in the afternoons, and when we go in the morning we have the nicest time! Please, Mother, just this once; and I will take the nasty cough medicine to-night, just as good.
human
Mother said no, she said firmly.
gpt
Now, Dot, you're too big a girl to cry. Why, dearest, you haven't missed a day since there has been sledding. Can't you and Twaddles find something pleasant to do in the house?
human
Just suppose you hadn't any house to stay in, remarked Twaddles severely.
gpt
Then you'd have something to cry about.