human
So, now we are going to have some delightful evenings together, I said, as I sat down by her pillow.
gpt
You have the scarlet fever, my mouse, and all the other mice are to be sent away to the sea-shore, it seems.
human
Are they? said Puff.
gpt
I am glad of that, for then they will not be ill. But it will be very lonely without them, Mr. Moonman. And shall I feel so sick all the time, I wonder?
human
I hope not, indeed! I replied;
gpt
But the dolls cannot talk, Mr. Moonman! said Puff.
human
I have often and often tried to make them, but they never say a word.
gpt
That is because you only try in the day time, Miss Puff! said Sally Bradford, in a shrill voice.
human
No well-bred doll would ever think of talking in the day time, as Mr. Moonman can tell you. Try us at night, when you are asleep, and you will find that we have quite as much to say for ourselves as other people.
gpt
But it seems so queer to be doing things when one is asleep!
human
Why queerer than to do them when one is awake? I asked.
gpt
The dolls wonder at you quite as much as you wonder at them, depend upon it! And now, what shall I do to amuse you, mouse of mine? will you have a story, or a song, or what will you have?
human
Of course I will have both, if I may, Mr. Moonman! answered Puff.
gpt
I should like to hear stories and songs every days and all nights, and never stop!