human
Now, wife, what have you got for me?
gpt
O Fred, answered she,
human
I was going to cook a sausage for you, but while I was drawing the beer the dog got it out of the pan, and while I was running after the dog the beer all ran away, and as I was going to stop up the beer with the wheat-meal I knocked over the can: but it is all right now; the cellar is quite dry again.
gpt
O Kate, Kate! what have you been about, letting the sausage be carried off, and the beer run out of the cask, and then to waste all our good meal into the bargain?
human
Well, Fred, I did not know; you should have told me,
gpt
If my wife is like this, I must look after things a little better.
human
Do you see these yellow counters? I am going to make a hole in the stable underneath the cows' manger and bury them; see that you do not meddle with them, or it will be the worse for you.
gpt
Oh no, Fred, certainly I won't.