human
Girls, the ice cream’s gone.
gpt
Gone! echoed a blank chorus, and Peggy, as usual the first to rally, exclaimed,
human
Why, I don’t see how that can be. We didn’t have--
gpt
No, no, you don’t understand, cried poor Ruth, wringing her hands.
human
We only used one freezer of ice cream this afternoon. But the other one, the big one, has disappeared.
gpt
Stolen! Priscilla gasped.
human
Well, anybody who’s mean enough to steal from empty-stocking children!
gpt
That’ll cut down our profits dreadfully,
human
Maybe there’s some mistake, she cried.
gpt
It almost seems as if there _must_ be some mistake. Let’s look outside.