human
I feel so fine after my bath that I could run all the way to Amalfi, the child cried,
gpt
I'm sure I could! Guiseppe, because you let me go in the water, I love you enough to eat you this very minute. Come, mayn't we go now?
human
There's a little lady I know who made a stiff old man dance till he was all out of breath, and now he has to rest a bit before he starts to tramp again.
gpt
Do you see that animal? she asked, pointing to the clouds.
human
There's the head, and over there--see--doesn't that look like the tail? What is it, Marta?
gpt
It looks more like a crocodile than anything else.
human
Please, Marta, tell me again about that awful crocodile.
gpt
I was telling her yesterday that we should go through Maori, she explained.
human
I went there years ago with Countess Filota.
gpt
What has that to do with the crocodile?
human
Tell him, Marta, Pappina begged.
gpt
He'll like the story.
human
Once upon a time, so the story goes, there lived an immense crocodile in the cave near Maori. It was said and believed that he who dared kill the crocodile would immediately turn into a fierce dragon. People preferred to chance being eaten rather than to kill him at such a risk. He was said to feed only upon Christians.
gpt
Why didn't he eat the bad people?
human
Just as you were going to eat me a few minutes ago, he said,