human
Some folks, he remarked, timidly,
gpt
I couldn't eat you, the child said, seriously,
human
I'm sure I couldn't agree with any one who ate me, John declared.
gpt
For, although as yet I have had no experience of that sort, it seems to me a very undesirable fate.
human
Very true,
gpt
Let's be friends! exclaimed Chick, coming close to John and taking his soft brown hand in a firm clasp.
human
I'll take care of you.
gpt
We'll be friends, all right, said he;
human
Oh, there you are entirely wrong, broke in the big-headed man.
gpt
Chick's a privileged character in the Isle of Phreex, and the only one of us who dares defy our awful kinglet. And in case of danger--
human
Danger! cried John, with a start.
gpt
Is there danger here, too?
human
There is danger everywhere, to those who are unusual, and especially in the Isle of Phreex, where we are at the mercy of a horrid kinglet. But come; we must go and report your arrival to that same graceless ruler, or we shall all be punished.
gpt
Very well,
human
Here's bad luck already! The Failings are coming this way.