human
Did we lose any of them on the way, Allison? We'd better count noses.
gpt
No, we are all here: eight girls, four boys, the four already on the field, Dinah and her baby, and ourselves, twenty in all.
human
Twenty-one, counting Hero, corrected Mrs. Walton, as the great St. Bernard went leaping after Lloyd, sniffing at the tents, and barking occasionally to express his interest in the frolic.
gpt
He seems to be enjoying it as much as any of us.
human
I wish that they were all as able to take care of themselves as he is. It would save us a world of anxiety. Do you begin to realise, Mary, what a load of responsibility we have taken on our shoulders? Sixteen boys and girls to keep out of harm's way for a week in the woods is no easy matter.
gpt
We'll keep them so busy that they'll have no time for mischief. The wagonette isn't unloaded yet. Wait till you see the games I've brought, and the fishing-tackle. There's an old curtain that can be hung between those two trees any time we want to play charades.
human
Swing that hammock over there, Ranald, she called, nodding to a clump of trees near the spring.
gpt
Then some of you boys can carry this chest back to Dinah.
human
The Ogre can do that,
gpt
Do it yourself, Frog-Eye Fearsome,
human
They'll never be able to get away from those names, said Miss Allison.
gpt
Well, what is it, my Princess Winsome?
human
Please take care of these for me, Miss Allison, answered Lloyd, holding out Hero's shoulder-bags, which she had just taken from him.
gpt
I put on his things when we started, for mothah says nobody evah knows what's goin' to happen in camp, and we might need those bandages. Tumbling them into Miss Allison's lap, she was off again in breathless haste, to follow the other girls, who were exploring the tents, and exclaiming over all the queer make-shifts of camp life. Then they raced down to the waterfall, and, taking off shoes and stockings, waded up and down in the brook. These early fall days were as warm as August, so wading was not yet one of the forbidden pastimes. They splashed up and down until the Little Captain's bugle sent a ringing call for their return to camp. Katie was one of the last to leave the water. Lloyd waited for her while she hurriedly laced her shoes, and as they followed the others she said, in a confidential tone,
human
Do you think you are goin' to like to stay out heah till next Sata'day?
gpt
Like it! echoed Katie,
human
I could stay here a year!
gpt
But at night, I mean. Sleepin' in those narrow little cots, with nothin' ovah ou' heads but the tents, and no floah. Ugh! What if a snake or a liz'ad should wiggle in, and you'd heah it rustlin' around in the grass undah you! There's suah to be bugs and ants and cattahpillahs. I like camp in the daylight, but it would be moah comfortable to have a house to sleep in at night. I wish I could wish myself back home till mawnin'.
human
I don't mind the bugs and spiders, said Katie, recklessly,