human
Are you old enough, Solly Rosenberg, old enough and know enough not to drown us all to pieces?
gpt
If I can't manage a small concern like this!
human
But four, and one more, make _five_, Solly!
gpt
You don't say so! Well, I could carry sixteen, if they were all such little snips as you are!
human
Dot Parlin thinks she weighs as much as two tons,
gpt
I'm dreadful 'fraid, murmured the little Jewess, shaking the wayward hair out of her magnificent eyes;
human
My mamma is afraid of the water; but then she was upset in a scursion, and that's why she's afraid.
gpt
What kind of thing is a _scursion_?
human
A Sabbath school picnic. And she wasn't upset either, only she 'xpected to be.
gpt
Come on! called Solly.
human
All aboard!
gpt
But my mamma said it wasn't safe!
human
No, she didn't. She never saw this boat; she doesn't know whether it's safe or not.
gpt
Doesn't it leak a single speck, Solly Rosenberg? It looks wet.
human
Pshaw! That's where the waves come in; it's as tight as the bark to a tree.