human
Cliff Climbers,
gpt
This is the most splendid story of all yet.
human
Nell, look at this picture of them going up over the cliff by ropes. Oh, don't I just wish I could go to some such place!
gpt
Oh, mamma! isn't it nice here?
human
Why, yes, dear; of course it is nice here; it is always nice here; what made you think of it just now?
gpt
I don't know, mamma,
human
Yes, I do know, too; I meant I didn't want to tell.
gpt
Why not? my little daughter, said Mrs. March, looking much puzzled.
human
Surely it cannot be any thing you do not want mamma to know.
gpt
Oh, no, mamma! it is something you didn't want me to know,
human
Something I didn't want you to know, Nell, she said.
gpt
What do you mean? And how did you know it then?
human
She listened, she listened, cried Rob, throwing down his book,
gpt
Rob, she said,
human
Indeed, mamma, she exclaimed,
gpt
I didn't listen; and I told Rob then I didn't; he's told a lie, a wicked lie, and he ought to be punished, mamma; he knows it's a lie.
human
It ain't either, shouted Rob,