human
I sha'n't go begging him to talk to me if he doesn't like, he said to Tom;
gpt
Go where?
human
I don't know--anywhere. I say, let's find an island and build a hut, and go there whenever we like.
gpt
But where?--out in the sea somewhere?
human
No, no, I mean such a place as Dave's and John Warren's. You and I could retreat there whenever we liked.
gpt
Why, Dick, he cried,
human
Without a boat,
gpt
I'd forgotten that, said Tom thoughtfully.
human
How could we get there, then?
gpt
We'd borrow Hicky's punt till we had built one for ourselves.
human
But could we build one?
gpt
Of course we could, or make one of skins, or a raft of reeds. There are lots of ways.
human
But what will your father say?
gpt
I don't know, said Dick dolefully;
human
But how about your mother?
gpt
I should tell her as a secret, and she'd help me, and lend me things we should want. I don't care to be at home now, with everybody looking at one as if there was something wrong.
human
I don't think my father would let me go, said Tom thoughtfully,
gpt
I don't think it's nonsense,