human
I don't know what I shall do,
gpt
Do? you can't do anything--can you? The milk is gone, and all you have to do is to go home,
human
What will my mother say?
gpt
No matter what she says, if she don't whip you or send you to bed without your supper.
human
She won't whip me, and I have been to supper.
gpt
Then what are you crying about?
human
Mother says I am very careless; and I know I am,
gpt
Don't be a baby, Kate.
human
I spoiled a flower this afternoon, and mother scolded me and shook me for it. She told me to be very careful with this milk, and now I have spilled the whole of it.
gpt
Well, if you feel so bad, why need you tell her anything about it?
human
About what?
gpt
You needn't tell her you spilled the milk. She will never find it out.
human
But she will ask me.
gpt
What if she does? Can't you tell her you gave the milk to the old woman, and that she was very much obliged to her for sending it?
human
I can do that,