human
Ach, Himmel! he exclaimed.
gpt
Es war geistlich!
human
Did you see it, then?
gpt
Ya, das hab ich!
human
Was it in the day or the night-time when you saw it?
gpt
It was night, about this time, and there was but a half-moon above the tree tops.
human
Were you very much frightened, Hans?
gpt
Yes, I was scared to death almost. I thought the old man of the mountains had come for me. I had been to market to sell my little wooden-clocks, and near this very place the huge grey phantom bird swooped down, then circled round and round and disappeared there, over there!
human
Bah! It was no bird, it was an aeroplane, Hans. You should not have been frightened,
gpt
Yes, a ghost-aeroplane! iterated the Schwarzwalder.
human
There has never been anything like it before.
gpt
Did anybody else see it?