human
Mother, why can't we be goin', too?
gpt
And what for would you be goin'? asked the widow.
human
Most cows don't loike little b'ys. They knows, does the cows, that little b'ys is best off somewhere else than tryin' to drive them about sayin,' 'Hi! hi!' and showin' 'em a stick.
gpt
But geese, now, is different. And who's to be moindin' the geese, if you and Tommie was to go off after the cows? Sure geese is more your size than cows, I'm thinkin', and, by the same token, I hear 'em a-squawkin' now. What's the matter with 'em? Go see. Not that anybody iver knows what's the matter with a goose, she ended as the little boys chased out of the shanty.
human
It's for that they're called geese, I shouldn't wonder.
gpt
For, after all, said she,
human
The days is long, and I belave, Moike, you could do something else than our own housework, with Andy here to look after the little b'ys.
gpt
Say what it is, mother dear, and I'll do it,
human
Well, then, to be telling you the truth, Moike, who should be askin' me if I knowed of a boy to kape his lawn clean this summer but the Gineral. Says I, 'I do, Gineral Brady. I'll be bold to say my Moike will do it.' So there I've promised for you, Moike, and you're to have a dollar a month.
gpt
Strong and hearty you are, Moike, and I've been thinkin' what's to hinder your gettin' other lawns with school out next week and nothin' to bother you.
human
Sit in father's chair, mother dear, he coaxed.
gpt
You're father and mother both, so you are. Sit in father's chair,
human
No, she answered, as she rose and went over to the seat of honor.
gpt
Don't praise me too much. I'm jist your mother, doin' the best I can for you, though.