human
I’ll bet you folks ain’t never seen a dugout before, she exclaimed jovially.
gpt
Well it’s sure a queer way to live, but me an’ Jim think it’s a good way—to begin with. We ain’t always goin’ to live this way, but a dugout’s safe from cyclones and blizzards and Indians, an’ it’s warm in winter an’ cool in summer—an’ what more does a pioneer want?
human
I see that it has great advantages, said Joshua Peniman gazing with interest about the dwelling.
gpt
Do you see how it is done, Hannah? You see they have chosen a place where there is a rise in the ground, and have dug back into the earth so that the house is protected on every side but the front. You have had to build up side walls, of course, where the earth slopes away, and a front wall, but that was all. I see how safe and sheltered it must be, both from weather and possible enemies.
human
Yes, an’ a feller has to think a heap about both o’ them out here,