human
Land sakes alive, Bob, you'll probably have to tie me fast and sit on me to keep me from jumping over-board, but I guess if you all think it's so fine, I can live through it. After I have the--er--joyous--I mean joyride, I'll write and tell your mother about it. She said that you took her up several times and now she wants her husband to get a plane.
gpt
Right you are, Jim laughed heartily.
human
Mom's a good sport and so are you. We'll bind you hand and foot, and put weights on you, but I'll bet you will like it as much as Mom did.
gpt
No doubt I shall,
human
Well, don't come down and ask me to buy you an air-plane, that is, unless the turkeys take a jump and we have a grand flock of them this fall, but it doesn't look now as if there is much chance,
gpt
Wonder how the boy's draining plan is working after that rain,
human
When we finish supper, we'll go and have a look, but I expect the place is flooded way above the foot of the alfalfa bed,
gpt
Now, how do you expect to eat your meal if you talk so much? Norman, you are not paying a bit of attention to those boys' plates and they are both empty.
human
My plate may be empty, Aunt Belle, but my tummy is beginning to feel mighty content. I could purr,
gpt
Well don't. It isn't polite at the table. You may roll over on the floor and kick your feet up if you like,
human
Don't you do anything of the kind, Aunt Belle said hastily.
gpt
The very idea. Is that what you do when you have a good meal at home?
human
No, Mom wouldn't stand that,
gpt
We tried it once at school and it didn't go so well there either,
human
How many demerits did they give you?
gpt
Ten apiece,
human
And we had to average ninety-five on four subjects to shake them off, Bob added.
gpt
It's a cruel world.
human
The world is a great little old place. It's only the people in it, I mean some of them, who make it unpleasant, Jim declared.
gpt
I can't eat another mouthful.
human
This is my last, Bob announced regretfully as he swallowed the bite of cherry pie.
gpt
That is, I mean the last for the time being.
human
All right, it's a good thing you added that because you are not at home now and you don't know where the pantry is located--
gpt
Don't kid yourself. I ascertained the location yesterday afternoon, before I'd been here twenty minutes.
human
You would! Where was I?
gpt
Luxuriating in Champlain. I watched your fair form in the red bathing suit while I ate gingerbread and milk--
human
Humph, that's nothing, I had some when I came in--four pieces and two glasses--cream on top. Come along--that is--is there anything we can do to help you, sir?
gpt
No, thank you, Jim. I have a couple of chore boys and if you helped they might think I do not want them any more. We want you to enjoy your stay in Vermont--
human
Great guns, we are. It's a grand State even if we could put it into a comer of Texas,
gpt
You ought to like it, your mother was brought up here, but goodness sakes, she went off when she wasn't much more than a girl. She was married right here in the parlor. I can remember it just as if it was yesterday, then the pair of them drove away in the two seater with old shoes tied to the end. They did look handsome. Your pa was all spruced up--and the next year they were in Texas--
human
You boys coming?
gpt
Yes sir.