human
Are you all right, Betty dear?
gpt
No. One side of me is left, laughed Betty.
human
Wasn't that some slide?
gpt
Now, don't try to make out that you did it on purpose!
human
It was too lovely for anything,
gpt
I'm glad you think so, said Betty.
human
Oh! you mean what Bob did. I see. Of course he is lovely--always has been. But don't tell him so, for it utterly spoils boys if you praise them--doesn't it Bobby?
gpt
Of course it does,
human
I like that! chorused the Tucker twins.
gpt
Wait till we tell Bob, Betty,
human
If you try to slide downhill on horseback again, we'll all just let you slide to the very bottom,
gpt
Don't fret, returned Betty gaily.
human
I don't intend to take another such slide----
gpt
Not even if your Uncle Dick takes you up to Mountain Camp? asked Bobby.
human
There's fine tobogganing up there, he says. Mmmm!
gpt
Don't talk about it! wailed Betty.
human
You know we can't go, for school begins next week and Uncle Dick won't hear to anything breaking in on my schooling.
gpt
Not even measles? suggested Tommy Tucker solemnly.
human
Two of the fellows were quarantined with it when we left Salsette,
gpt
Oh! don't speak of such a horrid thing, gasped Libbie, who did not consider measles in the least romantic.
human
You get all speckled like--like a zebra if you have 'em.