human
Well, said Smith finally,
gpt
What gets me, interrupted Van Emmon;
human
I thought, she remarked, cuttingly,
gpt
I am! hotly. Then, with the memory of what he had just seen rushing back upon him:
human
I mean, I was until I saw--saw that--
gpt
I just happened to remember, doc; didn't you say that the Venusians, in those books of yours, say that Sanus is ruled by the workers?
human
Just what I was wondering about, from Van Emmon.
gpt
The humans seem to do all the work, and the bees the bossing!
human
The Venusians had our viewpoint--the viewpoint of people on the earth, when they said that the workers rule. We consider the bee as a great worker, don't we? 'As busy as a bee,' you know. None of the so-called lower animals show greater industry.
gpt
You don't mean to say, demanded Smith,
human
Now, why the dickens have the humans allowed the bees to dominate them? Why?
gpt
We'll have to go at this a little more systematically, remarked Kinney,