human
I know I'm a sight to behold, fellows, whimpered Lub.
gpt
I guess I deserve all I got, too, for being such a fool. But how was I to know that old hornets' nest almost lying on the ground under the bush was _loaded_!
human
What did you take it for?
gpt
Why, replied Lub,
human
I supposed it was a regular giant puff-ball, one of the toad-stool kind that go off with a crack and a puff of smoke when you kick 'em.
gpt
Then you actually kicked it?
human
Just what I did--oh! murder!
gpt
And it went off, all right, I bet you?
human
A million of 'em came hustling out and started to eating me up, Lub went on to explain, plaintively.
gpt
I killed 'em in droves, but there was always a fresh lot. Then I ran--you saw how I had to carry on. Guess it wasn't any laughing matter to _me_! And it isn't right now. If I keep on swelling like I am I'll bust. Talk to me about having the big head--bein' President of the United States wouldn't make my cranium swell any more. Phil, ain't you going to do something for a chum that's had trouble?
human
Sure, I am, announced Phil, readily.
gpt
Ethan, find some mud, and let it be clay if you can. Hurry and get it here. While you're doing it I'll take the sting out with ammonia. It's lucky I thought to fetch some along.