human
My eye! exclaimed Archie,
gpt
That's a nice thing to wish for, answered Frank;
human
What's the reason?
gpt
Why, in the first place, if they went over at all, they would fly so high that it would need a rifle to reach them; and, in the next place, we have not got a rifle. Just wait until morning, and we'll make a scattering among them, if some one don't get the start of us.
human
I suppose we are not the only ones that have heard them.
gpt
Not by a good deal. I shouldn't wonder if there were a dozen fellows that have made up their minds to have a crack at them in the morning.