human
We'll have to get up a play ourselves, Nan, said Bert to his sister when school was out, and the Mother Goose play had ended.
gpt
I like to act.
human
So do I,
gpt
I'd like a play about soldiers and pirates,
human
I know something about pirates, cried Tommy Todd.
gpt
My father used to tell me about them.
human
Say, you'd do fine for a pirate! cried Bert
gpt
You know a lot about ships and things; don't you?
human
Well, a little, said Tommy.
gpt
I remember some of the things my father told me when he was with us. And my grandmother knows a lot. Her husband was a sailor and she has sailed on a ship.
human
Then we'll ask her how to be pirates when we get ready for our play,
gpt
How is your grandma?
human
Well, she's a little better, said Tommy,
gpt
Do you still run errands for Mr. Fitch?
human
I do when he has any. And I did some for your father. He says I have earned the quarter he gave me, and I'm glad, for I don't want to owe any money. I'm hoping your father will have more errands for me to do after school. I'm going to stop in and ask him on Saturday. I like Saturdays for then I can work all day.
gpt
Don't you like to play?
human
Oh, yes, of course. But I like to earn money for my grandmother too, so she won't have to work so hard.