human
What a small Bible my son is reading.
gpt
It is not a Bible, it is a book of stories, Murdo.
human
Stories! Well, that's another thing.
gpt
Is everything written in a book? I mean, is it written what the hero said and what she answered and how they said it? Is it written all about him and the villain? I mean are there signs, letters for everything; for laughter, cries, love gestures? Tell me.
human
And is all that written in the book, my son? It is better than I thought possible, but not so good as when one tells a story.... It is like cloth woven by a machine, nice and straight, but it is not like the kind our women weave on the loom--but it is good; it is better than I thought possible. What are the stories in the book you are reading? Of love or of sorrow?
gpt
Of neither, Murdo. Only about all the great heroes that have lived in this world of cowards.
human
About every one of them? he asked again.
gpt
That's good. It is good to tell the stories of the heroes.
human
If it is written in this book about all the great heroes, then there must also be the record of Ghitza--the great Ghitza, our hero. The greatest that ever lived. See, son, what is there said about him?
gpt
Nothing, Murdo. Not even his name is mentioned.
human
Then this book is not a good book. The man who wrote it did not know every hero ... because not Alexander of Macedon and not even Napoleon was greater than Ghitza....