human
Don't you tell my father, now,
gpt
Nor don't you tell mine, nor Susy, nor Prudy, neither.
human
We shall have to make up some kind of a story, added Johnny, reflectively.
gpt
I don't know but we reached over too far after sea-shells, didn't we, and fell into the bay? _You_ did (say), and I got in after you, and pulled you out by your hair.
human
Why, Johnny!
gpt
Well, then, you didn't; _I_ fell in, and you pulled _me_ out--by the boots; only my boots would have come off, though, they're so big!
human
O, Johnny Eastman!
gpt
Then make up something better to suit yourself.
human
I don't make up stories, I just hope I don't,
gpt
But, said Johnny,
human
Then I shall tell the whole, whole truth, exclaimed Miss Dimple, setting her feet down so firmly that the water made a gurgling noise in her boots.
gpt
I'll tell how you boys teased us girls to go.
human
O, ho, Dot Dimple! that's as much of a story as pulling out by the hair! _I_ didn't want you to go. I tried to stop it.
gpt
Yes, I know it, and that was why I went, said Dotty, gravely!
human
I wasn't going to have you say I mus'n't! If you'd been _willing_, I shouldn't have gone a step.
gpt
You tell if you dare!