human
Who's won the prizes?
gpt
I have,
human
Not the winners of the races and of the sports?
gpt
They can't expect to win the races and win the prizes too. _I_ have won the prizes.
human
What have you won, your Worship?
gpt
I forget, he answered vaguely.
human
I've won so many in all these years, and they get so mis-laid--for all the world like addled eggs!
gpt
But you've only just--
human
Don't tease,
gpt
Number A. 1. Sea Power! Has that nice little venture proved successful, Sire?
human
No, thou Cabalistic One, shouted the Fish-King, and got up with an impatient sigh, so he didn't hear what sounded like the echo of mocking laughter which the children recognised before they rejoined him.
gpt
Some one's at the bottom of that business, I'll be bound, he grumbled.
human
I'm afraid I'm too green, and ye gods and little fishes alone know how I manage to be, for I've a fit of the blues often enough, and he glanced at the garment he wore.
gpt
Now come and inspect my Workhouse.
human
What a lot of residences you have, Sire,
gpt
One must, if one is a royalty, he replied.
human
I have even more than the German Emperor. I've one for eating in. One for thinking in. One for not thinking in. And a host of others. There is one which takes me eighteen hours to reach, where I go at cradle time, where the waves hush me to sleep with their lullaby--you have heard it--'Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep,' eh?
gpt
Yes, yes,
human
It's always a matter of interest to me when my ship comes home. I don't whistle for it; I squall for it. Look out for squalls, for I feel restless, and in my family carping is our form of humour.