human
What happened? What did he say?
gpt
Well, he didn't understand at first; thought I was trying to buy something. When he did understand, though, that we wanted to give him the money, he bent down and began looking at the wheel, and something got in his eyes. I didn't wait to hear all his story, but he told me enough to give a pretty good idea. He has a family in Charles City, and he left every cent with them, to keep things going. But he wouldn't take our money as a gift; wanted to know where he should send it when he could repay the loan. So I gave him Bunny's name and address.
human
I'm glad we helped him out, he said,
gpt
It would be better to have money, of course, but if we haven't any, we can manage somehow without it.
human
You mean that farmer there will pay any attention to us if we can't show him our money first?
gpt
That's just what I do mean. We are not the only people in the world who do good turns. A lot of folks get fun out of good turns who never heard of the Boy Scouts.
human
And you think this farmer will take us to Belden, when all we can do is to promise him that we will pay him after we get there and borrow the money?
gpt
We'll find out. We'll tell him just the fix we're in and how we expect to get the money to pay him; and if he is any kind of a judge of people, he will know we are speaking the truth.
human
He may know we're speaking the truth, said Specs decisively,
gpt
There's the car,
human
And back there is the man who owns it, said Bonfire.
gpt
Hear that? He's behind the house, hoeing.
human
You don't know whether it's a man, woman or child, answered Specs. He stooped and picked up a stone.
gpt
I suppose if I chuck this over here, you can tell me whether it lights on an ant hill or on a yellow dandelion.