human
What is it?
gpt
We know not, said a boy's clear voice;
human
Run, my child, run!
gpt
Stand where you are, and I will do you no harm; and as the deep voice rolled above the noise there was immediate silence.
human
Soh! Let your chief Induna come forward; I have a message.
gpt
Do not heed him, cried the woman;
human
There is but one, cried another,
gpt
Stop, or by the bones of Chaka I will beat you till you cry for mercy. Let the boy who spoke advance. Come.
human
My son, my son, do not heed.
gpt
Nay, I will go, since I am chief; and there came to the great Zulu a stripling, with his eyes gleaming, and the hand that held the assegai thrown back.
human
You speak to us as though we were dogs! Who are you?
gpt
Tell your men to keep back. I hear them stealing through the grass like snakes.
human
Good! You will be a chief some day.
gpt
I am a chief now, said the boy proudly,
human
Take that, O chief, and tell me what it is!