human
Please, Mr. Boar, let me off to-day, as I'm rather tired; I have just been wrestling with a fox. But, if you like, I will meet you here this day week, and then we can fight it out between us.
gpt
Oh, very well, said he,
human
Oho! says he,
gpt
Where is the Lion you have killed?
human
Well, I haven't exactly killed him yet, said the Boar rather unwillingly.
gpt
He is coming to be killed this day week.
human
What on earth do you mean? his friends asked. He told them the story, but he did not feel quite so bold now as he had felt before. And when he finished, he felt worse than ever; for one and all they set up such a weeping and wailing that the whole forest resounded with it!
gpt
Oh dear, oh dear! they cried,