human
I begin to see that we're going to have a little target practice after all, Step Hen, he remarked, quietly.
gpt
When things get so bad that you can see the skulking beasts creeping about your camp, and even catch the glitter of their yellow eyes, it's nearly time to begin to bowl a few of them over, so as to inform the rest that we've got a dead line marked around here.
human
You don't say? answered Step Hen, in an awed tone;
gpt
All right, then, replied the other;
human
Oh! now there's two of 'em, Thad, crossing each other's trail. And see there, if that ain't a third, and even a fourth. Why, I believe the woods are full of 'em!
gpt
You're about right, replied the patrol leader, more seriously than before, the alarmed Step Hen thought.
human
Here, let's throw a few blazing brands around, to scare 'em off some, while we lift the bundles up among the branches of this tree. Then, if anything should force us to take refuge there, at any rate we wouldn't have to listen to the plaguey things chewing at our grub.