human
Well, I've come back, you see! said the sailor, and he reached up his hand to stroke the gaily-colored feathers of the parrot.
gpt
I've come back.
human
Yes--yes, said Rick, slowly.
gpt
I--I see you!
human
And do you see my parrot? went on the sailor.
gpt
Do you see Poll? Look at her!
human
Pretty Poll! Very pretty! Polly bite!
gpt
No you don't! quickly exclaimed the sailor, shaking his finger and tapping the bird's beak.
human
If you bite not another cracker do you get for a week!
gpt
Ha! Ha! Pretty Poll! Pretty Poll! Over the fence is out! What ho! Sail ho! Ho! Ho!
human
Haw! Haw! Haw! was shouted from the wood shed.
gpt
Get up! Get up! Whew-ew-ew-e-e-e-e-e-ah!
human
Have you a parrot, too?
gpt
No, that's Haw-Haw, my tame crow,
human
A--a crow! the sailor exclaimed.
gpt
I didn't know they could talk.
human
Haw-Haw can't talk very much, answered Rick.
gpt
But he whistles a lot. He whistles like I do, and--and you must have whistled like me or my crow once! he went on, and fear began to come into his eyes.
human
You whistled like Haw-Haw and Ruddy went out and----
gpt
Yes, I know, said the sailor.
human
That's what I came back about.
gpt
Do you mean about my dog--about Ruddy? asked Rick and there was a catch in his voice.
human
Have you come back----
gpt
Yes, I came back about your dog,
human
Are you--are you going to take him--away?