human
If I could only lasso him with the rope it might stop him, thought Joe.
gpt
But I don't know how to manage a lasso, even if I could tie a noose in this rope. And I don't see how one lassoes a hippo anyhow. However, here goes! I'll do the best I can. Maybe I can tangle his feet up in the kinks of the rope so he'll fall.
human
That's the stuff! Good work! cried the animal's keeper.
gpt
Quick now, boys! Rope him!
human
Whew! exclaimed the keeper, as he faced Joe in the now gray dawn of the morning,
gpt
How did he get loose?
human
The bottom dropped out of his wagon. Must have been rotten. He dropped with it and started off on his own hook. He walked all over a lot of us while we were trying to corner him.
gpt
Walked on us! Say, he danced a jig on my stomach! complained Bill Dudley, one of the animal men, as he came limping up.
human
Have you got him safe?
gpt
Yes,
human
Well, don't let him get loose again. He almost made a pancake of me!