human
Be patient, Your Majesty. The secret is not my own, so please do not ask me to divulge it. Is it not enough, for the present, that the magic saved you from death to-day?
gpt
Do not think me ungrateful, answered the King earnestly.
human
A million spears fell on me from the wall, and several stones as big as mountains, yet none of them hurt me!
gpt
The stones were not as big as mountains, sire, said the Prince with a smile.
human
They were, indeed, no larger than your head.
gpt
Are you sure about that?
human
Quite sure, Your Majesty.
gpt
How deceptive those things are! sighed the King.
human
This argument reminds me of the story of Tom Tick, which my father used to tell.
gpt
I have never heard that story,
human
But--when the gnat flew out again And Tom was free from all his pain, He said: 'There flew into my eye A leetle, teenty-tiny fly.'
gpt
Indeed, said Inga, laughing,