human
Oscar, go down cellar and get some coal,
gpt
I 'm reading--you go and get it, Ralph,
human
No, I shan't, replied Ralph;
gpt
I 've done all your chores to-day, and I won't do any more.
human
Tell Bridget to bring it up, then,
gpt
Oscar, said Mrs. Preston, sharply,
human
I told you to get it, and do you obey me, this minute. Bridget has worked hard all day, and Ralph has already had to do several errands and jobs that you ought to have done, and that is the reason why I did not ask them to get the coal. You have done nothing but play, when you were out of school, since morning, and now, when I ask you to do a trifling thing, you try to shirk it upon somebody else. I do wish you would break yourself of your laziness, and have a little consideration for other people.