human
Isn't Dot queer to cling still to her dolls?
gpt
Yes, she is a strange child. And poor Almira! Really I don't see how that cat stands it here, the way Tess and Dot maul her.
human
They aren't as bad as Sammy Pinkney. Actually I caught him yesterday tying the poor creature to the back of Billy Bumps!
gpt
Not on the goat's back!
human
Really, he was. I sent him flying, though!
gpt
What was his idea?
human
Oh, he said he'd heard Neale tell how, in a circus, a little dog rode on a pony's back and Sammy didn't see why a cat couldn't ride on a goat.
gpt
Well, if he put it that way I suppose she could, assented Ruth.
human
But Almira seems to take herself very seriously with all those kittens. We really must get rid of them. Vacation will soon be here, and with Tess and Dot around the house all day, instead of just Saturdays, I don't know what we shall do.
gpt
Have you made any vacation plans at all?
human
Not yet, Agnes. I thought I'd wait until I saw Mr. Howbridge at the club meeting this afternoon.
gpt
What has he to do with our vacation--unless he's going along?
human
Oh, no, I didn't mean that, at all! But the financial question does enter into it; and as he is our guardian and has charge of our money, I want to know just how much we can count on spending.
gpt
Why, have we lost any money?
human
Not that I know of. I hope not! But I always have consulted him before we made any summer plans, and I don't see why we should not now.
gpt
Well, I suppose it's all right, assented Agnes, as she took up another bunch of flowers.
human
But I wonder--
gpt
Oh, my! what's that?