human
You can't take in all the homeless dogs of the world, Katie.
gpt
I don't know that that's any reason for not taking in this one,
human
I hate to have you make yourself feel badly,
gpt
Why shouldn't I let myself feel badly? demanded Katie roughly.
human
In a world of homeless dogs, why shouldn't I feel badly?
gpt
Pet.
human
What I hate, Katie, said Wayne,
gpt
And why not? she demanded hotly.
human
Because Queen was never kicked. Because Queen was never chased down alleys by boys with rocks and tin cans. Because Queen never asked for a pat and got a cuff. Nor did Queen's mother. Queen hasn't a drop of kicked blood in her. This sorry little dog comes from a long line of the kicked and the cuffed. And then you blame _him_ for cringing. I'm ashamed of you, Wayne!
gpt
Katie was always great for taking in all kinds of superfluous things.
human
Yes, said Ann,
gpt
I know.
human
And she always takes her outcasts so very seriously.
gpt
Yes,
human
The trouble is, she can't hope to make them over.
gpt
No, admitted Ann,
human
And then she breaks her heart over their forlorn condition.
gpt
Yes,
human
These wretched things exist in the world, but Katie only makes her own life wretched in trying to do anything about them. She can't reach far enough to count, so why make herself unhappy?
gpt
Katie doesn't look at it that way,
human
Honey, will you play with him sometimes? I know he's not as nice to play with as the puppies, but maybe that's because nobody ever did play with him. The things that aren't nice about him aren't his fault, Worthie, so we mustn't be hard on him for them, must we? The reason he's so queer acting is just because he never had anybody to love him.