human
If I were a little girl with gilt hair and were n't doing what I ought, and if I had wondered where a body was going and the body had come back expressly to tell me, I think I 'd have the politeness not to laugh if the body happened to lose his balance and fall,--especially when the body was going to get up in less time than it would take me to wink,--I being only a little girl, and he being a most respected member of the Busy-bee Society. However, I suppose one must make allowances for the way in which children are brought up nowadays. When I was a little--
gpt
Now, _please_ don't say, 'When I was a little girl,'--for you never were a little girl, you know, interrupted Betty, not intending to be saucy, but feeling rather provoked that a mere humble-bee should undertake to rebuke her.
human
Mamma always says, 'When I was a little girl,' and so does Aunt Louie, and so does everybody; and I 'm tired of hearing about it, so there!
gpt
In the first place, I was n't going to say, 'When I was a little girl.' I was going to say, 'When I was a little _leaner_,' but you snapped me up so. However, it's true, isn't it? Everybody was a little girl once, were n't she?--was n't they?--hem!--confusing weather for talking, very! And what is true one ought to be glad to hear, eh?
human
But it is n't true that everybody was once a little girl; some were little boys. There!
gpt
Do you know, whispered the humble-bee, in a very impressive undertone, as if it were a secret that he did not wish any one else to hear,