human
Well, Midget Mops, he said,
gpt
Just you wait, cried Marjorie;
human
I'm not going to be in bed more than a few days, and I'm going to stay here all summer. There'll be plenty of time for your fishing and skating yet.
gpt
But unless I get you pretty soon, I'll pine away with grief. And everybody out on the farm is lonesome for you. The horses, Ned and Dick, had made up their minds to take you on long drives along the mountain roads where the wild flowers bloom. They can't understand why you don't come out, and they stand in their stalls weeping, with great tears rolling down their cheeks.
human
If they're weeping so you'd better take them some of my pocket handkerchiefs.
gpt
Too small, said Uncle Steve, scornfully;
human
What about the cow; does she miss me?
gpt
The cow! exclaimed Uncle Steve.
human
She stands by the fence with her head on the top rail, and moos so loud that I should think you could hear her yourself. She calls 'Mopsy, Mopsy, Moo,' from morning till night. And the chickens! Well, the incubator is full of desolate chickens. They won't eat their meal, and they just peep mournfully, and stretch their little wings trying to fly to you.
gpt
And the dogs?
human
Oh, the dogs--they howl and yowl and growl all the time. I think I'll have to bring the whole crowd of animals up here. They're so anxious to see you.
gpt
Do, Uncle Steve. I'd be glad to see them, and I'm sure they'd behave nicely.
human
I think so. The cow could sit in that little rocking-chair, and the three horses could sit on the couch, side by side. And then we could all have afternoon tea.