human
I've enjoyed living in Waloo, she told Mr. Jerry one evening as they sat under the apple tree.
gpt
I didn't think I would at first. I thought I'd die to have to live in a place where there couldn't be any children nor any pets, but everyone's so friendly I mean--almost every one. I do think the Lord did just right when he made people instead of stopping, as he might have done, with horses and lions and monkeys. Did you ever think how strange it would be if there wasn't any you nor any Miss Thorley nor any Mrs. Schuneman nor any Mr. Wells, she spoke the last name in a whisper,
human
anxiously.
gpt
You know I don't think she's just happy. Aunt Kate doesn't either. She thinks it's red corpuscles but I really believe it's that Independence. We must do something, Mr. Jerry. And I love Miss Carter and Mr. Strahan and Mrs. Schuneman and Grandma Johnson and everybody else. Isn't a heart the biggest thing? Mine has room for Jenny Lind and George Washington and Solomon and all the other pets I ever had or ever will have and for all the people that were made. It's--it's-- she frowned--
human
Is it because when you look at a girl you see how much she costs? Mary Rose had worried over that.
gpt
Because really Miss Thorley doesn't cost so much. She told Aunt Kate she didn't. She said appearances were deceitful and the most costly looking girls were often the cheapest. Of course, you needn't tell me if you don't want to, remembering, alas, too late, that Miss Thorley had told her that one should not ask personal questions. She drew a deep sigh.
human
I'm so full, just so plumb full of questions I've got to spill some of them out once in a while.
gpt
To be sure you have! Mr. Jerry was the most understanding person.
human
When I was your age I was nothing but a walking question.
gpt
Weren't you? admiringly.
human
And did people answer your questions? They usually say to me, 'Run along, child, I'm busy' or 'Never mind that now, you'll know soon enough.' It's a very, very puzzling world, isn't it, with so many things you don't understand. That's another reason I'm so glad to go to school. The day after the day after the day after tomorrow, Mr. Jerry, my Aunt Kate's going to take me. I've never been to a city school so I can imagine it's just like a palace with gold seats for the children and thrones for the teachers who are all fairy princesses with beautiful golden hair and white satin dresses.
gpt
Mary Rose! Oh, Mary Rose! Mr. Jerry regarded her sadly.
human
You are a living proof that anticipation is greater than any old participation. I'm only doing you a kindness when I tell you that there is not a golden seat for any child in the Lincoln School. There isn't even one throne. And if you don't have an old witch for a teacher instead of a golden-haired fairy I'm a goat. I tell you this for your own good, Mary Rose, believe me.
gpt
All the same I'm going to believe in the golden seats. They are pleasant things to think of.