human
Gitting uppish 'fore she gits ter Boston. Do'no what she'll be when she's stayed there a spell.
gpt
It'll be stupid here without you, Randy, said Dot Marvin,
human
I don't know but that we shall all go to sleep, while you're a flyin' round in the city.
gpt
I don't expect to do much flying, said Randy, laughing.
human
I shall be working at school there instead of this school at home. You must all write to me and tell me what you are doing, and I'll be glad enough to answer you.
gpt
Indeed we will, said Reuben Jenks.
human
Let's write Randy a long letter, each one of us writing a part of it and send it along to Boston, just to show her what we can do when we try.
gpt
Oh, what fun! said Randy,
human
Lemme print something in it, Reuben, will you? I want to be in the big letter, too,
gpt
I guess I will let you, Reuben answered heartily.
human
What kind of a letter would it be if you didn't have a hand in it, Prue?
gpt
I'd like to be going to Boston if it wasn't for one thing, said Molly Wilson,
human
Oh, ho, Molly. I thought you were shy, and it ain't city girls you hanker for? Then it must be city boys,
gpt
said Molly, with unusual vim;
human
Well, I shall not let that idea make me uncomfortable, said Randy, stoutly.
gpt
I _am_ a country girl, and if they say so, they will not be telling me anything new or surprising; beside, I think that there must be nice girls in the city as well as among us here. I intend to like them, and I hope that they will like me.
human
They'll be precious queer girls if they don't,
gpt
I wanted to go to boarding school, said Phoebe Small,
human
I believe that there are just as pleasant girls in Boston as there are here, and I look forward to meeting them,