human
Gave you rather a _schrek_, didn't it, Mr Sellon? said the elder of the two, maliciously, with a wink at his brother, and there was a broad grin on each face that made Sellon long to cuff the pair. For the average colonial urchin has scant respect for his elders as such; scantier still if those elders happen to be
gpt
An ugly brute, anyhow, he answered, wading out to look at the carcase.
human
What is he, eh?
gpt
Only an iguana, Mr Sellon. My! but he's a big un; five feet at least, I expect. I don't wonder you took him for a crocodile.
human
Took him for--You cheeky young dog, how do you know what I took him for?
gpt
Come now, that's good! retorted the urchin, unabashed,
human
My! Mr Sellon, but if you could only have seen yourself standing there in the water in a blue funk!
gpt
I tell you what, youngster, that was an uncommonly good shot of yours, said wily Sellon, on the principle of agreeing with his adversary quickly, for he guessed the young scamps would presently go in full of the story, and equally was conscious of having truly been in something of a funk, as they had said.
human
But how did you manage to get it in?
gpt
Oh, we spotted him long before you did; Fred cut back for the saloon gun while I waited here. My, though, but he's about the biggest _lygovaan_ [Iguana] I've ever seen.