human
Yes, there's another thing that will make it doubly hard, Elmer informed him.
gpt
Dry snow like this is the toughest kind to walk over. When hunters go after deer or moose on snow-shoes they always pick a time after a thaw, when a return of the cold has frozen the wet surface of the deep snow. Over this thin ice they can run three times as fast as the poor deer, which breaks through with every jump, and flounders almost helplessly.
human
That sounds almost like plain murder, do you know,
gpt
Well, if you were hungry, and that was the only way to get near a venison mebbe you wouldn't feel so particular, George told him.
human
I know right now that I wish a splendid buck was doing some of that same floundering near us, and Elmer had a chance to settle his hash for him. It'd sure do me a heap of good just to know we had enough grub for a week, and then some.
gpt
That's a forbidden subject, George, remonstrated Elmer, who wanted to get the minds of his chums directed in more pleasant channels;