human
since this term was so nearly over. The Eastshore schools closed the middle of June and the week after the picnic the pupils were plunged into the throes of the final examinations. Even Shirley went about anxiously wondering if she would
gpt
I just have to be promoted, she would say over and over.
human
I just have to be promoted, 'cause my mother is coming home.
gpt
When's Mother coming home? was Sarah's cry.
human
You said in a year, Hugh, and it's a year this month.
gpt
I think we may look for her home sometime this month, said the doctor one day when Sarah had asked him for the twentieth time.
human
You mustn't expect her to keep a calendar, Sarah and come back on the exact day she went away. It may be a few days longer, dear.
gpt
She went away a year ago this Wednesday,
human
Has it been a long year, Rosemary?
gpt
In spots, answered Rosemary, the tears rushing to her eyes.
human
It has been ever so long, sometimes, Hugh.
gpt
Well, let's all get promoted, suggested Shirley, in her little chirpy voice.
human
Mother would like us all promoted, wouldn't she, Hugh?
gpt
She'll about eat you up, promoted or not, he answered, swinging Shirley to the top of his desk the better to hug her.
human
But by all means be promoted; that will be fine news to tell her.