human
Aunt Kate, said Worth, gathering both puppies into his arms as they were succeeding all too well in demonstrating that they were going to grow up and be real dogs,
gpt
Watts says it is the ungodliest thing he knows of that these puppies haven't got any names.
human
I am glad to learn, murmured Kate,
gpt
He says that being as nobody else has thought up names for them, he calls the one that is most yellow, Mike; and the one that is most white, Pat. Do you think Mike and Pat are pretty names, Aunt Kate?
human
Well, I can't say that my esthetic sense fairly swoons with delight at sound of Mike and Pat,
gpt
I'll tell you, Worthie, she suggested, looking up with twinkling eye after her young nephew had been experimenting with various intonations of Mike--Pat, Pat--Mike,
human
Why?
gpt
Just so. Call one _Pourquoi_ and the other _N'est-ce-pas_. They do good team work in both the spirit and the letter. _Pourquoi_, Worth, is your favorite word in French. Need I add that it means 'why'? And _N'est-ce-pas_--well, Watts would say _N'est-ce-pas_ meant 'ain't it'? and more flexible translators find it to mean anything they are seeking to persuade you is true. Pourquoi is the inquirer and N'est-ce-pas the universalist. I trust Watts will give this his endorsement.
human
I'll ask him,