human
Did you have a good time in the country?
gpt
Oh, didn't we just though! It was--_scrumptious_!
human
And false-face robbers stopped the train coming home, added Freddie.
gpt
Only it was make-believe.
human
I wish I'd been there, said Johnnie, after Freddie had told about it.
gpt
We went up to a lake this Summer. Nothing much happened there except I fell in and most drowned.
human
I call _that_ something, said Freddie.
gpt
I fell in a brook, but it wasn't deep.
human
The lake's awful deep, went on Johnnie.
gpt
It hasn't any bottom.
human
It's got to have a bottom, or all the water would drop out, and then it wouldn't be a lake,
gpt
Well, maybe it has, admitted his friend.
human
Anyhow, the bottom's awful far down. I didn't get to it and I was in the water a good while. It's a awful deep lake.
gpt
It isn't as deep as the ocean, Freddie said,
human
Are you? When?
gpt
When Tommy Todd and I start to look for his father. His father is lost at sea on a desert island, like Robinson Crusoe, and we're going to find him.
human
Take me along! begged Johnnie.
gpt
I'm not afraid of the ocean, even if it's deeper'n the lake. Take me with you.
human
Well, you may come if the ship is big enough, he said.
gpt
I promised to let Flossie come. She's going to cook. Oh, no, Dinah's going to cook. I forgot about that. We'll have to get a bigger ship, I guess, so's to make room for Dinah. I guess you may come, Johnnie. I haven't counted how much money I've saved up, but I will soon.
human
Is Tommy Dodd going to help buy the ship?
gpt
His name isn't _Dodd_, it's _Todd_, explained Freddie.
human
But he can't put in much money I guess, 'cause he's poor. He's a fresh air boy, but he's nice. He runs errands for Mr. Fitch, the grocer. We met Tommy on the train.
gpt
Then if you put in the most money to buy the ship more'n half of it will be yours, said Johnnie,
human
No, half of the ship is going to be Tommy's, insisted the little Bobbsey twin,
gpt
That's so, admitted Johnnie.
human
Well, I'm coming anyhow. I'll put in some money to buy things to eat.
gpt
That'll be nice, said Freddie.
human
I forgot about eating. I'm hungry now. I think Dinah is making cookies. Let's go 'round to the kitchen to see.